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Message #05861
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: arno.jansen@superconsult.nl
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:44:52 +0200
Subject: Broken CDROM: Laser diodes & Motors
> BEAMers,
>
> So I got two broken CDROM drives. And collected 4 electormotors, all seem
to
> be the same. They are usable I heard. Right?
> And what about the laserdiodes? I read a part of the laser article posted
> earlier, but I don't see how a laserdiode (man, they are small!!!) can be
> used as part of a bot. Well, I suppose as some sort of vision system or
so.
> But has anybody done it before?
>
> Cya,
> Arno
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