Lego Card Info.

[hmag@ozemail.com.au (Terry Allen)]

Kind reader of rec.toys.lego emailed me the following, which may spur
someone elses memory or a bit more info.

Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:33:23 -0400
From: "William 'Mr. K' Kenlon" <jwk@eaglenet.com>
Organization: None
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Terry Allen <hmag@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Lego Controller Card for Apple II

Terry Allen wrote:
> 
> Recently got hold of an Apple IIGS & have been attracting various
> equipment from friends who have old cards & things hanging around. One of
> these cards is a Lego Controller card. Apparently, it was used for
> controlling Lego motors.
>    If anyone has any information or knows where to find software to use it,
> could they please email me & post the info to the newsgroup comp.sys.apple2
>    Many thanks for any info.
> 

Terry, 

Thought you might like to know about a brochure I have (copyright
date 1987), the cover of which reads "NO LIMITS -- LEGO(R) TC logo",
with an Apple IIe and a LEGO Technic merry-go-round on the cover.

On the back of the brochure: "The LEGO Interface A connects to a
special slot card that fits the Apple IIe and Apple IIgs computers. 
A power supply transformer is included in the set.  The interface
and computer are fully protected against wrong connections of motors
and sensors.  The interface has a stop button which cuts off power
to all output sockets.  It also withstands normal wear and tear from
fingers and dust."

Also in the booklet...

Various illustrations and explanations of the TC Logo's objective,
and a short philosophical introduction to the system by a bearded,
middle-aged man by the name of Seymour Papert (Prof. of Math and
Education, MIT).

Toward the end of the book is a product list, which has the
following items:

9700 Technic Control-0 -- $142.00
Contains over 450 elements and a strong molded storage box.  Special
elements include 2-4.5 volt motors, 1 optosensor and 1 counting
disk, 2 touch sensors, 4 light bricks and 7 sets of building
instructions for different models.

9750 Technic Control Interface and Transformer -- $150.00
Specially designed in conjunction with out research team at MIT. 
This box has 6 outputs from which students can send signals to LEGO
motors and 2 input sensors which receive information from the LEGO
touch and optic sensors.

950051 Starter Pack -- $450.00
1 TC-0 Set
Interface and Transformer
Reference Guide
1 Master disk and 1 Backup disk
Quick Reference Guide
Apple IIe and Apple IIgs slot card and cable
[various teachers' & students' guides]


Also, the following contact information is given, but beware -- the
brochure is eleven years, old and this contact information could be
very dated.  (And it may not be good in Australia, either.)

Sarah McDonald
Education Dept.
LEGO Systems, Inc.
555 Taylor Road
Enfield, CT 06082

203/749-2291
800/243-4870 (ex. AK, CT, HI)


I don't know for sure if any of this is relevant, but I thought it
might be of some importance, as it mentions a LEGO motor and IIgs
card and all.



Leg godt,
William Kenlon (whose news server doesn't carry
<news:comp.sys.apple2>)

-- 
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