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Subject: Re: [LCtalk] Forth
From: Eric Cornwell
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:46:37 +0100

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 01:40:40PM +0100, Matthijs van Duin wrote:
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 11:42:33PM -0500, Eric Cornwell wrote:
Can I do development from my iBook? What are all the pieces -- hardware, software and intellectual -- that I would need?

Once you can successfully access Forth, the next step is ofcourse where to begin with experimentation. I'll collect some useful info, and write a follow-up email on this asap.

It's been a week already.. may I ask how it's going? Have you been successful in at least accessing the Forth interpreter?

I may have misrepresented my situation slightly. Part of the point of my questions was to determine whether I needed to save up to buy an LCX or an LCM. (I have two LCs.) Your comments suggest that I should do the right thing and get an LCX. The point being, I actually have neither yet.

I'm sorry I haven't posted any examples yet, I've been a bit busy. Are there any particular kinds of examples you'd be interested in?

I am interested in pursuing several different projects:
1) Modification of specific channels of the dmx stream as it passes through the LanBox from DMX in to DMX out. (Obviously I would need an LCX for this.)
2) Talking with serial displays and button boxes -- currently possible with LanBox as "slave" to an intelligent control system that could even be as simple as a basicstamp, but I would like to explore putting the code into the LanBox and use an off-the-shelf dumb serial display. (Like a Palm Pilot? I hear you ask. I know, I know, but you've done that already. I didn't say these were unique ideas.)
3) Direct communication with a MIDI control surface, e.g. MotorMix or Logic Control. Yes one could fairly easily do that with Max objects, but I am interested in eliminating the middle-man computer.

I'm not sure what this means in terms of examples. (1) deals with handling data inside the LanBox in a fairly straightforward fashion, (2) and (3) are more about accessing the communication drivers.

No need to apologize about you being busy -- I think we out here in LanBox-Talk land interpret that as a good thing.

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Eric Cornwell
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