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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
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Mindstorms
Mindstorms is not going away, but may continue to evolve. Like all technology
products, Mindstorms will continue to grow and improve as consumers gain new
technology knowledge and technology itself continues to get better and
smaller.
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On behalf of rtlToronto, I want to thank you for keeping all of us us in the
loop. We don’t get too worked up over the usual Lego rumours up here (“Oh no,
the new grey causes cancer, etc”) but this one is very important to us. We even
stopped talking about Chris’ lack of C programming skills for a few minutes to
discuss it at dinner :)
I know there’s nothing concrete, or as concrete as may like (Like, “Yes, Chris
and Calum, there will be a RCX 3.0, it will have 82 IO ports and by the way,
four cases are scheduled to be shipped 6.29PM April 1st to the west side dock
door at the TRU in South Etobicoke”) but it’s good to know that we have a friend
in Lego and that Mindstorms isn’t going away.
I’m sure all of us are glad that Mindstorms will stay in some form, whatever
that is.
Calum
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In lugnet.lego, Calum Tsang wrote:
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“Yes, Chris and Calum, there will be a RCX 3.0, it will have 82 IO ports
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How big is that succker going to be? How many batteries will it take? Where
will they fit all those ports (is that 41 motor ports AND 41 sensor ports?)
What kind of a contest would use something like that?
Bruce
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Calum Tsang wrote:
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“Yes, Chris and Calum, there will be a RCX 3.0, it will have 82 IO ports
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How big is that succker going to be?
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48 x 48 studs, with colour TFT display..... mmmmmmmm.....
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How many batteries will it take?
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As many as you can afford?
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Where
will they fit all those ports (is that 41 motor ports AND 41 sensor ports?)
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Oh no they’ll all be multi-purpose, assignable to either input or output, or a
combination LOL
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What kind of a contest would use something like that?
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A Big A$$ one.
ROSCO
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
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What kind of a contest would use something like that?
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rtlToronto28: The Industrial Automation PLC Is Normal
rtlToronto34: Show Me the Digital Flight Control System!
rtlToronto52: A Theatre Lighting Controller Too Far
Calum
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
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> > What kind of a contest would use something like that?
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> rtlToronto28: The Industrial Automation PLC Is Normal
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> rtlToronto34: Show Me the Digital Flight Control System!
I don't think this'll be a good idea--any mention of "flight control software"
this could land the builder with a visit from the local authorities...
http://www.recorder.com/Headlines/tuesday_basic.htm
(second news article)
Ahh, Americans--gotta love 'em... oh wait, maybe this should have been posted in
o-t.d...
<snip>
> Calum
Dave K
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:31:05AM +0000, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
> > How many batteries will it take?
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> As many as you can afford?
Pft. I'll run off a cold fusion reactor, fueled by tap water.
Batteries. Pft, I say!
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote:
> http://www.recorder.com/Headlines/tuesday_basic.htm
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> (second news article)
It just confirms how glad I am I live in Canada when I read junk like that.
Holy crap.
Iain (States got da coasters, but we got da flats!)
PS - Probably no robot from me for marbles (surprise surprise), but I have a
good reason and it's a long story.
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Calum Tsang wrote:
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“Yes, Chris and Calum, there will be a RCX 3.0, it will have 82 IO ports
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How big is that sucker going to be?
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I heard it was going to use Blue Tooth technology, and allow you to connect 256
I/O devices wirelessly. The actual controller fits into a 2x2 plate, and runs
on 1 lithium battery. It has a 1ghz processor, and 1gb ROM.
Someone else said it has an AC adaptor jack, but I think they were just making
that up, because that’s just silly.
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