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(...) Don't worry too much about this. It seems like typical marketing blather and probably won't affect that actual bricks too much. It's probably going to affect games and software, as well as shared web content. Now, if I was Michael Lachmann, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm glad I finally got my 1.5 version RIS this year. When the MS "enhanced" 2.0 kit arrives, my robots will act like brain-dead zombies, bashing into skirting boards and inexplicably locking up every five minutes. Now they'll have to invent a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Check here: (URL) Hope this helps... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) Buy "Extreme Mindstorms: an Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms" (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Ken Warren wrote: >Has anyone actually got a circuit diagram? I'd be most interested to see it >as I've got the Robot Development Kit and it doesn't come with an IR tower >and Lego's promise of 'available Autumn 2000' for the upgrade seems to have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's what I was afraid of... I'm aware of those three tipes of motors, and I'am trying to acopolate an encoder to Mindstorm motor... but if there were any servos it would be easy... If u have any ideas, sugestions, images, exemples (like the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are only (AFAIK) three Lego motors - the puny "Micromotor", the old Technics motor and the modern Technics/Mindstorms motor. The Mindstorms motor is clearly better than either of the other two (unless you are very short of space or (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Oh no! This is very very bad. Any good will one may direct toward Lego and its products certainly won't be redirected toward Microsoft, at least as far as I am concerned. If and when Lego becomes a small satellite of Microsoft's, it'll all be over (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I called the 1-888-785-8384 number listd on the Contact page of the website and spoke to someone named Gabriel. He was very helpful, and agreed to the price protection without any special effort from me. As mentioned, all I had to do was fax (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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That's a 'plotter' input device you're descibing - it used to be quite a popular input device for CAD (and I think still is at the high end of the market), but for general use, the mouse has replaced it. I remember building something similar for my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, Did anybody tried to get RIS from Costco recently ? -Rahul (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I worked on a robotics project in which my program controlled a very big (18,000 pounds) piece of equipment and need to know its position. It was used for railroad track maintenance and road on the tracks. Even though this was a one dimensional (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What I'm wondering, is could the timer circuit be eliminated? From previous posts, I know a lot of people would like to have their towers ready to recieve at any time, without it shutting down from lack of activity. People have been adding to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) - Current RCX switching on will become a boot procedure lasting at least 2 minutes. - Same for switching off. - Attaching sensors and motors will require at least one reboot. This until a new plug&play version will be out, able to properly (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) errr... well, I really don't know. I (unfortunatly) don't own neither a MicroScout nor a CodePilot so I too have some question about the real behavior of these sets when receiving VLL codes. (but I keep watching eBay because I'm always (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> I ordered one, along with the both the Robo Sports and Extreme Creatures expansions. I have not received any email from them since the verification of my order. I just went to the website to check on the status of my order. The (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh!?? Do tell more.... What number did you call. Who did you speak to and how much convincing did you have to do to get the $30 addition??? I ordered mine a few days ago after combing the local Future Shop stores. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I know how you feel. My Studio CD came so badly off balance that it would not read without errors. I burned it to a CR-R (At 1x!) and saved it that way. Most annoying... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi marco! (...) unfortunately, i don't understand japanese... oh, i got one more question: how do the "script" commands of the microscout work? e.g. command 29 ("wait for light"): does this just run the internal program (4?) or can you combine this (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If it worked it would be great to be able to connect a super short version to a PALM or Pocket PC type device. If it could be transmitting and receiving all the time you could do some wonders with it. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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