Monthly Archives: April 2015

Putting an EV3 into a Lego Technic Cruiser, Part 2

Posted on April 29, 2015 by pitz

Continuing from my previous post, I was ready to put in a second EV3 motor and drive train for the rear wheels of the cruiser. The Mindstorms EV3 retail set comes with two large motors and one medium motor.  Conventionally, … Continue reading →

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Putting an EV3 into a Lego Technic Cruiser

Posted on April 28, 2015 by pitz

This is the first of few posts about my project in getting an EV3 brick into one of the Lego Technic retail sets. I’ve always had a Lego Mindstorms robot kit ever since Lego came out with the NXT.  Though … Continue reading →

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Getting the kid started with Lego Technic and Mindstorms

Posted on April 19, 2015 by pitz

Last summer, I started to teach my kid about building with Lego Technic, particularly using the EV3 Mindstorms set.  Though she had been building with non-technic Lego bricks for years now, the Technic pieces involve a different mindset, dealing more … Continue reading →

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Creating an Apple IIgs GS/OS Live CD

Posted on April 1, 2015 by pitz

The Apple II High-Speed SCSI card is one of my favorite peripheral cards for the Apple IIgs.  I typically install System 6.0.1 into a SCSI hard drive and use that as my boot and mass-storage drive.  Any old “SCSI” hard … Continue reading →

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