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Article #139Re: Hero price question
From: Jason T Milhoan
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:31
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:31
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In article <1992Aug10.210434.2632@ttinews.tti.com> hollombe@polymath.tti.com (T he Polymath) writes: >In article <1992Aug6.200012.22896@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jmilhoan@magnus.a cs.ohio-state.edu (Jason T Milhoan) writes: >}In article <goudswaa.713121741@sfu.ca> goudswaa@fraser.sfu.ca (Peter Goudswaa rd >}) writes: >}>What is a Hero (1?) going for nowadays? There was one advertised >}>in our local paper for $5,000!!! (Canadian dollars, that's roughly >}>$4,200 U.S.) >}> >}>I thought this was rather absurd, but I don't know exactly what it >}>came with, and it is no longer in the paper. What should one expect >}>to pay for one? >} >}Someone recently sold a used one for $100. Another person bought one still i n >}kit form from a surplus place for $175. $4,200 is crazy. > >Depends on which Hero. The HERO-2000 sold new from Heath/Zenith for over >US$5000. US$4200 is somewhat optimistic these days, IMHO, but not quite >as crazy as it sounds. Ah, my apologies. I was referring to the Hero 1 only. btw, does anybody know what comes with a basic Hero kit? I imagine no arm, but what are they capable of doing through programming? Thanks, JT
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!jmilhoan From: jmilhoan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jason T Milhoan) Subject: Re: Hero price question Message-ID: <1992Aug10.213137.29186@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University References: <goudswaa.713121741@sfu.ca> <1992Aug6.200012.22896@magnus.acs.ohio- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:31:37 GMT Lines: 30