Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03014
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: James Taylor edgar_the_hate_bug1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 20:19:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: F#$@ beam
You know what I had the same exact problem. All my
stuff would charge to around 3.5 volts and NEVER fire.
The problem vanished when I stopped using radio shack
parts....
--- James Anderson wrote:
> 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
>
> Umm... I don't know if this will make you feel any
> better, but I'm a newbie and
> had the charging to ~3.5 and not firing problem
> about a month ago. I worked
> away at it for three days, got nowhere, and have
> been avoiding beam entirely
> ever since. If you do figure out what's going on,
> *please* post a solution to
> the list, as I think there're other newbies out
> there feeling the same way I
> am...
>
>
> Wondering Aimlessly,
> James Anderson
> ============================
> Sole text found after following an apparently dead
> link: "/bin/moved"
>
>
===
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- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
James Taylor
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