Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06397
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 03:48:39 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: PBS Beam specials - how to find them?
Why do you think pledge breaks are so common? =3D)
Don't take a walk, climb a tree =8B an ancient truism, invented last week.
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>From: "Mike Kulesza"
>To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>Subject: Re: PBS Beam specials - how to find them?
>Date: Mon, Oct 4, 1999, 6:36 PM
>
> PBS =3D the PRACTICALLY BROKE STATION
>
> haha
6398 Tue, 05 Oct 1999 01:52:45 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: Diferences in Mark T walker(Dave and begginer) beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Dave Hrynkiw At 10:57 PM 10/4/99 , Jason - wrote:
> so what are the eyes for?turning towards light
What else?
>...and what do u mean by one to just even out the symetry
Meaning how do you make 5 boards look symmetrical. one row of 3 next to a
row of 2? Looks blechy. Two rows of 3 tiles each side-by-side is much
easier to snip out and work with. Forms a nice rectangle.
>.....I would also like to know why they arent any mechanical stops in his
>walker anymore
HE DOES. I said before if you look on a lot of his walkers, the "knees" of
the legs bump up against the side of the body.
>maybe u can tell us more how u come up with better bots to give us more
>inspiration to experiment...thanks again
There's nothing I can't tell you that hasn't already been rehashed over the
list a half-dozen times or more. Best stuff is in the FAQ file, or Chiu's
"influencial email" section.
-DAve
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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com
6399 Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:41:40 GMT [alt-beam] Re: Diferences in Mark T walker(Dave and begginer) beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Jason -"
>From: Dave Hrynkiw
>Reply-To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>Subject: Re: Diferences in Mark T walker(Dave and begginer)
>Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 01:52:45 -0600
>
>At 10:57 PM 10/4/99 , Jason - wrote:
>
>> so what are the eyes for?turning towards light
>
>What else?
>
>
>>...and what do u mean by one to just even out the symetry
>
>Meaning how do you make 5 boards look symmetrical. one row of 3 next to a
>row of 2? Looks blechy. Two rows of 3 tiles each side-by-side is much
>easier to snip out and work with. Forms a nice rectangle.
>
>
>>.....I would also like to know why they arent any mechanical stops in his
>>walker anymore
>
>HE DOES. I said before if you look on a lot of his walkers, the "knees" of
>the legs bump up against the side of the body.
okay maybe he did...(sorrie for repeating) but wouldnt the knees influence
the feedback of the motor making it go bumping and bumping and cant adapt
to the immediate enviroment(explanations?)...and isnt there any ways to
avoid the legs from bumping on the PCB/body or going to far apart even with
the most expensive gearmotors....then why walkers by chiu and darrel johnson
which uses bgmicro lense motor dont have the mechanical stops...and by your
own point of view dave how does your walker solve this problem...thanks
jason
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6400 Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:58:54 -0500 Attn: Wilf: PS Head Question SG
6401 Tue, 05 Oct 1999 07:11:48 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: Attn: Wilf: PS Head Question beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Sean Rigter Hi Sparky,
V2 and V3 are on the backburner for now: too tricky to adjust! But V1 is
stable and works fine. Check out Darrell Johnson's site for construction
details
regards
wilf
SG wrote:
> i can't decide wether or not to do the PSHead V2
> or the PS Head V3. (probably the version 3, since i
> have a few 74HCT240's around)
>
> on your v2 head schematic, attached here,
> (originally posted to the group on Sept.7)
> I don't see any big 'ol woppin Capacitor to be charge by
> the solar cell. Surly NOT meant to be run directly wired to the
> solar power source?
> I'm sure I'm missing something common knowledge here like,
> the big cap is attached to = & - from power source directly,
> but if so, what SIZE Cap should I use?
> AND:
> have you decided wether Photo Diodes or Photo resistors werk better?
> (say diodes, since thats what i have!)
> Thanx!
> -Sparky
>
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