Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)

Oops.. absolutely correct - do I feel like an idiot? :)

As Doug says, the brick can only be programmed in a limited sense  
using VLL. The way we do it is via a Spybotics robot, programmed  
using NQC and connected to the Microscout via a light-tube.

Not really the answer (unless you have a Spybotics) - sincere  
apologies for leading you up the garden path. And thanks to Doug for  
correcting me.

Cheers
Tom


On 16/08/2009, at 11:35 AM, Doug Eaton wrote:

> In lugnet.robotics, Tom Tuddenham wrote:
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> If you can't get your hands on the original dev kit CD-ROM, you
>> should be able to program it with NQC. If the hardware is the same as
>> the Dark Side Development Kit (pretty sure it is) NQC works  
>> brilliantly.
>
> Actually, the Droid Developer Kit and Dark Side Development Kit  
> contain the
> Micro Scout which is not really programmable. See http:// 
> www.elecbrick.com/vll/
> for details on how to program it with a VLL.
>
> The CD was a marketing mistake as the only think on it was the same  
> building
> instructions that are in the manual but presented in quicktime for  
> some reason.
> There is nothing on the CD about programming. The only thing the CD  
> did was
> dissuade many people from buying the set thinking they needed a  
> computer to make
> it.
>
> Doug