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Re: Which spybotic set is best?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:45:40 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes:
> > I've only played with them at the BrickFest demo. My favorites were 3806
> > Gigamesh and 3807 Snaptrax. The track style bots seemed easier to control.
> > Be sure to review your PC compatibility first. From lego.com:
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> > "Minimum System Requirements: Windows® 95/Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Pentium® II
> > 233 MHz processor, 32MB RAM, 80MB available hard disc space, Windows® 98
> > compatible mouse, Sound Blaster 16™/Windows compatible sound device, 8x
> > CD-ROM drive, 800 x 600 SVGA display with 1MB RAM in high color (16-bit),
> > one available 9-pin RS-232 Serial Port, 28.8 KBPS Modem (optional),
> > Netscape® Navigator or Microsoft® Internet Explorer (optional)."
>
> Are you sure? On the text support file on the CD it says:
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> ***************************************************************
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> SPYBOTICS
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> ***************************************************************
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> 1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS VERSION
> ==============================================
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> Hardware
> 350 MHz or Faster Processor
> 64 MB RAM
> 200 MB of free HD space (More space is required if
> QuickTime, Flash and DirectX installation is needed)
> 16 bit Colour (or more) Super VGA monitor
> 4Mb graphics card (DirectX 8.0 compatible)
> Sound Card (DirectX 8.0 compatible)
> 1 free 9 pin RS-232 Serial Port
> Optional: Modem 28.8 Kbps
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> Software
> Windows 98, 98SE, ME or Windows XP
> Optional: Netscape 4.0 or higher OR I.E. 4.0 or higher
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> I installed it just fine on my Win2K PIII-500 laptop, and it installed
> on my Win98 PMMX-233 but it only has 1 MB of video RAM and the Quicktime
> videos were pretty jerky running off the CD. A full install (600MB!) might
> fix this...
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> The slower machine ran the missions just fine though...
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> Cheers, Ralph
I tried installing it on my laptop (PIII 1Ghz), and it gave me a warning
about not being a compatible OS (Win2K). It won't run at all--I try opening
Spybotics, the screen goes black for a sec, then crashes back to desktop.
But my Win98 system at home (PIII 450 Mhz), runs Spybotics just fine.
Dave K.
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| My Spybotics software runs fine on Win2k Pro, but I have yet to get a usb/serial adapter... Rob "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:Gzv544.82I@lugnet.com... (...) 3806 (...) control. (...) Pentium® II (...) 98 (...) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Are you sure? On the text support file on the CD it says: ***...*** SPYBOTICS ***...*** 1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS VERSION ===...=== Hardware 350 MHz or Faster Processor 64 MB RAM 200 MB of free HD space (More space is required if (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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