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Appendix A, Finding Parts and Programming Environments, describes various parts you can get to expand your RIS set and where to find
them. It also includes a summary of the programming environments that are available for RIS.
Appendix B, A pbFORTH Downloader, contains the source code for a program that downloads Forth code to your robots. It's a supplement
to Chapter 6.
Appendix C, Future Directions, describes some interesting emerging technologies related to LEGO robots. These are ideas or projects that
weren't fully baked as this book went to press.
About the Examples
Versions
This book covers a handful of rapidly evolving technologies. The versions used in this book are as follows:
RCX
Version 1.0
NQC
Version 2.0b1
pbFORTH
Version 1.0.7
legOS
The March 30, 1999 build, a patched version of 0.1.7
Downloading
All of the examples in this book can be downloaded from http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/ . This site also provides a listing of the
"Online Resources" that appear at the end of each chapter.
Font Conventions
Constant width is used for:
• Function and subroutine name
• Source code
• Example command-line sessions—the input you type is shown in boldface
