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Hello All! I am a newbie to the Lego robotics scene ( I will be receiving a RIS for Christmas ( very excited ) ) and have been following this newsgroup and other sites for the past few weeks. I really do not own very many Lego pieces at the present (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Welcome to the world of LEGO & robotics! Right out of the box, 700 parts is more than enough to build interesting robots. I think you should save your money until AFTER you PLAY with your MindStorms. In the mean time, give Lego Shop at home a call, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Particularly if you are just starting, and if you are interested in the coding more than the construction, I very highly recommend O'Reilly's Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms. Covers all your bases and is very well written. Luis ###...### (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi What is the other book besides the O'Reilly one? Thanks Keith : (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I like Dave Baum's book better as a first book. Most people in this group seem to use NQC which is covered in-depth. Also has lots of construction ideas and the pictures are a little better. Mike Luis Villa <liv@duke.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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That would be: "Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms" Dave Baum APress ISBN 1-893115-09-7 MSRP $24.95 (...) Jim West NIC Team Lead NIC Oracle Developer and DBA in Training NIC Chief Cook and Bottle Washer MCI Worldcom (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dave Baums' "Definitive Guide to Lego MindStorms". Excellent! Check Amazon for good price. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ahlstrom" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:4.2.0.58.199912...cts.com... (...) make (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Do either of these books pertain to the Droid Developer Kit? Thanks, Carey (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The DDK is virtually unprogrammable and has limited i/o capabilities, so neither book (as far as I'm aware) touches on it. Sorry... -Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Well, having read both books now, I have to say this: which book you want first depends on what you are looking for. Jonathan's book (the O'Reilly book) is good if you are looking for a survey of all the programming tools available, and a few basic (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You can do quite a lot with the parts in the box, although eventually you'll want to expand. IMHO, the first items to expand would be: 1) An extra motor 2) A rotation sensor The extra motor means your robots can have more functions. The (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dave> Set #8448 is on sale at TRU for $99. Another good deal on a Dave> large Technic set. Dave> I believe set #8286 is also a good set for parts. Its on sale Dave> now for $44: (URL) the 8286 and/or the 8448 have the differential and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) #8286 pre-dates some of the "new" style steering parts shown in the book. There's a listing of the parts in #8286 at: (URL) pretty sure it has some steering parts, but not the exact ones used by the book. I didn't see a differential listed, so (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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