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Version 0.2.1 of my text to LDraw converter has been released. The changes in this version are:

• Upgraded to Freetype 2.3.5
• Removed need for common.c
• Include Triangle source with txt2dat
• Use autoconf for build configuration
• Allow compilation without default font

Download it here.

This is a small program to play NXT sound files (.RSO) on your PC. Not sure why anyone would really want to, but now you can anyway. Now Mac and linux can be just as useless as Windows!

Download it here.

Since I got my NXT, I’ve wanted to compare the NXT rechargeable battery pack to non-rechargeables. So when Educational Experience kindly agreed to supply me a rechargeable battery pack, I wrote a couple of quick programs to test it. Read on for the results, such as they are…
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Thanks to Jim DeVona, the latest version of my txt2dat program (0.2.0) is now available for both Linux and Mac. Jim has tested these binaries on the machines he has available, but if you run into problems, please contact Jim or myself and we’ll see what we can do.

Find them here.

My LDraw text generator, txt2dat has been updated. The new version can be found here.

Changes in this version:

1. Upgraded to current library versions:
   • Triangle 1.6
   • Freetype 2.3.2 (Require at least 2.1.9)
2. Initial build support for Mac
3. Simplified Makefile
4. Added LDraw header info
5. Added -d, -f, -o, -e options
6. Changed def_font.pl & def_font.h to make default_font unsigned

Enjoy!