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Subject: 
Re: Star Wars Mindstorms = True
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:21:19 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@STOPSPAMmarktest.pt>
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> Yes, we run that risk every time we write a book. This
> particular article didn't bother me too much, however,
> as it doesn't seem to reveal any significantly new
> technology: the R2D2 kit is probably the smaller
> RIS kit that was rumored earlier on this list, and the
> remote control is really nothing new either. The
> camera, though, I'll have to check out. Still, it
> doesn't really change the basic RCX platform, which
> means I still have something stable to write about.

The text says:
"LEGO Systems Inc. showed off updated versions of its MindStorms robot systems with enhanced processors."

Seems to me that:
    Enhanced processors = new hardware with new firmware.

PS: I hope you let us know what LEGO is up to after that meeting ;-)


Laurentino Martins

[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]

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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: Star Wars Mindstorms = True
 
(...) That article makes us believe that at least concerning LEGO, the MindStorms and CyberMaster sets were only the beginning of something much much bigger. I guess this list will never run out of topic, nor all those hackers out there out of (...) (28 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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