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Re: Newbie question
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Tue, 30 May 2000 23:19:14 GMT
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Doug Wilcox <doug@wilcoxfamily.netNOMORESPAM>
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Definitely get the RIS. The price difference is usually < $50 US, but the
RIS offers significantly more in the way of pieces and flexibility.
As for programming times, you're going to see a huge variation. I'd say for
most projects using the RCX Code (Lego's drag-n-drop interface), you would
be unlikely to spend more than an hour--it's very easy and fairly rapid. If
you're tackling NQC, you might need to square that number (or not, depending
on your background). Of course (and here I may get sneered at--but probably
not, this is a very good natured group), you can use _both_, using RCX Code
for the quick-and-dirty tasks and NQC when you've pushed RCX Code to the
limit (such as when you want to use variables or compare two sensor values).
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----- Original Message -----
From: Saeed Khan <skhan@intelliseek.com>
To: lego <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 4:38 PM
Subject: Newbie question
> Hi,
>
> Haven't bought anything yet, but I'm very interested in the
> Mindstorms kits. I'd like to get your opinion on which would be
> better to buy first:
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> The full Mindstorm Robotics Invention System or the Robotics
> Discovery Set. Looks to me like the RDS is a simpler version of
> the RIS. Is this correct?
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> Also, I'd be interested in getting a general sense of how long
> it takes to program the beasts once you build them. i.e. 10 minutes,
> 1 hour etc. I know it depends on the complexity, but I'm trying to
> get a sense of the overall effort required to use the product.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Saeed
>
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