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Re: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:01:32 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@marktest.(nospam)pt>
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At 10:30 05-11-1999 Friday , Stefan Prescher wrote:
> The set 8450 Mission (Cybermaster expansion) is a model off a airplane.
> The expansion is only the software. An advanture game with an Bomb-layer
> vehicle and some software for the airplane.
> No new sensors or systematic program language.
The CyberMaster was never intended to be programmed by the user like Mindstorms.
It's *very* unfortunate to see LEGO invest so much effort and money in a radio-controlled LEGO computer with so much to offer and don't take *any* steps to make profit on it.
I *bet* 95% of all CyberMasters sold are in a dusty corner of the attic of even in the trashcan after a month of use.
:-(
Laurentino Martins
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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| (...) If the CPU in the Cybermaster is the same as the RCX (minus the extra RAM) or the Scout, and the radio link is alive all the time (not like the narcoleptic tower), I'll bet that I could hack an "umbilical" Forth system, where the bulk of the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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| (...) And minus a downloadable firmware. (...) From the PC point of view, the tower behaves like the MindStorms tower. The CyberMaster can not send messages like the MindStorms, but the PC can query literally everything in the CyberMaster at any (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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| The set 8450 Mission (Cybermaster expansion) is a model off a airplane. The expansion is only the software. An advanture game with an Bomb-layer vehicle and some software for the airplane. No new sensors or systematic program language. Kind of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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