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Subject:	Re: Laser Tag on a Brick - Laser Tag with an RCX as the main part!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:57:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Chris Malton wrote: > It depends on some software I have written to be > usable (unless you use the Messages window in > BricxCC or the NQC command line). Why? If you need to send an IR message from the RCX, there's a command for that in NQC (SendMessage, IMS). > What does anyone think of the idea (other than mad)? How directed is the pulse? "Laser tag", "flashlight tag", and "broad-beamed searchlight tag" are very different games, and I'm not sure how you get a semi-tight "beam" from the RCX without a significant muzzle. -- Brian Davis

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		Re: Laser Tag on a Brick - Laser Tag with an RCX as the main part!
(...) The software I wrote is for the controlling PC. It uses SendMessage from the RCX, but the PC software is needed to interpret the messages from the RCX. The PC has to act as a base station! The PC can then generate scores etc. using a somewhat (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Laser Tag on a Brick - Laser Tag with an RCX as the main part!
Now, before you all laugh about this, I'm actually very serious. I don't know how many of you have ever played Laser Tag before, but basically you have a laser enabled gun that fires infrared light at other people. Completely harmless. How I got (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics)

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