>Similarly, does anyone remember a truck-like thing (big trax?) that you
>could program sorta like LOGO? I remember the commercials showed it
>bringing a soda (or beer?) to one lucky owner. Unfortunately, my family's
>gift budgets never would have covered such a nifty gadget... 8^(
I have one of the 4.5v Lego/Dacta Robotics kits that hooks up to my Apple
IIe (conveniently making this post on-topic). I bought it through the
school when Lego discontinued the kits last year. The system is based on
Logo. The motors and sensors connect to the external interface box,
which is connected to the Apple IIe via a 20 pin ribbon cable and
interface card (which I think is really just a scaled down serial card).
There are touch sensors, optosensors, motors, and lights for the kit. I
currently have mine set up around my 9v Lego train, using the sensors to
detect when it passes, the motors to raise and lower the crossing gates.
There's nothing better than mixing computers and Lego!
Tom Owad
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Received on Wed Sep 09 1998 - 15:52:36 BST