Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03038
To: James Anderson anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu, Bumper314@aol.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 21:11:51 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SE's aren't the place to start.F#$@ beam
You know, from my experince, and from other peoples comments, it seems to me
that the tradition SE isn't the way to go for a newbie if your doing it
yourself. It's just to finickity it seems. Supposidly It's a simple circuit,
but it cause's peopel untold troubles left and right! If I were you I would
first look around at some of the other SE circuits. Sure they are a little
bit more complex, but there's a good reason for that. Solar engines like the
SUNEATER series are very reilbale machines.
Dennison
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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