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RE: JCX and Legos to appear in Denmark next week
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:33:58 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@AVOIDSPAMgreenfieldgroup.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com] On Behalf Of Mark Tarrabain
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:16 AM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: JCX and Legos to appear in Denmark next week
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> Rob Hendrix wrote:
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> > So, where's the available product? I thought it was going to be
> > available almost 1 year ago?
> >
> > (Opinions omitted),
> > Rob Hendrix
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>
> I was extremely excited when I first heard about this product
> a year ago last summer. I have long since lost the enthusiasm
> I had, and I can't say I'd be suprised if the project remains
> vaporware forever (at least with respect to being an actual
> commercial product).
It was supposedly to be released by year end of 2001:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=16217
Then, a new release date was slated for April 2003:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=20314
JCX schedule page:
http://jcx.systronix.com/schedule.htm
The dates are presumably for 2003 because on another page they list
"new" schematics for the production JCX on August 14, 2003. However, at
the bottom, there is a new prototype schematic added on June 2004:
http://jcx.systronix.com/schematics.htm
Apparently, if one really wants a JCX, they need to build their own...
- Rob
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: JCX and Legos to appear in Denmark next week
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| In lugnet.robotics, "Rob Limbaugh" <RLimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.com> wrote: snip ... (...) Yep, that's my take on it too. And then you don't have to get saddled with a Java only brick either. I say "Build your own Brick!" JB (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: JCX and Legos to appear in Denmark next week
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| (...) Of course, as the dates on all as yet incomplete portions are crossed out with no tentative new estimates for completion, the schedule is basically worthless. (...) Agreed. Which is unfortunate... the concept is a good one... a powerful (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: JCX and Legos to appear in Denmark next week
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| (...) news page that used to be at (URL) are now all offline. If there was any doubt that this product was vapourware (at least with respect to it being a commercial product) before... I had already long since accepted this to be the most likely (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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