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Subject: 
Well I went and got it!!!
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:48:56 GMT
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WooHoo!!!

Just got my first Mindstorms kit RIS 2.0, birthday prezzy (35 years young)
from the Mrs.

I have always been a Technic fan and I have an extensive collection thanks
to Ebay.

I have a few questions:

Can anyone recommend any books to give me more insight, I live in the UK?

From what I can gather I believe it is possible to write control programs
using other methods than that supplied on the Mindstorms CD, can anyone
point me in the right directions for a complete beginner?

Many thanks and I am sure I will have other questions as time goes by if not
models to show off and ideas/tips to share.

Gary.



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  Re: Well I went and got it!!!
 
(URL) what I recommend for programming it. As for books I can't comment as I haven't actually gotten the books I bought read yet. Too many programming books requiring my attention first. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Well I went and got it!!!
 
(...) Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS (Apress, ISBN 1-59059-063-5) is a very nice book to get you started with RCX Code and NQC. If you want to go further, I recommend EXTREME MINDSTORMS by Baum, Gasperi, Hempel and Villa (Apress, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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