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Re: Connect Four game issues
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:53:51 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> > It would be really good if the action of toggling the timer could
> > be used to signal the other bot to begin his move.
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> > They don;t need to be the same electrical point, but if we're closing
> > a switch for the control lab, why not another one for the other bot?
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> > That way you could have a human and a bot each playing against the clock!
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> > Or for that matter, two humans....
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> Well if we make the interface modular enough, we could have a human
> module and a robot module that plugs into the timer block. The human
> module could provide a button a person could press to say they have
> finished their turn. If two people wanted to play, then you plug a
> human module into each side of the timer block.
Two human modules. Cute :)
That's what I figured- a human module is a giant "slapper" wired to a touch
switch.
I prefer not to use a ControlLab for the arbiter. I agree with Steve-an RCX, or
better yet, a Scout. (Two inputs, two outputs, and relatively disposable)
However, a ControlLab and PC software allows for a large visual display which
some might find nifty should the library have a projector.
Calum
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