 | | Palm and pbForth
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| Hi all, i'm interested in using a Sony Clie N770 (Palm OS 4.1) to program my RCX (RIS 1.5). I ran across pbForth in the book "The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms" by Jonathan B. Knudsen. I downloaded pbForth.srec (version 11/11/2001 22:08) from (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | | RE: Palm and pbForth
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| (...) Well, for starters, the RCX uses a different modulation scheme on the IR port, but these guys have a C solution... (URL) You'll need a Palm SDK and some patience. Is there any or some interest in getting this for the Palm? I'm having trouble (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | | Re: Palm and pbForth
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| (...) If you changed pbForth to use 2400,o,8,1 instead of 2400,n,8,1 wouldn't that make it work with the USB tower? It seems to me like that is what the standard Lego firmware expects from either tower. That appears to be how it works under Windows, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | | RE: Palm and pbForth
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| (...) Yes, this is very easy to do. I'd have to change the GUI I supply too, but that would not be too bad... (...) It's not pbForth that's the problem, it's the host-side software that I need to update to use the USB tower. (...) The RCX does not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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