[XCSSA] Legos and Dark Matter

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On 9/19/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 September 2006 00:36, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
......
>
> I would have rather had a command line programming interface myself...
(And on a lighter topic than dark matter)

Suppose combining the legos robots with a digi-comp would have crossed
to many commands lines?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
http://digi-comp.com/mainmenu.html
http://www.mindsontoys.com/kits.htm?dc1_main.htm
http://www.csparks.com/gallery/Digi-comp

Oh, yeah, before anyone gets all wound up over 'but noone does any
programming' on a Digi-Comp :
http://icarus.cs.uiuc.edu/friendsofdigicomp/Files/
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~loui/Itest2.txt
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/

Or perhaps the easier way to go, would be to have a program that
commands/directs a lego robot to program the digi-comp.
Won't have to worry about a digi-comp slot for
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/19/usbcell-batteries-feature-built-in-usb-plug/
though.

Anyone up for Digi-Comp III (
http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=51200678
) given that the 'rope and pulley wonder' described by A.K. Dewdney in
Scientific American April 1988 is a bit unrealistic.
Or Digi-Comp IV, say perhaps instead combining the 'rope and pulley
wonder' idea with flexinol (batteries not optional for this one).
Yeah, no more taking the rubber bands offline when the 3-bit computer
is not in use.

>
> > But it was still good enough to get programs working in a few minutes.
> > Fun!