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Re: Might be new to Mindstorms
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Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:56:23 GMT
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Ok.. I checked that out... from the sounds of it the RIS is the better
bet...
Bascially it sounds like Cybermaster is like the RC they sold in the I
think summer cat from S@H??? only it's computer controlled instead of
hand remote controlled?
I will post this to the mailing list also because I now have more
questions :)
with the RIS, it has the 5 slots, like the comparison page says, with
it's very short review [1] and it needs to stay within reach of the IR
transmitter.. if it is within the transmitting area, I can reprogram it
to do other things on the fly? or do I have to start it all over again.
If this makes sense I'll try again. [2] it has 5 slots, can I empty or
reload one slot as it's moving? or more?
Supports up to 10 concurrent tasks? can only have maybe one or 2 tasks
per program? will it run more than one prg at a time?
Thanks for the help so far!
Tamy
[1] oh no, now I'm starting this crap! Is there another longer review??
[2] flying by the seat of my pants here as I don't know exactly how this
works yet without having the set
Andy Bower wrote:
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> Tamy,
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> I wouldn't recommend buying the RCX and motors/sensors separately. By the
> time you've bought an RCX, the PC software to drive it, 2 Motors and a
> couple of sensors you won't be far off the cost of MindStorms and you won't
> have all the extra 700 odd bits that come in the real set.
>
> One thing you you might find is that the CyberMaster set (if it is available
> in your country) may be of interest to you rather than MindStorms. I'd say
> it's something like a half way house between the BarCode truck and
> MindStorms. There is a comparison of the two sets on the Lego Robotics
> WikiWeb at:
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> http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Lego-Robotics/MindStormsAndCyberMasterC
> omparison.htm
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> Regards,
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> Andy Bower
> ---
> Visit the Lego-Robotics Wiki Web
> http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Lego-Robotics/FrontPage.htm
> ---
> Program Mindstorms with objects
> http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit
> ---
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mookie <Mookie@execpc.com>
> Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics
> Sent: 27 February 1999 13:10
> Subject: Might be new to Mindstorms
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> > I'm tempted to get this set, though I don't know that much about
> > programming, is this set easy enough to do things without that much
> > knowledge?
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> > Or would I be better off getting the RC and a couple of motors to play
> > with? or the BarCode truck?
> >
> > I know this would be a good source of information as to how to do
> > things, so I would have that advantage!
> >
> > Any ideas, thoughts welcomed!
> > Thanks for reading
> > Tamy
> >
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| Mookie wrote in message <36D831C7.78D50CF5@e...pc.com>... (...) Both RIS and Cybermaster are much more versatile than RC and Barcode Pilot. The RC car isn't good for anything else but RC controlling a car and even limited in that too (no variable (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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