Mining Turtles

[Peppe]

First the basics, make a turtle
place and right click it

Type: label set "name your turtle"
example: label set t1

With http enabled its a simple one line command using the build in turtle pastebin api.

To manually do it I think you can copy paste one line at a time using the in game editor.

or this thread talks about a autohotkey script to type it out scripts in game for you:
http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/3673-use-the-text-editor-of-your-choice/

I have used autohotkey for gaming stuff in the past and this guys solution seems better than the others on the CC forum.

Using the macro you would get the editor ready, type edit "a program name"
example: edit fastx
then run the macro and it would type out the program in game from a text file on your local machine.
then you hit ctr and save and exit the program. Should be saved to that turtle.

Once you have it in game you might use a CC computer and floppy drive to copy it to other turtles.

 

[Greyed]

The problem with the base excavate program is that it does not reserve a slot for fuel. At least, not in any of the LPs I've watched. So if you drop in a stack of coal expecting it to use up as it mines it won't. On the first return trip it will drop off all items, including the coal you've placed in slot 1. Seems silly to do since an excavating turtle might very well run across coal, which would replenish that stack, and allow for it to be semi-self-refueling.