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I own a [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermaster Lego CyberMaster kit] that is labeled Copyright (c) 1998 Lego. It looks like this:

[[File:Cybermaster.png|400px]]

It is really old. But I want to play with it. Basically, I am following approaches:

* proove that it is not broken and batteries have enough power
* use wine to get the software to run
* use some Linux software that is written for MindStorms, partly with CyberMaster in mind
* install Windows 9x on an old PC and proceed from there

= proof that it is not broken =
When you click on the power button no the green engine, an LED must turn green and the thing must beep twice. Then you know you have enough battery.

= Wine =
Wine gave me an error when starting the CyberMaster software, so I went on to native Windows. That gave me the same error msg :)
http://www.yggenyk.dk/wiki/Make_Cybermaster_run_on_Windows_XP tells me to set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LEGO Software\Products\Cybermaster\(Default) to "dummy". This resolved that error for wine, but now I am requested to insert the CD which I have no idea how to do...

= Linux tools =
I am following [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Lego/index.html this], especially cool is [http://members.cox.net/quillan/lego/rcx.pm.html the perl part]. It shows that I can transmit a command to my CyberMaster control station, but do not get a response over the wire. A ''read'' syscall simply lasts forever.

= Windows = 
So I want to try to run it under Windows 9x. 

== Windows 95 ==
I am trying this on my [[arlt2001]] computer because it has a floppy disk drive. I cannot install Windows 95 because the Window 95 install CD is not bootable. So I created a [http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/95.html Windows 95 install floppy]. Now I get an error msg when starting the software.

== Windows 98 first edition ==
Even with the workaround from http://www.yggenyk.dk/wiki/Make_Cybermaster_run_on_Windows_XP I get an error msg when starting the software.

== Windows 98 second edition ==
My CD is broken, I get an error during installation:
 SUWIN caused a general protection fault in module SETUPX.DLL

== Windows Milennium ==
ME setup complains that it cannot create a temporary folder on my hard disk.

== Windows XP ==
After installing Windows XP I see a blank black screen. When I boot into secure mode, I see vertical lines covering half of the screen.

== Windows Vista ==
The correction from http://www.yggenyk.dk/wiki/Make_Cybermaster_run_on_Windows_XP does not have any effect.

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