[Coco] [Color Computer] Turning my coco III into a robot

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

Could probably be done with Color LOGO.  Just have to modify the firmware to spin a motor instead of moving a pixel.  There might be some difficulty getting it to cooperate with the Speech/Sound Pak, but that doesn't strike me as being insurmountable.  (Yeah, it could be done in BASIC with some ML backup, but when robotics comes into the picture I make a knee-jerk jump to LISP and LOGO despite the fact I never went to MIT or Cal Tech except as a visitor).  (For several years in the late 80s, my newsfeed was from Cal Tech (I was two miles uphill) but then PG&E murdered my Mod 16 -- Altadena doesn't get the best product, factory second electricity at best and the Mod 16 power supply wasn't all that robust since it was designed to handle a Z-80 with 64k RAM, not a Z-80 with 96k RAM and a 68000 with 512k RAM).
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Ward Griffiths        wdg3rd at comcast.net



----- "vacuumboy1" <vacuumboy1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: "vacuumboy1" <vacuumboy1 at yahoo.com>
> To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:46:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] Turning my coco III into a robot
>
> Hi! I was browsing around on Google, when I spotted a neat diagram.
> The Diagram represented ROBART II. I knew there had to be a ROBART I.
> So I googled it and came up with a very cool robot! I researched it
> for a little while. I found it used a KIM-1 computer! The robot was
> capable of driving itself, patrol for unusual conditions, and TALK!
> So, if a KIM-1 could do this, why can't my Tandy do this? I was also
> thinking of making it use a homemade laser mapping device.Also, I am
> kind of worried about how much memory this takes up. Any input would
> be GREATLY appreciated!
> 
>                          Kyle
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