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Subject: 
lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:15:49 GMT
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Hi
I am a little bit curious as to why there seems to
be such a lack of interest in the Parallax Basic Stamp
and its new high powered alternative the Basicx.
I know the Basic Stamp might have its weaknesses
but the Basicx seems to be lightyears ahead of both
the Stamp and the RCX (plus its good value for money.
Check the website http://www.basicx.com for details.
Is there some unspoken bias away from using such products?
I will be interested to read any replies.
All the best JC



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
 
(...) Hi! My personal opinion about this is that it is simply the wrong place to look for non-Lego fans: it is after all the Lego User Group site! :-) There is also a Handyboard fan-club too, here... maybe the BasicX fans gather somewhere else? I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
 
(...) Hi Jeremy, Being new to robotics, I had never heard of the BasicX until someone mentioned it the other day on this list. So I took a look at it. First impressions are: - Expensive: It seems that creating a walking-robot is going to set you (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
 
Jeremy, The Basic Stamp is extremely popular. There is a huge user base and a lot of software ideas published. The BasicX is fairly new ... the BX-24 (BS-2 pin compatible device) has only been released for about a month ... so the user base is quite (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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