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Update: I've got a period (mid-1990s) PC running Windows 3.1 on top of MS-DOS 6.22. I installed the DOS and Windows 3.1 versions of Lego Control Lab 1.3. But there are two problems: 1. Both versions boot to an error message saying it doesn't see the hardware box. The PC has a real serial port which, AFAIK, works properly. I've got a null-modem cable connecting it to the 9751 interface box which is powered on. 2. I can't figure out how to access the menus! The usual "alt" and "ctrl" keys do not get me to the top menus. In the Windows version, the mouse doesn't operate in the Lego window; the cursor doesn't even appear there. No clue why or how to proceed! In the 1980s version of TC Logo (on my Apple II), you press something like ctrl-U (for 'up') and ctrl-D to go up/down between the main menu and the console. That also didn't work here in the DOS/Windows versions. So, again, I have no idea how to proceed! Does anyone know? 3. I will see if this machine's old HDD has enough space for Windows 95 and then try that version of the Lego software. But the Windows 3.1 version is the one I care about.

Thanks!!! Downloading it now.

Hello again! Does anyone have the DOS (not Windows 95) version of Control Lab?

Hello! I'm replying to this old thread with a very narrow question. I found several websites all referring to set 1038 as "Erbie". But I don't see that name on front/back pictures of the box, nor in the small two-page instruction manual. Where is there any indication that Lego called it Erbie?

Thanks! The video is helpful. I prefer the original 9700 set where you actually code, not just click on icons. :)

The instructions for installing the software and setting up the antennas, etc. are readily available online. But can anyone direct me to instructions for actually using the software? Also is the software online someplace so I can download it?

Hi, I'm new here. Google led me to this thread from 2012. I have the Control Lab software but I do not have any instruction manuals for it. There are manuals online for the traditional Lego-building aspect -- I'm looking for the software instructions. Can anyone direct me to it, please? (Not interested in newer software or third-party software.)