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    RE: Wow... this is cool! —ComCast_1
   Well, let's see the price (:-) So -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Mark Tarrabain Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:54 PM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Wow... this is cool! (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        RE: Wow... this is cool! —Richard Diaz
     How many tasks do we get? I need quite a few... TASK 1 - ROBOT MOW THE LAWN! TASK 2 - ROBOT Take my wife to dinner! TASK 3 - ROBOT Scare my daughters boyfriend! TASK 4 - ROBOT GO TO MY WORK! ComCast_1 <vidin33@comcast.net> wrote:Well, let's see the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Wow... this is cool! —Mark Tarrabain
     (...) Probably as many as you have the RAM to support. Java threads don't have a very large memory footprint by themselves, so it's reasonable to expect this number to be quite large. I suspect that individual satisfaction with performance issues (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Wow... this is cool! —Andy Gombos
     I have argued with Bruce Boyes over the apparent "spamming" he has been doing of the list with regards to promoting JCX everywhere. Then I went and looked at the specs again a few weeks ago. I'll buy one as soon as I can find the money. They look (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Wow... this is cool! —Rob Limbaugh
     My only desire to have a JCX is for "geek factor". Until it is up for sale, the hype is meaningless to prospective consumers--it's right up there with showing of concept cars at automotive events. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Gombos" (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Wow... this is cool! —Mark Tarrabain
     (...) Yeah... sorry, wasn't trying to be guilty of trying to create any sort of artificial hype for it. I just came across it for the first time yesterday on the net and went "WOW!!!" I wasn't aware it was already widely known in the lugnet (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Wow... this is cool! —Mark Tarrabain
   (...) From the link from that page that compares the JCX to the LEGO RCX, (URL) $500 for a typical multi-board system with 1 MByte memory, 2xRS232, 8 inputs and 4 outputs" $450 seems like a safe bet to me. We'll find out for sure when the production (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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