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| Hi :) As most of you might've noticed, the Spybotics line are finally (!!!) available on the LEGO Shop (at least for Portugal, I didn't check it for other countries, sorry). I'm very interested in buying at least one of the possible 4 sets and add (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| Now that I think about it, I didn't really like the reasoning behind making a serial product instead of usb. It actually sounds like an excuse to me... Not quite quoted words were, "this product is designed more for children who have hand-me-down (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| No, it sounds like a 256 byte scratch pad/heap/whatever. But do we have to reverse engineer these things? I would have thought TLC would have seen the light and would make our life easier this time around. --Jack Gregory "John Hansen" (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| While I doubt you'd legally be able to answer this, I'm going to ask anyways, just in case you CAN... How hard would it be to replace the EEPROM with one with a larger memory capacity? ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: lugnet.robotics.spybotics?
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| (...) Following form, it belongs alongside RCX, under .robotics. My fear actually was that a group's creation isn't warranted - that we create it for something thats attention is short-lived. But with what I just read Dave is up to, it seems (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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| I can agree with your feelings of the Technic theme being slowly diluted with Bionicle, Throwbots and the like and the theme 'Technic' itself may indeed be dead but I am in a huge disagreement with idea that the newer Technic parts are in some way (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| (...) Well, I for one hope that you continue to favor serial over USB. It makes it a lot easier for those of us not on the bleeding edge, and those of us who use Linux or other alternative OS's. USB is too sophisticated for something as simple as (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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| (...) TJ: I suspect that Brad Justus/Lego defines Technic differently than you or I do. I think that my definition is clear. It comes from playing/collecting/ building with these sets and elements for about 15 years. Lego defines the Theme as Star (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | New Argos catalogue and new LEGO catalogue
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| I picked up the new LEGO catalogue today, August-December 2002. I don't think there is anything in it that we don't have listed at www.brickset.com, except for the Williams F1 racer, #8461, which looks pretty good adorned with new 'HP Invent' (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| (...) You will have to excuse me in this info gathering process... robotics aren't really my strong point, and I am simply relaying info from those who know what they are talking about. I got a few bits of info back: EEPROM: There is a total of 4k (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Spybotics demo followup questions
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| (...) I'm not totally clear about what you want to be convinced of. That is was a good idea, or that price/old computers was the key reason for the decision. Either way, those ARE the reasons, so I'm not sure that I could say anything that would (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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| Guys, I hate to break it to you, but Technic as a theme is dead and it didnt just die all of a sudden due to Lego's 2002 vertical marketing scheme but has been on a downhill slide for several years. Alot of the discussion about his topic confuses (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic) !!
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| | RE: Programming multiple controllers
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| LEGO said (althow I haven't tried it) that all the IR controllers were compatable. That would mean not only Mana, but also the RC Nitro Flash, which also has three channels. So you can have a Spybot battle a Mana AND a Nitro flash... Steve ----- (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Firmware
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| Does anyone know (for sure) if the firmware on the spybotics can be replaced? I assume that having the programs in eprom (or whatever it is) means the firmware is in the same long-term-memory type of place, so the firmware is pre-loaded. Can anyone (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: I need technic!!!...!!!
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| (...) Brad Justus stated at BrickFest 2002 that Techinc was not dead. I think he indicated that new sets were coming out in the third quarter. Also, pictures from the Altered States Magazine covering Toy Fare indicate possibly 3 or 4 new medium to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Default Programs
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| Hi Ralph, I've tried the default program on my Gigamesh yesterday... Describing this with words is difficult ! The basic behaviour seems indeed to wander about, but things gets more interesting when you put your remote to "action" mode and press (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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