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Message #10899



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@telus.net
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:14:11 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Zenbot


JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
>
> ... It pulls a small rake behind it and avoids 2 or 3 various sized
> smooth rocks in the center of the sand. The tiny rake scratches out
> rows of parallel lines as the bot travels randomly around the
> box. A Zen Garden bot!

I love it. So does my wife.

Darn it, Jim. You're going to get me into the solar side of BEAM yet :)

Bruce



10900 Sat, 26 Feb 2000 03:15:50 EST [alt-beam] Re: Cheap calculator cells beam@sgiblab.sgi.com TINDEH@aol.com To whom it may concern,
Have any of you guys been to those outlet type malls where you have
everything from Nike direct to Bose shops, well out here in southern CA we
have a lot of these type of malls and some of these malls have Casio and
Sharp direct stores. Well, what I am trying to say is at these malls you can
buy refurbished solar powered calculators for around a $1.50 to $2 and the
solar cells on these calcs. work excellent for BEAM robots. Hope this can
help anyone.

Sincerely,
Andy T



10901 Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:42:11 +1100 [alt-beam] Re: shack caps beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Rob

Sathe Dilip wrote:

> I can think of a few things (electronic) that can go bad with
> time/storage.

Does the black plastic chips are made of soak up moisture? On the bag that
the chips came in there were detailed limits for handling. I know the legs
of semiconductors oxidise and that some assembly is done in nitrogen to
eliminate the oxygen. Does any of this affect us?

Rob

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