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Subject: 
RE: Problem with rcxTcl.exe and the USB IR tower
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth
Date: 
Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:19:58 GMT
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> The pbForth GUI (rcxTcl.exe) is unable to connect to my USB IR tower,
> even if the drivers are OK (the tower works just fine from the RIS 2.0
> software and also from Bricx Command Center). I get a message
> complaining that it cannot find "//./LEGOTOWER1".

I'll check this out on a system that has absolutely no Tcl support, but
as you might expect - it works fine here :-)

> As BricxCC 3.3.7.6 supports pbForth, I don't really *need* rcxTcl.exe,
> but then I'm unable to save images, because I don't have XMODEM from
> within BricxCC (unless I'm missing something obvious).

I'm sure John Hansen would appreciate any feedback on BricxCC - even if
it'a a problem report.

> Any idea/help very much appreciated (I'd sure *hate* to go back to
> programming in a C clone, if I can do it in FORTH).

That's the spirit!

> Unrelated: the page at http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbForth/download.html,
> in section "Windows Software", contains links for "the current pbForth
> source". However, the link points to:
> 
>  http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbForth/gems/pbForth.zip
> 
> instead of
> 
>  http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbForth/gems/pbforth.zip
> 
> which is the one dated 02-Jan-2004. Perhaps an error while copying the
> new pbForth.(zip|tar.gz) to that directory?

Wow! Thanks for pointing htis out - I'll get onto it tonight or tomorrow...

Best Regards,

Ralph



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