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x-posted to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster Apologies for not posting in German. I am thinking of buying a German copy of the cybermaster set. Does anyone know is the instruction / software will me in English as well as German? Thanks for any help. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: 8450 - Now in Busy Bee - and other stuff
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(...) I think so, or at leats it says so on the box. (...) To be honest, I've no idea what is in the box(?) (...) I get, on average, one mail per week asking if I can get it. I have been offered one for $15 less in Germany... but I am not sure if (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) parts) And, is it good for parts in its own right? Is there any demand for it in the US? What's MSRP? Thanks, I may have a chance to buy a few, trying to decide if it's worth the bother. (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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8450 - Now in Busy Bee The price is UKP44 (quite high), but buyers from outside the EU get a 17.5% discount as they do not have to pay vat! Full contact deatails are here: (URL) A (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Wanted: 8450 Mission ( Cybermaster Expansion set )
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Busy Bee in the UK can get them - they are currently out, but are ordering one for me. (URL) only want the parts in the set, not the software, so if you want the software, maybe we can work something out. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Does anyone have one of these for sale? or know of anyplace that sells them? thanks, john (26 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Cybermaster
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(...) See the inventory at (URL) evah, John C (26 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Cybermaster
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(...) AFAIK with Cybermaster you can only use passive sensors and the programs can only be very small. I'd go for RIS. (I first got RIS and bought Cybermaster as an add-on for ca $90.) (...) cybermaster brick with two integrated motors, one output, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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I've been offered a cybermaster set quite cheap (~$100). Is it worth it, or should I save my efforts for RIS? Also, what actually comes in the cybermaster set? Scott A (26 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Cybermaster : date of release
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(...) I don't know if it was "official" or not, but I bought a Cybermaster set (8482) last year at Zany Brainy in the USA. John C. (26 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Cybermaster : date of release
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Hi Just a question: in which year the Cybermaster set has been released and has it ever been sold in the USA? I think it was released in Europe during 1998 and has been never officially sold in USA. If someone has better information, thanks in (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | new german "LEGO® Cybermaster + Mindstorms ROBOTICS-Forum"
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Hi, good news for all german-language legoists: there opened a new cybermaster and mindstorm forum at parsimony. adress is (URL) volker (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Cybermaster on sale in Switzerland
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I just saw Cybermaster on sale in Migros stores in Switzerland for 149 CHF (about 90$ and half the normal price). I have already a RIS. Beside the cybermaster unit itself, is the buy worthwhile for other parts ? Lorenzo Zago (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
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(...) I would suspect that antenna placement, and possibly considering a different antenna design, would make a huge difference. Look in some radio books for things like Yagi designs. Give you much more range, but also make the antenna very (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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I would second the recommendation for trying different locations for the tower. At one point I had so many problems with "dead spots" with my exploring rover (that needs to communicate with the map making/route finding software running on the PC), (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) Mignon batteries are batteries of size R6 like used in CM. (...) You are right the nominal voltage of this recharable batteries is 1.2V but I tested the voltage of a just refreshed batterie under load and then the real voltage was about 1.25 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) of the CM. On using the rechargable batteries the control shows a low battery status also on just refreshed batteries... So the action radius was about a maximum of 3...4 meters an d the connection was interrupted seveal times. My measurements (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Johannes Keukelaar skrev i meddelandet ... (...) We did some tests when the kit was new (almost a year ago now!), and we had communications working from first to second floor (old house, no cement or iron in the walls, just a brick chimney in the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: (...) Falk> because a lot of toys are using mignon batteries Mignon batteries? Falk> and so I have about 20 rechargable batteries and a processor Falk> charger for loading these in a short (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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