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Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:16:01 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes writes:
> I think it would be foolish to try and ignore the writing on the wall. I
> hope they continue to find a way to support all the educational
> organizations from schools to colleges to universities who bought into the
> whole Mindstorms things as a teaching resource, otherwise those institutions
> are going to have a job replacing worn and damaged parts.
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> And yes, I totally agree with your final conclusion - its time to take
> seriously the whole issue of what has to be provided to take the place of
> what TLC started - and somewhat sooner than I had anticipated the need to.
Non-robotic type speaking here:
It seems to me that some enterprising individual with, say, access to a CNC
machine, a pantograph, an injection molding machine and some spare wire
could really fill a niche here. Might make some money at it as well, but
that's just the capitalist pig in me.
Matt
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| Yeah, serious business huh! I will investigate the Pitsco source, but I have a feeling that it may be limited too. I think TLC are quietly pulling the plug on their whole 9v system. You can't buy 9v train connectors anymore, you now can't buy these (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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