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RE: Lego Network Protocol questions
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 14:45:44 GMT
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RAJACKSON@QNX.COMnospam
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Previously, you (Ralph Hempel) wrote:
> With all of the talk about networking and IP embedding and such,
> and since I'm working on a proprietary '485 master/slave protocol
> for a client, I had to dust off a GREAT university text on
> networks.
>
> It devotes an entire chapter to ALOHA and slotted ALOHA - a radio
> broadcasting protocol developed at the University of Hawaii. This is
> VERY similar to our problem of nodes stepping on each other's toes
> trying to get the masters attention.
>
> The book is called:
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> Computer Networks
> Andrew S. Tannenbaum
> Prentice-Hall (c) 1981
> ISBN 0-13-165183-8
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> It's an old book, but really, not that much has changed that applies
> to our kind of networking. Plus Tannenbaum's about the dryest wit
> on the planet when writing textbooks...
>
> Good luck finding it, confirming opinions are always welcome :-)
Try Op-Amp in LA. their web site is <http://www.opamp.com/> they have
a very good selection of technical books.
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> Cheers,
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> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at:
> <http://www.bmts.com/~rhempel/lego/pbFORTH/default.html>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com
> ------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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