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RE: Scout brick and IR
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:17:50 GMT
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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
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Jeffrey Hazen wrote:
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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
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> -----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
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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?
> >
> > 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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