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Re: What to start out with?
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:04:10 GMT
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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
news:Pine.SOL.3.91.991215012514.10125D-100000@teer13.acpub.duke.edu...
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Hari Wiguna wrote:
> > There are also two books on MindStorms, I'm still reading, so I cannot • make
> > a recommendation yet.
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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
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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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| (...) 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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