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Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote in message news:dbaum-031299213...act.com... ... (...) Yes, the lego tools do this too. (...) Registers are a good way to think of them. I wish we had a stack too. We will need to access these for NQC (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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It appears that the download protocol and control structure bytecodes are identical between the RCX and Scout. This means that NQC can be used as-is to generate some Scout code. There are a few caveats, however... 1) You'll need to put the Scout (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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Hi Bert, I plan on doing a memory map on my site soon. Maybe this weekend. What I had found earlier is different than what you've found. I'll have to look into this some more. My findings (in Hex--sorry I know you like decimal): 233 2 bytes, a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics)
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To allow for easier debugging of the Scout I've written a program (in Quick Basic) that retreives variables from the Scout while it is running a program. The variables (listed 0 -16) are displayed on the PC screen and refreshed a the touch of the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks. I already have your list of byte codes and the Lego SDK doc. All very useful. I look forward to your examples of downloading! I'm going to start reading up on Psion serial communication this weekend - I've been looking for an excuse to start (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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The byte codes are listed here: (URL) plan to add more documentation and examples in the near future. I'll have an example of downloading there too. The documentation for the individual commands is in the Scout SDK, available at Lego's web site. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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I'm looking forward to becoming a scout owner this Xmas :-) In the meantime, does anyone know if there exists any software for a Psion 3 to download software into a scout via Psion serial<->IR tower or ideally, Psion IR<->Scout IR port?! If not, is (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: SDK observations
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(...) it's (...) about (...) mix (...) Thanks Eric. And thanks for your alert in your second message. I DIDN'T read it as I'm going to buy and read book :-) Mario (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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(...) mix (...) ---...--- Spoiler alert! Don't read this if you really want to enjoy the story. ---...--- About the number 42: In the story, it turns out that the existence of earth actually was an astronomical experiment by higher powers to find (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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Mario Ferrari wrote in message ... (...) It's a very popular book among its large audience of readers. Actually it's a series of books, which started out as a British radio play(!). It's about the hilarious space adventures of an earthling. It's a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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