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Message #05512
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com
Date: Sunday, 1 August 1999 1:56
Subject: Re: BEAM and CPU's
>Sounds good. After reading my message again I think maybe I' didn't
>really get into my idea of buiding a basic master/slave bicore walker and
>doing all the brain stuff with a cpu. Example: If you've ever seen a
>spiders leg just after it was disconnected from the body it will keep
>moving (bicore) but without the brain (cpu) it can't do anything. (I'm
>not sure if any of that is correct but I'm just giving it as an example).
>
>>Go for three -- two for the legs, one for the waist. Then we can compare
>>results .
>Just for the records. Mark T. has a 2 motor walker that can make a pivot
>turn when it bumps an object so turning is possible.
>
>Laterz
>
>
>*-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-*
>Ian Bernstein "aka - Synet" The Master Builder
>
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>Quote - "Programming today is a race between software engineers
>striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the
>Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe
>is winning."
> - Rich Cook
>
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