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Re: Building a computer from Lego's
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 01:03:17 GMT
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Mark Crosbie <mcrosbie@happy.xkey.!Spamless!com>
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In message <G7zsoK.G5B@lugnet.com>, "Bob Sardelli" writes:
> Well I guess we are using the term "computer" a little loosely. But if it
> could play tic-tac-toe then it made decisions based variable input, thats
> kind of like a computer. And using an RCX would definitely NOT count.
What if you used the RCX to power each subsystem, but not the entire
computer? For example, one RCX for the keyboard, another on the tape
drive, and another on the output. They communicate via the IR ports
(or by raising and lowering flags made of LEGO). Would this count?
Mark.
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Mark Crosbie mark@mastincrosbie.com
Linux, Electronics and LEGO all at http://www.mastincrosbie.com/mark
> Bob
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> In lugnet.robotics, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.robotics, David Eaton writes:
> >
> > > Of
> > > course, I seem to remember that Mario Ferrari (I think it was him?) built
> > > one using an RCX-- does that count? ;)
> >
> > 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
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| Well I guess we are using the term "computer" a little loosely. But if it could play tic-tac-toe then it made decisions based variable input, thats kind of like a computer. And using an RCX would definitely NOT count. Bob (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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