Table A-4. RCX Development Environments (continued)
Name URL Language
Replacement
Firmware? Price Host OS Tools Needed
a
Gordon's Brick
Programmer
http://www.umbra.demon.co.uk/gbp.html
VB-like no free Win32 -
MindControl
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/
legomind/robo/mindcontrol.html
VB-like no free Win32 -
PRO-RCX
http://prelude.psy.umontreal.ca/~cousined/
lego/robot/rcx/rcx_command/
VB-like no free Win32 -
BotCode
http://www.desktopmusic.com/botcode.htm
VB-like no $20 Win32 -
a. This column assumes you've installed the RIS software. Most of the Win32 packages work with Spirit.ocx, which is installed with the RIS software.
b. Win32 means Windows 95, 98, or NT.
c. VB-like means similar to Visual Basic. Function names are modeled on Spirit.ocx.
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Table A-4. RCX Development Environments
Name URL Language
Replacement
Firmware? Price Host OS Tools Needed
a
RCX Code - (visual) no -
Win32
b
-
Not Quite C
(NQC)
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/lego/nqc/
NQC no free MacOS, Linux,
Win32
-
MacNQC
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/lego/nqc
/macnqc/
NQC no free MacOS -
ROBOLAB
http://www.lego.com/dacta/robolab
/defaultjava.htm
http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/graphics/robolab.html
(visual) no $50 MacOS, Win32 -
pbFORTH
http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/
pbFORTH/
Forth yes free Any Terminal emulator
legOS
http://www.noga.de/legOS/
C, C++ yes free Linux, Unix,
Win32
GNU egcs and
binutils, Perl
BrainStorm
http://www.netway.com/~rmaynard/
UCBLogo no free Win32 UCBLogo
(suggested)
Bot-Kit
http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit/
Smalltalk no free Win32 Dolphin Small-talk
TclRCX
http://www.demailly.com/tcl/rcx/
Tcl no free MacOS, Linux,
Unix, Win32
Tcl
BrickCommand
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/
8488/lego.html
VB-like
c
no free Win32 -
a. This column assumes you've installed the RIS software. Most of the Win32 packages work with Spirit.ocx, which is installed with the RIS software.
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