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Re: Will TLC continue to support Scout?
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lugnet.robotics.scout
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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:00:20 GMT
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dunno if TLC pays attention to this newsgroup, but i'm with
you. bought the Robotics Discovery Set for my 7 year old
nephew. i specifically wanted one he could use without
having to fire up the PC, or learning how to program on
the PC. plenty of time for that in the next coupla years;
meanwhile, the simple Scout programming is enough to
whet his appetite and introduce him to the concept of
"wait for this event, then do this".
TLC, are you listening? you'd be cutting out a whole
group of possible mindstorm enthusiasts. the scout
is a great stepping stone on the path to the full
RCX system. if you take away that stepping stone,
some other company may come up with a new product
in its place.
michael
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Rob wrote:
> Does anyone know what TLC's plans are with respect to Scout? Why are they
> discontinuing the 9735 Robotics Discovery Set? Are they killing Scout?
> Will they continue to support it?
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> I just bought one for my 7 year old last year and he loves it. He's too
> young for the RDX -- I think TLC is missing a key market segment if they
> kill it.
>
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| At the risk of being flamed for "me too"ism.. I bought an RDS in mid-2000 while on business in the US (honest!), for my 7,10 + 12 year old's to get the hang of simple programming. I then grabbed NQC and downloaded the Scout SDK (before TLC removed (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| Does anyone know what TLC's plans are with respect to Scout? Why are they discontinuing the 9735 Robotics Discovery Set? Are they killing Scout? Will they continue to support it? I just bought one for my 7 year old last year and he loves it. He's (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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