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RE: O'Reilly Mindstorms book [was RE: Memory]
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:32:01 GMT
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Tim McSweeney <(tim@ams.co.)AvoidSpam(nz)>
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> We don't have a schedule yet; I'm only about
> two chapters into it so far. Please don't ask our
> customer service people about it--they will
> get annoyed with me. The book is designed
> to tell you how to max out your RIS kit--basically
> it picks up where Lego's documentation leaves off.
> I'll talk about NQC, for sure, and making your own
> sensors, how to find Pitsco and S@H, online
> resources, nifty mechanical things like directional
> transmissions and adder-subtractors. My goal
> is to present every cool thing you could possibly
> do with Mindstorms in one book. (It's subtitled
> "The Ultimate Guide," like our PalmPilot book.)
> I'm still undecided about legOS, but I'm thinking
> about having a chapter on it. I'm structuring the
> book around actual robots that you can build, so
> I will cover both mechanical design and software.
>
> I'd be glad to hear any suggestions. I'm still in the early
> stages so you can influence the content if you wish.
>
> If I'm offending anyone by discussing my own book
> on this list, let me know and I'll restrict the talk to
> private emails.
A chapter or two on inter-RCX communication would go down a treat.
"extend your RCX's IO capabilities by buying another of the suckers"
This could extend to a whole range of books
"The ultimate guide to Town Jr" with chapters like
How to actually build something other than the given models.
Deface you Timmy for maximum fun.
...
"A System Administrators guide to Lego Trains"
What is the legal standpoint on using ideas that have been discussed on this
list in a book like this?
Cheers
Tim
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) We don't have a schedule yet; I'm only about two chapters into it so far. Please don't ask our customer service people about it--they will get annoyed with me. The book is designed to tell you how to max out your RIS kit--basically it picks up (...) (28 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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