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| OK, I've been watching this thread for a few days (I am LUCNY's "Expert Lurker" after all !) and refining some ideas that I've had for a while in hopes that I can contibute to this dicussion in a useful way. Please keep in mind that I'm a Mechanical (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | DIY Spybotics SDK
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| The following was provided by Jeff Ardis, Marketing Manager for LEGO MINDSTORMS products during his Spybotics demonstation (which was great!) at BrickFest on Saturday: DIY Spybotics SDK: 0) Download and install the LEGO MINDSTORMS 2.0 SDK from (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Would you buy it?????
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| I've made a point of avoiding video games for years now. It's weird because I love them. I know this is gonna seem REALLY Old Skool, but, I loved my Nintendo! I had all the Space Ship - Multiple Gun games. Then I realized, the more I played Video (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | BimP Updates (10 Aug 2002)
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| Additions to BimP include: * Another Phillip Thorne BrickFest Review. Read all about the Q&A session with Lego Direct from the 2002 BrickFest. {click the events button} * Read Answers 11-16 from the Ferrari Brothers. Find out about their next book (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Mega Bloks RC set 9616
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| I recently purchased this set for the sole purpose of examining its R/C technology - I have an ongoing interest in the area of Lego R/C as some on lugnet may know. The R/C system itself is clunky. A large box holding batteries, receiver and motors - (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) <snip> (...) buy in the store, much as it is now. Then, like servos or such, you can buy add-on's which would snap to the side of the RCX. These add on kits could be: motors plus snap-on expansion port to the RCX Sensors (any type) with, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Forgive me if this has already been discussed.. I haven't followed all messages here. I was at TLC's presentation of Spybotics at BF. There, it was described as, "the next generation of RCX." Knowing it has 2 sensor inputs and 2 motor outs, I wonder (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spybotics - A great disappointment
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| I had a perfect opportunity to speak with Brad Justus, Jake McKee and Jeff Ardis at BrickFest on the subject of Spybotics. First of all, it was pointed out that the box says its being aimed at 9 year olds and that it doesn't say its a Mindstorms (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| All, Several questions came up during the Spybotics demo at BrickFest that Jeff was unable to answer on the spot. He has since passed those questions and corresponding answers on to me: *** How much memory is in the brick? (compared to RCX) *** Two (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Also, for the Robot Sumo fanatics, they could have multiple battery packs and many, many motors. If the batteries aren't modular - then they impose a limit on the amount of stuff you can have - so the power supply has to scale along with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| This is a mix of a forward/pseudo-X-post and my comments to the Jake msg on lugnet.lego.direct: (...) So there's an IR on the SB unit, after all :) GREAT! I wasn't understanding how the Remote/Beacon would control the unit through visible light. I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Cheers John! Not really a high-end user, I'm fairly satisfied with the RCX brick with a few exceptions: First, it isn't really that robust. I've got 2 RCX bricks, and both get amnesia. Bending out the battery clips reduced the problem in one, but (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) It is programmed using visible light, but the commands are very different from CodePilot/MicroScout. The protocol itself is just 4800bps NRZ turned into light. The packets have a simple format (preable, data bytes, checksum). The commands in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Spybotics - A great disappointment
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| (...) <snip> (...) Thank goodness a grownup (and I use the term loosely) "gets" the Spybots. When I watched the kids playing, I got the sense that LEGO had hit the mark because it gently guides kids to imagining they are the agent. Even better, they (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lugnet.robotics.spybotics?
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| In lugnet.robotics, Suzanne D. Rich writes: <snip> (...) I dunno if this is official enough for you, but they have the Spybotics listed under Mindstorms on the S@H page. I'm at work now so the box my Gigamesh came in is nowhere near me, and I threw (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lugnet.robotics.spybotics?
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| (...) Yes, although I think the question is "is there an interest in *not* having Spybotics discussions in the main .robotics or .general groups?" -Rob. (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Spybotics - A great disappointment
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| (...) From what Jake said at lugnet.lego.direct and from what you say above, I don't understand if IR or Visible Light (or both !?!?) are used to download programs to the Spybot. About VLL, from Jake McKee: (...) That's a *very good* thing, *both* (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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