Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00533
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:47:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM `claims' and misdemeanors, WAS: question
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, George Rix wrote:
> Well I, for one, am pretty darn confused. I assume you're talking about a
> microcore, as in the circuit that I first read about as being a BEAM
> circuit? Now I'm even more confused. Are you being sarcastic, or serious?
> I'm not really sure.
I meant, there are no commercially sold BEAM-labeled `bots
containing a uC. At least I don't know of any.
> Is cybug a BEAM bot?
That question has been answered by its designer.
> As Ian Bernstein asked, what is a BEAM bot? It is a robot which
> makes use of the BEAM philosophy,
`Philosophy': The search for the nature and meaning of existence,
according to my dictionary. It seems a pretty grandiose word for
having maximum fun with minimal electronics and one or more
electromotors. But sure, outside the commercial aspect - I
erroneously believed BEAM to actually be a trademark - BEAM `bots
are any and all `bots you care to call BEAM.
Nervous Nets and so on are part of a subset, so to speak, one with
patents and lawyers attached.
Best,
Steve
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