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Posted by Axel Eng on December 1, 2006, 11:31 pm
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Is there anyone that can get me Robolab software - preferably for
free? Yes I know, the proper thing would be to pay full price. But
frankly, I got the full-price RIS 2.0 kit (3804) several years ago,
but have rarely used it as the included software sucks. I hate the
messy, unskippable startup, I hate the QuickTime requirement, and I
hate the full-screen, non-standard interface. I have the impression
that Robolab is better on these points (I've only tested a demo), and
wonder why it wasn't included in the set.
The only torrent I've found is RoboLab_2-5_WIN&MAC.nrg.torrent (from
torrentbox.com), but it seems to be pretty dead (0.5%) and I'm not
really sure what to do with an .NRG file anyway. I tried searching for
it on Ebay, Amazon and Bricklink too, but couldn't find it (does this
software have any item number?).
It's bad enough that my otherwise great RIS set just collects dust,
another problem is that I feel I can't justify buying the new NXT set
when I've gotten so little results with the old one. Can the new NXT
software be used with the old RIS hardware?
Axel
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Posted by KERRY MONTGOMERY on December 2, 2006, 2:09 am
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> Is there anyone that can get me Robolab software - preferably for
> free? Yes I know, the proper thing would be to pay full price. But
> frankly, I got the full-price RIS 2.0 kit (3804) several years ago,
> but have rarely used it as the included software sucks. I hate the
> messy, unskippable startup, I hate the QuickTime requirement, and I
> hate the full-screen, non-standard interface. I have the impression
> that Robolab is better on these points (I've only tested a demo), and
> wonder why it wasn't included in the set.
>
> The only torrent I've found is RoboLab_2-5_WIN&MAC.nrg.torrent (from
> torrentbox.com), but it seems to be pretty dead (0.5%) and I'm not
> really sure what to do with an .NRG file anyway. I tried searching for
> it on Ebay, Amazon and Bricklink too, but couldn't find it (does this
> software have any item number?).
>
> It's bad enough that my otherwise great RIS set just collects dust,
> another problem is that I feel I can't justify buying the new NXT set
> when I've gotten so little results with the old one. Can the new NXT
> software be used with the old RIS hardware?
>
> Axel
Don't know where to get Robolab cheap.
The software that comes with the NXT won't work with RIS hardware.
If you do get a copy of Robolab that is version 2.0 or later, you can buy,
from www.legoeducation.com, an upgrade called Robolab 2.9 that will run on
both the NXT and the RIS.
Kerry
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Posted by Axel Eng on December 2, 2006, 7:55 am
Please log in for more thread options > If you do get a copy of Robolab that is version 2.0 or later, you can buy,
> from www.legoeducation.com, an upgrade called Robolab 2.9 that will run on
> both the NXT and the RIS.
That page doesn't seem to work, I only get a "Server Error in '/'
Application" error. Has it been up recently? And do you mean that I
FIRST have to acquire Robolab myself, and THEN buy an upgrade from
this site?
Axel
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Posted by KERRY MONTGOMERY on December 2, 2006, 1:44 pm
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>> If you do get a copy of Robolab that is version 2.0 or later, you can
>> buy,
>> from www.legoeducation.com, an upgrade called Robolab 2.9 that will run
>> on
>> both the NXT and the RIS.
>
> That page doesn't seem to work, I only get a "Server Error in '/'
> Application" error. Has it been up recently? And do you mean that I
> FIRST have to acquire Robolab myself, and THEN buy an upgrade from
> this site?
>
> Axel
I get that same error this morning - the site was working yesterday. Yes,
you'd first have to get a copy of Robolab, then the upgrade.
Sorry,
Kerry
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Posted by Dean Earley on December 18, 2006, 4:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options Axel Eng wrote:
> Is there anyone that can get me Robolab software - preferably for
> free? Yes I know, the proper thing would be to pay full price. But
> frankly, I got the full-price RIS 2.0 kit (3804) several years ago,
> but have rarely used it as the included software sucks. I hate the
> messy, unskippable startup, I hate the QuickTime requirement, and I
> hate the full-screen, non-standard interface. I have the impression
> that Robolab is better on these points (I've only tested a demo), and
> wonder why it wasn't included in the set.
I'd look at BrickX CC.
Its a C IDE though rather than graphical.
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Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
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> free? Yes I know, the proper thing would be to pay full price. But
> frankly, I got the full-price RIS 2.0 kit (3804) several years ago,
> but have rarely used it as the included software sucks. I hate the
> messy, unskippable startup, I hate the QuickTime requirement, and I
> hate the full-screen, non-standard interface. I have the impression
> that Robolab is better on these points (I've only tested a demo), and
> wonder why it wasn't included in the set.
>
> The only torrent I've found is RoboLab_2-5_WIN&MAC.nrg.torrent (from
> torrentbox.com), but it seems to be pretty dead (0.5%) and I'm not
> really sure what to do with an .NRG file anyway. I tried searching for
> it on Ebay, Amazon and Bricklink too, but couldn't find it (does this
> software have any item number?).
>
> It's bad enough that my otherwise great RIS set just collects dust,
> another problem is that I feel I can't justify buying the new NXT set
> when I've gotten so little results with the old one. Can the new NXT
> software be used with the old RIS hardware?
>
> Axel