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(...) Dave, I also have ordered from Spectrum. Nice folks, as I recall. Just way over-priced. Oh well, that's what happens when you stick in a middleman. We have LEGO Direct for direct sales to consumers..... Why not a 'LEGO Smart' division to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote: . (...) Dave, this summer, Spectrum moved from Aurora to Newmarket Ontario. I used to buy all kinds of part from them. In their 'Early Years' catalog, pgs 22-31, they have all sorts of LEGO but no Mindstorms (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) wonder whether they actually ever mention "BricxCC" directly or whether they simply use it in all their screenshots. John Hansen (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hr4HAJ.LIy@lugnet.com... (...) A different measurement scheme gives better accuracy on the 'nop' timing. Just about every opcode takes the same amount of time. Priimarily because there's so (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm sorry, but the person you talked to at Toys R Us was mistaken - MindStorms is continuing. This is not the first post I have seen expressing concern on the subject, and I think it is time to put an end to the myth. There are more MindStorms (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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(...) Right... just because Commodore stopped making the C64 that shouldn't stop C64 development because of all the people that bought them in the first place? Sorry... it doesn't work like that. The RCX and the Mindstorms line won't die instantly, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Exactly! James C. Jones Technology Consultant/Instructor Timber Creek High School 1001 Avalon Park Blvd. Orlando, FL 32828 321\235-7800 x5509 321\235-7821 (fax) jonesj5@ocps.net www.rightnote.com "Do what you do so well that those who see you do (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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LEGO can easily close off the consumer market, but they can't do that through the educational side. Schools won't spend money with a place that walks away from products. Kids break things, lose them, or classes increase in size or add more assets. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't. Does nobody remember the rumour of RIS 3.0? Nothing ever disproved it (and in fact several sources confirmed it, which were all publicized here). I'm sticking with that hope. And besides, just because the line discontinues doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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While the commercial side of Mindstorms may or may not be readily available, Pitsco-Lego Dacta is alive and well and selling the Team Challenge Set, similar, but with better parts (personal opinion). Check it out: www.pitsco-LEGOeducation.com or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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I had heard it here before around here... but had hoped it was just a rumour. LEGO Mindstorms is going away. Toys R Us, at least in my area, has stopped carrying Mindstorms products, and according to the fellow I spoke to about it that works there, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Stef, I have added a link to your page in my 43362 motor disassembly stuff (URL) also wanted to thank you for your great Mindstorms sensor pages, especially this one: (URL) do you know a web translation tool that can do Duth to English or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Mike Thorn wrote: > At 10:41 AM 1/6/2004, you wrote: > >> Here is what LEGO should be doing right now: >> >> 1) Putting something up on their website that acknowledges there is a >> problem, that they are working on it, and a planned target date for (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Or you can just forget all that. I ran the same test with the order changed and the 3rd NOP of the 5 I tried was always the fastest (regardless of which one I used). Modifying the program to try each of 5 different options in (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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snip (...) Yes, this is true. Once Hyper-Threading is enabled and Win XP installs the multi-processor kernel there is no reverting back to a uni-processor kernel. This is not speculation, I used to test processors for Intel. Jason (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Thorn" <buachaille@neo.rr.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: RE: IR Tower and Hyperthreading (...) supported. XP Home was shipping on brand new PC's when RIS (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The problem is that they never promised to support XP. The only thing listed is 98/ME. In fact, they explicitly say 2K and NT are _not_ supported. (...) Everywhere this is mentioned, someone says you have to reinstall windows after doing (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here's a program that tries to analyze the various NOP options: #pragma reserve 0 __nolist void NOP1() { Wait(0); } __nolist void NOP2() { Wait(-1); } __nolist void NOP3() { asm { 0x27, 1 }; } __nolist void NOP4() { asm { 0x10 }; } __nolist (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) According to the LASM bytecode reference, the Wait command waits for the "given number of 10ms". And, "If the given number is negative, the command is ignored." I don't know if that is quite the same as a NOP but it's worth a try. (several (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is a great work !! I like that kind of detector that brings LEGO to upper technology level. And the robot works quite well...well done!! Chris. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dave, it works now ! Stef Mientki (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| BTW, Interactive C (originally developed for the Handyboard) is available | as freeware from (URL) Its a binary package that doesn't come with sourcecode :-( Not worth considering since there are excellent open soure alternatives as NQC and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Yes! You want the UAS. More parts is better. Always better. Depending on how much of a purist you are, you want ALL the packs, just for completeness. :) and of course the cool parts. Jim West www.jameswest.com The box said Windows 95 or better, so I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I ordered my RIS 2.0 yesterday. Could you give me some recommendations about the additional Minstorms packs? Is there any must-have? What about 3801, Ultimate Accessory Set? thanks, (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is what LEGO should be doing right now: 1) Putting something up on their website that acknowledges there is a problem, that they are working on it, and a planned target date for resolution. 2) They should offer people the option to exchange (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The USB tower can be connected to the Scout and MicroScout bricks with the FO light tube contained in the RIS2.0 set. Have a look at WinVLL: (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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(...) Unfortunately there's no consistency here. All of our problem machines are < 3Ghz, but usually > 2Ghz. Rob Limbaugh was right when he said LEGO Tech Support isn't the greatest. As a Host in the Forum I'm supposed to direct problems like this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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BTW, Interactive C (originally developed for the Handyboard) is available as freeware from (URL) Message----- From: John Barnes [mailto:barnes@sensors.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 15:41 To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: NQC for sale? Did (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think it is supposed to connect the USB tower to something, notice the hole in front of the LED that is used in VLL mode. That something might be a CodePilot, MicroScout or Spybotics brick, but I never tried it. Jürgen (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) As part of some of our robotics outreach work, we have produced various materials that may be of use. Some of the stuff we have got round to putting on the web can be found at: (URL) particular in the resources section towards the end of the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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