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Re: Of Interest To Robotics Folks? Perhaps...
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 02:47:28 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes:
> > Edward Cox wrote:
> >
> > > And did you expect to see MacOS support? We all know by now that LEGO has
> > > absolutely no intention of supporting MacOS users "out of the box" - and by
> > > that I mean there is no MacOS software support provided with RIS x.x.
> > > Remember that ROBOLAB is sold by LEGO under Dacta as an Educational value
> > > add product.
> >
> > Mac's are a MUCH larger share of the schools market than they are of the
> > home market - so it makes sense to support them with Dacta - but less
> > (economic) sense to support Mac's in the home.
>
> Ummm...B.S.! I also have to bring up that...THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MAC
> PRODUCT! Why don't they just bundle it in the Mindstorms level product? Why
> are they gouging Mac users an extra hundred bucks? Also, if Mac is such a
> big part of school robotics, why in God's name wouldn't TLC want to support
> those Mac home users, anyway? This seems really simple to me...
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> I'm frazzled over this, don't feel I'm articulating myself very well, and
> want to really rant, but I'm holding back.
>
> Matt
About a month back, someone from the TLC mothership (Billund) popped up on the
Mac Open-Transport developers mailing list asking questions about mac serial
port API, protocols, etc. Now, not meaning to draw any conclusions (like
question A implies product development B), but one wonders what might be 'in
development' over there. (esp since the entire Mac hardware line is now absent
builtin serial ports, having USB & firewire instead)
Ray
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| (...) Ummm...B.S.! I also have to bring up that...THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MAC PRODUCT! Why don't they just bundle it in the Mindstorms level product? Why are they gouging Mac users an extra hundred bucks? Also, if Mac is such a big part of school (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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