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Online Resources

N QC—Not Quite C

http://www.entera ct.com/~dbaum/lego/nqc/
This is the official site for NQC. You can download the current release, read the documentation, or browse a FAQ. Dave Baum
h as packed a lot of useful information into this site, including such gems as how to create a cable to connect your Macintosh to
the IR tower. This site al so includes the definitive NQC documentation.

Lego Robots: RC X Command Center

h ttp://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/lego/rcxcc/
RCX Command Center (RcxCC), developed by Mark Overmars, is built on top of NQC. It's a Windows application that
p rovides a friendly graphic interface to the features of NQC. It includes a syntax-colored program editor, real-time control of
the RCX, u tilities for making your RCX play music, and useful help files. I highly recommend this application.

Lego Robot Pages [NQ C Tutorial]

h ttp://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/lego/
Mark Overmars, creator of RcxCC (the previous entry), has written a detailed introduction to NQC. It's available off his main
w eb page as PDF, Word97, PostScript, or RTF. This document is a gentle and thorough introduction to NQC.

K evin Saddi's N QC Reference Page

http://home1.gte.net/k saddi/mindstorms/nqc-reference.html
This page provides a distilled view of NQC. It's very handy when you can't remember the input type constants, or you'd like to
see NQC's commands organized by function. Single-line code samples are also included.

Hitachi Single-Chip Microcomputer H8/3297 Series…

http://semiconductor.hitachi.com/products/pdf/h33th014d2.pdf
This PDF document has all the crufty details on the Hitachi H8 that forms the heart of the RCX. The specific model is the
H8/3292, which is covered in the manual. This information is not fo r casual browsing—you probably won't need to look here
u nless you start writing your own firmware. (Hitachi's web site is a little flakey. If you're having trouble with this URL, try
starting at the URL http://semiconductor.hitachi.com/h8/ and searching for the H8/3292.)