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(...) You forget that there are many of us (if not the majority) that neither have the means to build hardware, nor have the knowledge or know-how to build it. I personally know how good I am at destroying hardware. Is not uncommon to try to fix (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <4.1.19990101123359....lepac.pt>, Laurentino Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes (...) Would it be worth my while to make some 4-into-one adaptor bricks and offer them for sale? It would consist of an 8 x 2 peg brick (for 4 bump sensors) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As someone who is already limited on hobby time, I say name your price and I'll order a couple! Great, idea. -- ___...___ L. M. Lloyd lee@advfilms.com SGI Animator ADV Films USA ___...___ -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yeah. I'm intersted. I'd b willing to pay $15-20 for it. Question: how would one program for the new inputs? PV (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'll agree that many people don't have ready access to a soldering iron, but the concepts are pretty simple and the plans for such "extensions" to the RCX are available on the web. I'm a software-type. Odds are 50/50 that I'll burn myself with (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think a lot of people would be interested in such an option. Those like myself (who can probably build it given some time) would be willing to pay less than those who don't have access to any tools. I'd figure such a "brick" would be worth (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Presumably with a resistor array so as to give different analog values depending on which sensors had been hit? (...) *If* they discriminated between the different sensors, one or two, up to about UKPounds 35/US $50 each (though I would prefer (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The big cost in these things, wqould be that you need 5 of the 2*2*2/3 plates at the end of Technic leads, unless you homebrew those too. AFAIK, you can only get leads, at least as far as Service packs are concerned, for about $5-$6 (with 2 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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