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[Kezaraux]

Hi, I just recently downloaded and installed ComputerCraft! Now on the wiki I saw a program for a turtle that looked really neat, but it hooked up with a monitor. So I just though I'll place the Mining Turtle and the Monitors in the right spots, and I did that and then I put the program into the turtle. But when it's running, it won't display anything on the monitor. So I'm wondering how do I hook things up to the monitor? And if you want to give me any other beginner details for computercraft that would be great!

[Cranium]

The Peripheral API is just what you are looking for. Basically, use

mon = peripheral.wrap("side")
mon.write("Hello")

as an example, to write hello on the monitor of the side you choose.

[Pharap]

If you are trying to get the turtle to out put to the monitor, you need to learn the rednet functions.

I recommend running a program that does the following:
ask for user input
check input for validity
process input (eg user types dig, code responds turtle.dig)
set computer to a rednet receive loop
upon catching a response, output it to the monitor
begin again when required

If you need a bit of help, tell me what you want it to do precisely eg, do you want to have it so you input data manually in a sort of UI, have it run a preprogrammed process or both?(running the program via the UI)

[KaoS]

BEWARE, if it is a wireless turtle you cannot access any peripherals to the right because the modem is there