Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03000
To: Bumper314@aol.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sharon Williams swilliam@cadvision.com
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 17:59:41 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: F#$@ beam
maybe it has to do with that little problem that seems to come up a lot,
just having enough voltage to keep the latch on, so it can not recharge, or
something like that, try your SE's under different light conditions.
-Jeremy Williams
At 07:34 PM 5/5/99 EDT, Bumper314@aol.com wrote:
>I am 3 secons away from quitting BEAM completely and selling me $2500 worth
>of parts for $.01. I am cursed. There is No way i can accept this. I have
>switched out all of the parts on my FLED SE thoughsands of times (and I do
>litterally mean that) and now I am taking old solar engines that I know with
>every fiber of my being that they work, and I am getting the same results.
>The stupid charge to .7V and not fire deal and a few one where it charges to
>3.5v and doesnt fire. My bots are dying all the time, so now I'm down to 16
>working (i used to have about 25) and i cant figure out what is wrong with
>them. I haven been able to make a new bot in about 3 months, and I have
about
>12 dead bots on my desk. This is brought me to tears man, so dont just
dismis
>it. This isnt any newbie mistake. I have had 3 other people go over my
>circuit and they cant find any problem. I give this 1 more day before i piss
>on all my stuff and more completely over to digital robotics. HELP ME
>PLEASE!!!!!!
>
>Steve
>
>
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