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RE: Scout brick and IR
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:21:55 GMT
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> All this leads up to this question: With LEGO releasing a programing
> interface for the Scout next year, why do you think they would ditch so
> much of the RCX firmware and then create something different that could
> sill be programmed? Isn't that just reinventing the wheel?
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> Please give any ideas or comments you may have.
Best guess - to appeal to different segments of the market - the scout looks
'easy' to use for people with no computer or programming experience - but
they still keep a door open for those of us that have computers and are
crazy about programming things - I honestly think that they did the best to
please all of us - and still try to make money (afterall that's what firms
like Lego do) - raise your hand - how many of you people that have a RIS set
will NOT be buying/or want to buy the RDS? - and of those of you that DO buy
the RDS are pleased with the fact that this brick can be programmed as well?
regards
Jesper
mailto:jesperkj@vip.cybercity.dk
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| Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. I believe the RDS Scout fills a nitch in the market that was lacking. When the RIS first came out, I was working at an educational toy store that sold it. Most kids that got one loved it but quite a few RISs did get (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have been doing experiments with the Scout brick from the LEGO Robotics Discovery set and have come across a few things that have me scratching my head. Please excuse the length of this post. The Scout can understand two types of messages via it's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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