panamamike

Thanks to all for the ideas. I'll look into what's been shared. I get that the RCX GUI language isn't really classic programming, but it's a start :) I'll have to look into the LeJos. I'm aware of more than one alternate OS for RCX, was wanting to know pros and cons.

Thanks for the response. I'm interested in getting a better idea of where I should start. Looks like there's a lot of stuff out there in the way of Lego actual software and 3rd party software. I like the idea of using this as a way to introduce my son to programming. He's actually done some basic stuff on code.org, but thought it would be neat if he could couple that with robotics. I see there's a number of programming languages. I think starting him on the simple visual graphical stuff would be a good way to get him up to speed. Turns out there are apparently two versions, the original RCX code 2.0 and RoboLab 2.5. Once that's determined. Trying to figure out where to find the software to download. For example: The pylnp "python remote" site link is gone. In short I'm trying to determine the following. 1: Which basic tools to start with: + Software: OS/Language - Thinking RCX 2.0 standard + Hardware parts - Purchased a set with some missing parts. - Which are the most useful and must have parts. + Builds - Easy stuff to start 2: Recommended reading/books to start.

Recently purchased an RCX set and wanted to find where I can find an active user community. I've done some searching on the web and have found some old and many times dead links associated to the RCX Mindstorm set. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.