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Re: Delightful Radio Shack VIC20 Robot Article
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:42:24 GMT
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I used to LOVE those Osborne books! In grade 8 we built the robot described
in one of them, but had it run off a C-64 rather than a VIC 20 or Spectrum
or whatever it was that was described in the book. We got it to work,
though someone's older brother did most of the programming.
(By the way, I know I haven't posted in a really long time. I went to RTL
12 for a bit to check it out. Though I couldn't stay too long, it was fun)
-Eric DeGiuli
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> I miss the days people would glue stuff to your PC for fun. I remember
> reading a book called...Osborne Book of Computer Stuff (okay, I made that
> up) but it was a British book about computers. One of the later pages
> described building a robot by using relays, but it didn't give any • specifics
> like what pins to use on the expansion card or how to poke those • interfaces,
> because it was a general book that covered Spectrums, Commodores, BBC • Micros
> etc. • <snip>
>
> Calum
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