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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 21:18:07 GMT
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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 it) for me :)
I think the RDS is a great way to start constructing (inter)active toys, and
would like to see it continue (the introduction of the micro-scout last year
was a good sign).
I've just purchased ROBOLAB 2.5 (but it doesn't work on Win95 OSR1 - boo!)
for it's Scout support, so we can have a decent drag+drop programming tool..
I really can't justify the cost of an RCX yet (76 UKP + tax), since we are
nowhere near done with the Scout's capabilites...
Come on TLC - keep supporting the Scout!
Phil.
Michael Shiloh wrote:
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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".
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> 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.
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> michael
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> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Rob wrote:
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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 too
> > young for the RDX -- I think TLC is missing a key market segment if they
> > kill it.
> >
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