To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.booksOpen lugnet.books in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Books / 179
178  |  180
Subject: 
Re: New Syngress Dark Side Mindstorms book!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:29:16 GMT
Viewed: 
27 times
  
Dan,
    I've seen the models/instruction for the DSD Kit and they are indeed
pretty cool.  However, contrary to all the author credits, it's not written
by the ferrari brothers... It's by kevin clague and a whole bunch of other
peopls who's name I'm forgetting at the moment.  That's the first book to
use Kevin's LPub (as far as I know), a tool which automates instruction
renders.  the second book that you mentioned, "10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms
Robotics Invention System 2 Projects", is indeed due out soon, and also not
only by mario ferrari (I don't know why Syngress thinks everyone of their
lego books is by the ferrari brothers...not that I'd mind if they were :) ).
I know some of the chapters are finished (I wrote some ;) ) and the rest, if
not finished, is coming very soon.  I think that with LPub, the instructions
in this book (as well as another book focusing on the expanded possiblities
of the UBS) are really clear and easy to follow.  I've seen a sample chapter
and I have to tell you it looks wonderful.  Look forward to it :)
Luke

"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message
news:H1LoAB.2Dz@lugnet.com...
Syngress have announced a new Mindstorms book covering some alternative
models for the Dark Side Developer Mindstorms kit. Due out in September,
it's called "10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots, Transports, and
Creatures". More details at
http://www.compman.co.uk/cgi-win/browse.exe?ref=573773

One they're not showing on their web site, but is on mine, is "10 Cool • LEGO
Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 2 Projects", due in November. No
details as yet, but I'll add them as soon as the info is up on the • Syngress
site. http://www.compman.co.uk/cgi-win/browse.exe?ref=573792  (sorry
.starwars, I know that book's not on topic, but it was easier to put
everything in one post!).

Dan









Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: New Syngress Dark Side Mindstorms book!
 
(...) I'm going to get that fixed, already emailed our data providers. (...) Any idea who the real authors are? Syngress don't have details on their site. If I can get the list I can probably get that corrected too. Dan (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)

Message is in Reply To:
  New Syngress Dark Side Mindstorms book!
 
Syngress have announced a new Mindstorms book covering some alternative models for the Dark Side Developer Mindstorms kit. Due out in September, it's called "10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures". More details at (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)

8 Messages in This Thread:



Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR