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RE: Scout brick and IR
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:20:51 GMT
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I have one of each, but the RCX is far more interesting. I think the RDS
would be fun for younger kids (it says 9+ on the box), but once you got the
hang of it, you would quickly want the programming power of the RCX. My
scout is still configured in the basic "out of the box" bug, and that's
fun, but very limited.
I am also curious what the programming extension might offer. I could
imagine a menu driven LOGO interface, keeping with the target age group. I
am worried that the extension might just be a pc driven interface to the
menu items already in there...:>(
On the other hand, it's interesting to see how much is already in there.
The light sensor has a trainable threshold, and will respond differently
to light, null, and dark. You can put a standard light sensor on the touch
inputs. I wish I could figure out how to use the apparent proximity
routine. This all leaves me cautiously optimistic that the programming
extension will be interesting.
I also wonder if anyone (far more adept than I ) in the group is thinking
of looking at the ROM to see how different it is, and what's in there.
Jeff
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Jesper Kjaer [SMTP:jesperkj@vip.cybercity.dk]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 4:22 PM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: RE: Scout brick and IR
> 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?
>
> 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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| Is there an IR port on the RDS? With that big old LCD, it would be sooooo much better than the RCX if you could actually do real programming on it. -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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