Re: The Turtle

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

John Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com> writes:
>Pim Blokland wrote:
>> Are you sure it was a turtle?
>> I am sure I remember a robot shaped like a MOUSE that could run mazes
>> like you describe. Though I'm not so sure if it was connected to an
>> Apple.

>I'm sure it was *called* a Turtle, though it didn't particularly look like
>one, except that it had a clear plexiglass dome-shaped cover, about 6-8
>inches in diameter.  It was definitely connected to an Apple II.

We had at least two turtles here at UoW back in the 80s. They were for use
with the Logo language. One was a Terrapin Turtle (see www.terrapinlogo.com?).
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia