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RE: Mindstorms in 1999
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:33:33 GMT
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Jim Thomas <jim.thomas@trw.IHATESPAMcom>
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I would be very surprised if the RCX itself was discontinued. Lego can
continue to make easy money on that as long as there is demand through
Pitsco Dacta sales (at $90? or $120?). In the educational market there is
an installed base they can leverage to keep a product viable. It is the
boxed set (including parts, motors, sensors) geared towards retail sales
that will be affected by marketing decisions and other product offerings.
JT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amp5315@ritvax.isc.rit.edu [mailto:amp5315@ritvax.isc.rit.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 6:22 AM
> To: Mark Tarrabain
> Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: Mindstorms in 1999
>
>
> Wow. I REALLY hope that Lego does not stop production of the
> Mindstorms
> RCX as we know it. I don't know about other places, but here
> at RIT we
> are SERIOUSLY considering using them to do some Karol the Robot type
> artificial intelligence projects with students using the VB control to
> write software. (actually we want to do this and are
> requesting budget :)
> I would be very upset if we can't do this know because we
> can't get bricks
> for the labs...
>
> I think that more adults have these things than kids. Why
> doesn't Lego
> just play to both markets and make an even more capable brick
> as well as
> the "dumber" versions that are coming out ? I know the
> research is there
> from the MIT projects, and they could make a **lot** of $$ selling
> advanced kits to adult buyers. Just a thought.
>
> -A
>
> Andrew Phelps
> Graduate Assistant
> Rochester Institute of Technology
> http://www.rit.edu/~amp5315/
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>
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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