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Re: Programming old Innovation FIRST boards

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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday View Post
No, it's not a PIC. As Mark mentioned above, the user processor in the really old IFI equipment (pre-2004) is a BASIC Stamp, from Parallax, programmed in PBASIC. Also as Mark pointed out, this is a hardware thing - there's no way to use C on those old controllers no matter what you do.
I understand that. I specified the years which had the PIC controllers, and they're only 2004-2008 (read the parenthetical after what you quoted). I have no idea what's inside the older BASIC controllers - way before my time. I'm sorry for any misunderstanding I may have caused with bad wording, but like I said, I'm far more knowledgeable about the control systems from 2004-08 than I am about the ones older that that.

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Just to clarify though, none of those links are useful for a 2001 RC
Thanks for clarifying that - after rereading my post, I agree it was a little unclear about the distinctions.

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Also as Mark pointed out, this is a hardware thing - there's no way to use C on those old controllers no matter what you do.
This is the truth. Sorry I may have alluded otherwise.
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