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Re: New TLC Mindstorms survey
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:08:10 GMT
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Paul S. D'Urbano wrote:
> You can also get to the survey at:
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> http://www.mindstorms.com
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> Hmmm... Wonder if this means they haven't started yet on new Mindstorms product.
> Was kind of hoping the next gen stuff would come along soon. Maybe they've got
> stuff developed and are just looking to the survey to get an idea of what to
> package with it and how to support/grow it best.
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> -Paul D.
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It might be a long shot - but I am gonna ask for more sensor/motor ports
and external power in/out lines. I always thought the active sensor
thing was over complicated for any custom sensors.
Since they pose the "what would you consider important if you were
designing the next RIS?" - it is worth giving them the community feeling
on what we need.
Bluetooth connectivity(use a standard dongle- and not the tower).
Any other ideas here?
Orion
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| (...) Well, I had to respond to the survey - how could I not!!! More ports and more sensor choices was my main message. I must say, having built numerous active sensors for RCX, I don't think I'd class the interface as hard to live with. Its cheap - (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: New TLC Mindstorms survey
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| (...) On the software side, don't forget to lobby them to fix the #$@%$! hyperthreading USB tower driver bug!!!! I'd also love to see real C/C++ programming support out of the box -- setting up Cygwin and brickOS is just too hard for most people. If (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) You can also get to the survey at: (URL) Wonder if this means they haven't started yet on new Mindstorms product. Was kind of hoping the next gen stuff would come along soon. Maybe they've got stuff developed and are just looking to the survey (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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