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Message #06993
To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:43:09 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and bots.
Ah, you youngsters with your fancy colored computers! The ZX81 was and
always will be MY first "computer" though before that I wrestled with a
PDP8L c/w paper punch in college .
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
fax: (604)590-3411
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip A. Ryals [SMTP:phillip@ryals.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:37 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: RE: [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and
> bots.
>
> >But there are versions for
> >every computer on the planet, I'd bet,
>
>
> I had an Atari ST (256 colors, woohoo!) that had tons of text adventures
> ported to it. My fav was the Pawn. I've actually played again recently
> on
> an emulator. Can't get past the boulder blocking my path in the rocky
> foothills though... :)
>
> par
6994 Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:07:35 -0400 [alt-beam] Re: Pager Motors & Walkers beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Sathe Dilip" I think it was about an year ago. One of the BEAMers was working on
using pager motors with string linkages to legs. The strings were
supposed to alternately pull on the legs like a radio dial cord. I
believe he found that to make the walker do anything close to taking
steps, he had to drive the pager motors at a much higher voltage and
current which overheated them. I don't know if he finally succeeded
with that design. Will the original experimenter please say what
happened?
Dilip
"Feser, Jason" wrote:
>
> Yep. Of course you have to use some sort of gearing. There are a few solar
> powered walkers out there using OTU's and pager motors - Mike Trecieski's La
> Cucaracha is a good example.
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6995 Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:25:56 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and bots. beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Robert Stein sometime, somewhere wilf wrote:
>Ah, you youngsters with your fancy colored computers! The ZX81 was and
>always will be MY first "computer" though before that I wrestled with a
>PDP8L c/w paper punch in college .
> Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
> tel: (604)590-7493
> fax: (604)590-3411
I can remember the punch cards. I also remember the Sinclair
1000. Still have it (not sure if i want to admit that though). I can
remember programming a football ball game with it. What a pain in the
rear. I for one, like some of the new games, but I also grew up with
the good ol` 64. Anyone remember "Leather goddesses of Phobos". Just
checking.
First "console" game was pong.....and that was all it did.
Later all.
--
Robert Stein
Applications Scientist
Spectral Instruments, Inc.
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