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Article #1716Re: My robot project.
From: F. C. Floberg
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 17:45
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 17:45
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ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty) writes: [quoting me about remote control suggestion/question] : : Ah!!! I'm glad you asked because I forgot to mention it! Yes, you : are absolutely correct. The onboard computer will be a mother board : from an Apple compatible computer but the actual high level brains : will be a currently unused Mac 512. The data link will be via modified : (you'll LOVE this) Mr Microphone equivalents that I acquired at close : out prices from Radio (Shack) Rip Off Store for $3.00 a piece! The Ahhh! Radio Shack, the technology store! (don't tell the sales guy what you're gonna do with the MR. Micphone, or they'll crank the price up! :) : modems will probably just be 300 baud modem chips from any major : silicon distributor like Jameco etc. This may ruin my dream of building : a no-cost robot but top price will be around $20 when I'm done if I : really go extravagant! =-) True, but when you consider the value of the "anti-accidently-run-over- neibhors-cat" feature that RC will give you, it seems worth the investment. I'll be interested to hear about developements on the software. (Dunno 'bout anyone else.) : : Anthony : Fred -- Fred Floberg - N1GVA at Evil Weather Machines LTD. email: ...!uunet!hsi!a3bee2!n1gva!fcf
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mercury.hsi.com!a3bee2!n1gva!fcf From: fcf@n1gva (F. C. Floberg) Subject: Re: My robot project. Message-ID: <1993Jan5.174540.1565@n1gva> Organization: Evil Weather Machines LTD References: <1993Jan5.064806.21019@dunix.drake.edu> Distribution: comp.robotics Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 17:45:40 GMT Lines: 31