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Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
@AJB2K3 check your messages. -
It looks like you're using 9V motors but 9750 only outputs 4ish volts. What am I missing?
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LOL - Cray. Juuuuuuuuust a bit overkill. It would be cool to see 9750 interfaced to that pocket computer! :) @Gunners TekZone in case you haven't seen it already, here is a video I made about the current 9767 options:
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Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
You're welcome. A few weeks ago I happened to see on Facebook Marketplace that someone a couple of hours from me was selling a massive haul of Dacta sets. He wanted a substantial sum. We negotiated a deal and I drove out there. I don't need most of the sets (so I'm trying to sell them: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/forums/topic/212437-fs-several-early-dacta-sets/) ... mostly I was willing to lay out the money because his stash of rare Lego educational manuals was overwhelming. -
Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I recently acquired several Control Lab teacher's manuals that are not scanned anywhere. So I am rectifying this. :) It's going to take a couple of months. Michael Mulhern (known in the Apple II community) is going to do the scanning on our behalf. Then it goes here: https://archive.org/details/vintagelegorobotics -
Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Yes. https://archive.org/details/lego_c64_manual_basic_comal/mode/2up -- starting on page 5. -
Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Archive.org's browser emulation can not connect to physical hardware. I confirmed this with Jason Scott, who built the emulator. -
Dacta Control Lab Software
evank replied to Dazmundo's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I rescued a large amount of Control Lab sets last weekend. It included the Intelligent House disk (for Mac) so I'll see about archiving that one. -
This is just a heads-up to anyone who might be interested: there's now another option for fans of Interface A (1093/9750) to communicate, in the form of a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/legointerfacea/. The group is not designed to draw anyone away from Eurobricks (I like it here!), just to offer an additional choice for people who tend to linger on social media.
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Control Lab also has a DOS version. I know about the serial approach ... "Do you byte, when I knock?" ... "Just a bit, off the block" ... a friend helped make that connection to 9751 in QBASIC. Still, I'd like to know about the underlying software. Maybe it's buried in some Control Lab manual. I will look someday.
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I know there are many software choices for operating 9751 Control Lab -- just as there are for 9750 Control Center -- but I wasn't sure which language is underneath the actual Lego Control Lab application. Is it still Logo? The irony of finally obtaining LogoWriter Robotics is that I have no intention of using it! I'm sticking with my favorite, good old BASIC.