Rory,
You may not have heard of Rockwell Automation's advances in this field:
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:18:58 -0400
From: rtellason at
verizon.net
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Subject: Fwd: [Electronics_101] Digiencabulator
Thought this might be of some interest in here... :-)
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Subject: [Electronics_101] Digiencabulator
Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008 13:21
From: "Bob Hyland" <E101 at afterhoursit.com>
To: Electronics_101 at
yahoogroups.com
FOLKS!
In case anyone missed the recent announcement (on or about April
1st), Parallax has been working (in secret) on building a digital
version of the original GE Turbo-Encabulator. Nuts & Volts magazine
recently ran an article on the effort -- thereby breaking the veil of
secrecy!
I contacted N&V and obtained permission to post a link to the article
that is hosted on their site:
http://www.nutsvolts.com/media-files/905/042008-PersonalRobotics.pdf
Their only request was that I post the link to the article instead of
sending the article to people. So, if (and when) anyone passes along
the article, please send the link and not the physical PDF file.
Enjoy!
Bob H.
(moderator Electronics_101)
P.S. Does anyone have the specifications handy for the original, 1962
version of the Turb-Encabulator? The best copy I could find is here:
http://www.floobydust.com/turbo-encabulator/ge_turbo-encabulator.pdf
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