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Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:30:27 GMT
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Philippe Hurbain wrote:

and more memory/faster processor than the RCX.
I don't know about speed, but memory is really TINY (+/- 512 bytes!)

And the next most important downside: Firmware is in PROM. No updates or
alternative firmware, only Lego programming system, spirit.ocx or NQC.

--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD:  http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery:   http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm



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(...) Yes, but passive only. No light sensor or rotation sensor (but indeed encoders on internal motors) (...) No, only one. (...) Yes, and indeed this combo is great. But of course the motors are in fixed place - not very modular. Better than (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)

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