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Try www.pldstore.com... I'd be very surprised if you can't place an order. As far as calling that company again, what is the worst they can do? Say "No"? Worth a try... Worst comes to worst... form an FLL team, teach some kids how to program robots (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) I hear your pain, Mark. That said, I have purchased numerous LEGO items from Spectrum, from the Technic turntables to additional sensors for my RCX. I mentioned to them that I wasn't part of any (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Steve is absolutely correct! In fact, I got my 2004 Pitsco catalog and THERE IS NO SIGN THAT MINDSTORM IS GOING BYE-BYE. It is just the opposite; pages 4 thru 21 are loaded with mindstorms products! On page 26, five of the six books shown have (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational division of LEGO is Spectrum Education. The (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Are you under the impression that you must be connected to education to purchase from Pitsco? If you are under that impression, it is not true. Anyone with a valid credit card can purchase from Pitsco. If you don't have one, then you are out (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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This is a C-based programming trainer CD is from the Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon. I haven't seen this one in paticular but own a couple of others from them. It is a great resource for teachers just starting out in robotics. I think the NQC (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dear Mark, I do not believe that they will stop production (maybe development) - at least not regarding the educational part of the system. But as of today I sent the following eMail to LEGO Customer Service: "... Especially because of several (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Has this been confirmed or denied by anyone from TLC ? At Lego World, the folowing question was asked... Q: is there any future for the Mindstorms line? A: yes. (URL) a bit like an urban legend to me. (like a floor person at a TRU would know (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for confirming an assumption I made regarding using the serial tower. This means the problem is either in the USB driver code for the IR tower, or it is in the DLL that talks to the USB driver. Does anyone with a hyper-threaded machine (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If IBM hadn't produced their PC's and the Macs never broke into the market we'd still be using C64's. The key thing is that the C64's became outdated and obsolete. The RCX is far from outdated OR obsolete. ~Mike (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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