joeslon@hubcap.clemson.edu (joe d sloan) (02/21/91)
Anybody out there got any pointers to Lego-Logo? I'd like to find enough information to actually implement it for my kids. Where do I get the motors? What software is available and how much do I have to write myself? Any help appreciated. Joe Sloan joeslon@hubcap.clemson.edu Lander College Greenwood, SC 29649 (803) 229-8254
ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) (02/22/91)
In article <13229@hubcap.clemson.edu> joeslon@hubcap.clemson.edu (joe d sloan) writes: >Anybody out there got any pointers to Lego-Logo? I'd >like to find enough information to actually implement it >for my kids. Where do I get the motors? What software >is available and how much do I have to write myself? >Any help appreciated. The software is marketed by Lego Limited in WREXHAM, Wales. A good place for general enquiries about it is probably NCET (National centre for educational technology) at the Science Park, The University of Warwick, COVENTRY, England. The motors are marketed under the name `Lego-Technic' -- most toy shops have them. You don't have to write any systems software yourself provided you are using Leg's choice of computer: probably RM Nimbus and the >>vomit<< BBC-B Micro. -- ``If God had meant us to use * Left % Ken Johnson, AIAI word-processors He would never * handed % 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh have created Tippex'' * people % E-mail ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk -- me * are best % 031-650 2756 direct line
mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) (02/25/91)
ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) writes: > The motors are marketed under the name `Lego-Technic' -- most toy shops > have them. > > You don't have to write any systems software yourself provided you are > using Lego's choice of computer: probably RM Nimbus and the >>vomit<< > BBC-B Micro. There's also the Atari Robokit, software and hardware to link an Atari ST to the Lego Technic robot set. The Lego robot set is available separately, and includes some bits of Lego which it is otherwise difficult to get: touch switches, solenoids and the like. The software supplied is a programming language with a graphical (icon and picture) front end. You could probably interface Atari DR Logo to the Atari Robokit; I'll make a quick feasibility study if you want. :-) mathew. [ Has anyone ported Logo to run on UNIX under X? ]
rst@cs.hull.ac.uk (Rob Turner) (03/02/91)
Ken Johnson writes: > ... >>vomit<< >BBC-B Micro. The BBC Model B may be way out of date now, but when it came out in 1982 it *hammered* the opposition in terms of technical spec. Never forget that. That's all I have to say on the subject. "My micro is better than your micro" wars are tedious. Rob