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    WTF is going on with you Trent? If you have any anger... buy yourself a dog, find friends, consult a psychologist, drop me PM or e-mail directly!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mister_e View Post
    WTF is going on with you Trent?
    ---Insert that cool little spinning 6 pack GIF here...of darn good beer...keep it near...to your ear...and don't fall...on your rear...by a deer...ok I'm done---

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    Well, I'm about to give up on this circuit - it's hard to see any future in it. Instead, I've just ordered one of these JaF Microstep modules. http://www.jafmotion.co.uk/motordrives.htm .

    Let's see if it does what it say on the tin....

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    Trent, looks to me like mister-e provides a link on his website to a US distributer of PBP. I don't think he sells it himself.
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    i had a link yesterday on my signature... just to calm down Mr Jackson's PMS i've removed it.
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    OK - did I miss something here.. How the hell did this topic get from discussing telescope drives to discussing the merrits of death row ???

    I gather the original poster gave up in the end and purchased a commercial driver. Maybe because the topic went way off topic, maybe as purchasing a ready made alternative to developing his own was the easy option?

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    Talking The new Forum fool ???

    Quote Originally Posted by malc-c View Post
    did I miss something here.. ?
    Hi, Malc

    I Think yes ...

    To me, Our Friend Trent smokes too much illegals ...

    like in the 60's when writers ( Françoise Sagan i.e. ) were smoking mushrooms to try to get some inspiration ...

    but do not worry ... He doesn't bite ...

    Or , may be , he tried himself a new electronic version of his Electric Chair ( see previous posts )...

    Hope he won't try a new "Trentorized" version of the machine used in the film " FLY" ( w . Jeff Goldblum )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acetronics View Post
    but do not worry ... He doesn't bite ...
    And that's exactly why I'd never make it as a copper. My nerves are absolutely shocking and I haven't got the stomach for it. My heart goes out to anyone in law enforcement that goes around chasing these guys, I know it would be absolute hell

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    "...OK - did I miss something here.. How the hell did this topic get from discussing telescope drives to discussing the merrits of death row ???

    I gather the original poster gave up in the end and purchased a commercial driver. Maybe because the topic went way off topic, maybe as purchasing a ready made alternative to developing his own was the easy option...."


    No, I'm actually just waiting here for the off-topic discussion to die down. I went and purchased a commercial microstepping chip to use instead of the L293D, but I still expect to drive it using a PIC. In fact, I have some more problems now, because I thought PIC assembler was fairly simple, and it turns out not to be!

    I am confused by the memory allocation of variables. As far as I can see, a PIC .ASM file comprises a set of memory declarations followed by some commands. Variables are defined by naming them and giving their locations, thus:

    VAR1 EQU H'10' ;defines the location H10 as VAR1
    VAR2 EQU H'22' ;defines the location H22 as VAR2

    and then you can load them:

    MOVLW D'5'
    MOVWF VAR1 ;puts 5 in VAR1 (location H10)
    .
    .
    MOVLW VAR1 ;puts 5 back in the W Register

    and generally play with them. But when I try to alter the program I have, it complains that some of the variables I create are in 'Restricted Memory'. I can't find any way to work out what is legal memory and what isn't. I have tried putting variable in random places until the error goes away, and then I hit the next problem, which seems to be that other processes also write to the memory locations I am using, so every so often my counts jump up by 20 or so. There are several simple tutorials on the web for blinking LEDs, but none seem to cover this sort of problem...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mister_e View Post
    WTF is going on with you Trent? If you have any anger... buy yourself a dog, find friends, consult a psychologist, drop me PM or e-mail directly!
    You're absolutely right mister_e, I shouldn't be taking my frustrations out on you, I do apologize. You must understand that I have a lot on my plate at the moment -- the Australian secret service is busting my balls for me to come up with an electronic device to help catch pedophiles. My life depends on this project, they're pushing me real hard for this.

    Perhaps you might be able to help me, mister_e -- got any ideas on how to achieve something like this?

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    Don't need to catch them... just kill them... a camera and a gun... that's all you need.

    Yes i'm a monster.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mister_e View Post
    Don't need to catch them... just kill them... a camera and a gun... that's all you need.
    IMO...a knife is more appropriate...but that's just me...

    Yes i'm a monster.
    I think you are in the majority...therefore...not a monster...

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    Quote Originally Posted by skimask View Post
    IMO...a knife is more appropriate...but that's just me...
    You're a murderer Jeremy?

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    Hi T.Jackson. Why i seeing, your psychology is equal to Ricky Ponting ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by precision View Post
    Hi T.Jackson. Why i seeing, your psychology is equal to Ricky Ponting ?
    Nah I just studied a book entitled: "101 ways to catch murderers & pedophiles" and the secret services gave me a couple of hundred grand plus a Ferrari and said go and get'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.Jackson View Post
    You're a murderer Jeremy?
    Nawww,I think he prefers a more personal touch, that's all . . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe S. View Post
    Nawww,I think he prefers a more personal touch, that's all . . .
    There ya go... After all, where's the balls in a drive by?
    Get up close and personal...
    Let the person at the pointy end know who's holding the other end...

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.Jackson View Post
    You're a murderer Jeremy?
    Jeeze man...Give it up!
    Get off the bottle or get off the keyboard...
    Regardless of which one you pick, when you're done, get off your pedestal!

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    Quote Originally Posted by skimask View Post
    Jeeze man...Give it up!
    Get off the bottle or get off the keyboard...
    Regardless of which one you pick, when you're done, get off your pedestal!
    You know that's what the last guy said to me, couple weeks later he was in cuffs, now he's doing 20 to life. Would have been life without parole had he not confessed to police early in the game.

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