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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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| | Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
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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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