Updated Minisumo/Linefollower code

Dave Hrynkiw
December 4, 2003

Fixed a reset problem in the sumo code, turns out the a If...Then statement does not store its location on the stack. Ergo the return instruction at the bottom of the turn function was pulling a random location.

Anyway a change from a return to a goto and everything is shipshape, savvy? Then download the new Minisumo_linefollower2 code.

You will need to download the Editor
from Parallax to load and edit the code.

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