28 Oct
1998
28 Oct
'98
1:34 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Mike wrote:
Does anyone have a spare (Radio Shack circa '84/5)
Armitron. It was a robot
arm toy. An interfacing project with an Atari 800 never got off the ground
back then and I would like to finally follow through...
Just wander back to your local RS... Its that time of year again and (at
least out here) they were in stock (in mass quantity) when I was there
last week along with the dreaded 'Super Armitron'!.
Also... Spotted in the local Fry's... (ducking and running) on the same
shelf with the LEGO 'MindStorms' (a MOST COOL gadget I might add) was a
robot arm kit. Dont' recall the manufacturer, but it was rather neat
looking. Clear plastic used mostly so you can watch the motors and
linkages at work. IIRC it was prices at about the same as RS wants for
the Armitron.
-jim
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