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Subject: 
Re: Scout brick and IR
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:32:39 GMT
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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 returned because the word "programming"
scared them badly.

I didn't mean for it to sound like I was bashing LEGO in my first post.
That's not it at all. I just think it would neat if someone with the
know how would hack the little beast so I could tell how to make it do
more before LEGO lets us all in on it's secrets next year.



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  RE: Scout brick and IR
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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