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| My book was released less than a week ago. Copies are probably just getting to physical bookstores as we speak. I just got a stack (direct from O'Reilly) today. I think Ben's right: buy 'em both. But of course I'm biased. And hey, thanks to whoever (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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| I'd love to get a hold of some small RCX controllable valves also. I just finnished building a six legged pneumatic walker that would benefit from these for different walking motions. Presently, it just walks forward with the tripod gate type (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: HC11 pink book
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| Adam: The pink book part number from Motorola is: M68HC11RM/AD this is the general reference manual for the whole family of microcontrollers, there is also a technical data manual with P/N: MC68HC11A8/D this one just covers the A series processors. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | RE: Scout brick and IR
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| I have one of each, but the RCX is far more interesting. I think the RDS would be fun for younger kids (it says 9+ on the box), but once you got the hang of it, you would quickly want the programming power of the RCX. My scout is still configured in (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Scout brick and IR
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| Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. I believe the RDS Scout fills a nitch in the market that was lacking. When the RIS first came out, I was working at an educational toy store that sold it. Most kids that got one loved it but quite a few RISs did get (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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