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| Hi everyone, Jake Mendelssohn has posted the rules for the 4th annual spring 1997 Fire-Fighting Robot Contest. I went to the 1996 contest and it was great fun. The contest draws people from all over the world, including hobbyists, university folk, (...) (28 years ago, 11-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | IR Transmiter
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| What Transmiter should be used with Sharp IS1U60 reciever? -Shay Shai Shomroni Science and Technology Education Center shaysh@post.tau.ac.il Tel-Aviv University, Israel (URL) fax:972-3-6407752 (28 years ago, 11-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: your mail
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| (...) That makes sense. I suppose if I had a linux laptop, I wouldn't mind so much... :-) I suppose I prefer the graphical versions becaused I've been using them for some time, and have gotten used to their feel. Also, I managed to get pretty sick (...) (28 years ago, 11-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Good question. Many UNIX programs are text-based, which allows easier integration with editors, etc. (if you disable paren balencing, you should be able to run IC under emacs, for example). Also, some (few) UNIX people are still using (...) (28 years ago, 11-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | IC 3.1 for linux
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| Well, I finally broke down and bought a PC. (after being an amiga user for serveral years...) In an attempt to make life more interesting, i decided to install linux on my system. (Which is pretty neat, by the way...) I downloaded IC 3.1 for linux, (...) (28 years ago, 10-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: Monster Traxx ?
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| (...) Lots of robot stuff can be had at thrift stores. Salvation Army, Goodwill, ARC, etc. Sometimes you get deals, sometimes you get junk, but it is usually a better price than retail. Modems, Computers, and other toys can be had at these places. I (...) (28 years ago, 10-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Monster Traxx ?
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| has anyone an idea of where could I get a 2nd hand (supposed to be cheaper) Monster Traxx RC toy ??? I obviously wanted as the base for my robot ... Thanks oriol (28 years ago, 9-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Please may I join the mailing list.
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| I am making a Lego robot as detailed in the book "Mobile Robts, Inspiration to Implementation". I would like to use the Handy Board as a control centre. Please may I join the handy-board mailing list. Thank you. Richard Whitehead (...) (28 years ago, 9-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: Trinity College robot contest
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| Fred & others, FYI, there were 5 teams of LEGO robots (using 6270 and HB) in the "grown-up" category from Penn State Abington-Ogontz (Abington, PA). These were freshmen and sophomore engr undergrads taking a robot design course. (One team placed (...) (28 years ago, 8-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| How does one get the Sharp GP1U52 recievers to acknowledge the 100/125 hz scheme? I've tried using the set_ir_recieve_frequency and ir_counts routines but I only seem to be able to get recognition on port 15. Is there another piece of code that has (...) (28 years ago, 6-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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