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(...) It was Mario and Marco Beri, they had it with them at Mindfest. I don't know if Mario's brother Gulio had any input into it, so if I'm leaving him out accidentally don't hit me. eric (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) play tic-tac-toe, made out of tinkertoys... but generally, I think of computers as... I dunno... kinda having a 'processing' stage to them... Or maybe it's that the programs are interchangeable... dunno... Maybe it was a computer... hmm... But (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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This guy built a computer out of Tinkertoys! So I was wondering, has anyone ever built a computer out of legos? Heck, has anyone ever built a working cash register. Certainly can be done. (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) Not that I know of - but I think it would be hard to make something as convenient as the RCX from the point of view of nice packaging, connectors that fit the weird Lego electrical connectors (those are pretty clever - take the time to figure (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I don't doubt that in the least! I took my RCX brick into VB class the other day and showed it and the manual for programming through spirit.ocx to my teacher. Now he knows what he's asking for on his birthday he said :) Along with 3 other people in (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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I have been able to do some basic experiments in controlling the RCX from Director 7. I used a trial version of the DirectComm Xtra from DirectXtras which allows Director to access the serial port. Try there web page at (URL) trial version runs only (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Maybe they will listen to AFOL's more now. Andy (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm 46. Did they count me? Harrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 18:36 Subject: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Indeed. I have purchased, directly, for me and me alone, well in excess of 600 Lego products, only 1 of which is a Mindstorms kit. I can say with a fair degree of certainty that I'm not the biggest spender out there, or even in the top 10. I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Yeah. I just hope it doesn't blind Lego to the fact that even *more* AFOL's are into Lego themes OTHER than Mindstorms, or as well as Mindstorms. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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