Using IFI Controller witout Operator System

[RyanN]

Thanks everybody for the replies! I've been waiting on this information. I definitely have a pre 2003 controller (either 2001 or 2002 since 2003 and 2000 are still in use) I like the older controllers because I'm not familiar with C at all and I'm pretty fluent with PBASIC since I used BOE-Bots while testing stuff. I would just use the BOE with this, but it simply doesn't have enough ports. I guess I'll have to finally move up to C this summer. But the 2003 controller has autonomous? Wow, I never knew that... I just reprogrammed our 2003 robot after having to get it working earlier this year but I never saw anything about the autonomous. Oh well... So If I use the 2005 or 2006 controller, will I have to initially start the RC with the OI before becoming completely autonomous, or will it automatically start up without an OI?