# SW for LEGO Mindstorms **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sw-for-lego-mindstorms/522916 "2009-12-29T16:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sw-for-lego-mindstorms/522916/1 "2009-12-29T16:05:48Z")
Well we’ve just been given an older LEGO Mindstorms Robotics 2.0 system from the neighbors. Their kids are off at University now and they thought my kids might get a kick out of it. Only one problem - no RCX SW CD and I’ve never played with this stuff. Do I need the SW? Can I even find it since I’m noticing that LEGO has moved to NXT? Does anyone have any experience with this or useful links I can use to dig into it? ---
**Author:** ![Erasmus\_Darwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@Erasmus\_Darwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erasmus_Darwin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sw-for-lego-mindstorms/522916/2 "2009-12-29T17:06:58Z")
You’ll at least need some sort of software to program it. I was able to find this: [http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/](http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/) It’s a free / open-source development environment for programming the RCX. However, I just skimmed the description, and it wasn’t clear whether that software will also handle sending programs to the RCX brick. If that doesn’t do the trick, I think I’ve got an RCX CD lying around. I’ll see if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sw-for-lego-mindstorms/522916/3 "2009-12-29T17:57:02Z")
Should have thought of source forge. Thanks.