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RE: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
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Date: 
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:24:49 GMT
Original-From: 
Jason Cooper <robotman@slip.net^avoidspam^>
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We don't currently carry the "parts" that expand the MindStorms product
line, but we're working to get a distributor account for those "Dacta"
accesories.   Check out http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com/ for the extra
sensors and stuff, for now.

Also, for all you "hackers" out there, update us on your progress with
making Lego MindStorms compatible pieces... I know some of you have your
own light, touch and temperature sensors.  We're going to be developing
compatible pieces (Muscle Wire Actuators, Servo Controllers) and might be
interested in marketing some of your own creations... if the pieces could
be produced in quantities at a low enough price.  Of course we'ld have to
make sure it doesn't conflict with our Lego relationship.

Jason Cooper - robotman@slip.net
Mondo-tronics' Robot Store
http://www.RobotStore.com
(415) 491-4600

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From: Ben Laurie
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 12:30 PM
To: Jason Cooper
Subject: Re: MindStorms at Robot Store

Jason Cooper wrote:

Mondo-tronics' Robot Store sells the....

RIS Kit for $198
Expansion Kits for $58 seperately

We do have delays of a couple weeks however, due to the extreme demand.

Do you also do parts (i.e. touch sensors, angle sensors, etc.)?

Cheers,

Ben.

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  Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
 
(...) And that's the catch (price). The reason I build my own sensors is due to the price. A touch sensor is a miniture momentary-on push-button mounted inside a block (with a wire and alligator clips to connect to the RCX). Basically free except (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
 
(...) No matter what official sensors are sold, there will always be some new type of sensor someone wants to build. What I would find VERY useful would be a 3x2 lego block with the built in electrical contacts on the posts. Something like the empty (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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