Setting Up Your Laptop To Program RobotC
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== Operating Systems == | == Operating Systems == | ||
| - | Windows XP | + | |
| + | Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) work great! Windows XP works well too! Windows 2000 is OK. | ||
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| + | DO NOT USE Vista. If you insist on using Vista, you may have success (some have on the 32 bit version) and then again most do not succeed. We will not help with a Vista computer. Up or downgrade to a supported operating system. | ||
== Vista Users Need to Buy Another Cable to Replace the Orange USB-to-Comm Cable == | == Vista Users Need to Buy Another Cable to Replace the Orange USB-to-Comm Cable == | ||
== Being Ready For Class == | == Being Ready For Class == | ||
| - | You really need to set up your laptop before you come to the class. If you don't we will try to update the laptop AFTER the class, and you will need to look at someone else's laptop during the class. Here is the link to download the RobotC for IFI to program the Vex. | + | You really need to set up your laptop before you come to the class. If you don't we will try to update the laptop AFTER the class, and you will need to look at someone else's laptop during the class. Here is the link to download the RobotC for IFI to program the Vex (http://www.robotc.net/download/vex/). |
