 | | What To Buy? —Michael Trigoboff
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| | | Hello everyone... I'm just starting to get into this Lego/RCX stuff. I'm a professional programmer, kind of transitioning into teaching high school programming, and Lego/RCX seems like a neat way to teach programming. But first I need to learn to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Steve Baker
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| | | | | (...) Yep - that's the one you want. (...) Well, it's been "about to come out" for quite some time - which is *very* worrying. (...) Not *much*. There are a few different parts between 1.5 and 2.0 - nothing that matters *drastically*. The major (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Stef Mientki
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| | | | | | (...) Could it be that Lego is working on a new brick based on the WINTEL technology ? In that case a release will always be later as planned. Stef Mientki (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Steve Baker
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| | | | | | (...) When Lego announced their signing a deal with Microsoft to cooperate on software products, several people on this list wrote to Lego asking about that. I was told that they ONLY intend to use M$ technology in their computer games - Mindstorms (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Carl Jagt
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| | | | | | | (...) According to the Beachcombers' and Oceanographers' International Association, the 'Great LEGO Sea Spill' occurred in 1997, with some 4,756,940 LEGO pieces being tossed overboard under freak conditions... now what's that law about finding (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Lego in the Atlantic (was Re: What To Buy?) —Baha Baydar
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| | | | | | Oooh oooh oooh!!! Meeee Pick me! I'm in Nova Scotia, halfway there already. Although the NPR website doesn't have a matching story. -- Baha Baydar bbaydar@isisnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Baker" <sjbaker1@airmail.net> (...) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Robert Fay
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| | | | You might want to take a look at the systems available from Lego Pitsco Dacta. (URL) are specialists in learning systems, but they are a bit pricey. Their system is based on RoboLab programming for the RCX. They are a great resource for teachers of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Nicolai Gørtz
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| | | | The RoboLab sets from LEGO DACTA might be a good idea for teaching purposes, otherwise I would recommend the RIS 1,0 -simply because you´ll save money on the battery part. I can imagine that in a classroom, the budget can run wild on batteries once (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | FOR SALE!! —James B. Stanton
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| | | | | I've got too many legos!! I am selling a full RCX set that includes loads of x-tra bricks in all shapes and sizes. I have a rotation sensor in addition to the included sensors. Bought last year, little used since then. $100 + shipping from Brooklyn. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: What To Buy? —Pranav
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| | | | hey michael, i spoke to some lego officials in newyork city. they said that theres a sever shortage of sets all over the country. the best place to buy the mindstorms 1.5 would be online at "amazon.com". they are available as of now. i bought mine (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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