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From: steves@vcd.hp.com (Steve Schoeneman)
Subject: Aclypse ADR-1
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Is anyone out there using this robot? I'm trying to use Borland to compile
code for this and not having any success. This robot uses an 8086 compatible
processor and is supposed to run .com files, but all have been able to do
is lock it up.

I have tried contacting but Aclypse technical support, but this hasn't helped.
First I posted a message to their bulletin board and waited 3 weeks while my
message was ignored. Next I called them, and they said I needed to email
them through their Delphi account; no response. So I remailed to them about a
dozen or so times, still nothing.

The sales literature said that this processor would run c code compiled with
Borland, but there weren't any instructions included that told how to do
this. I would not recommend that anyone buy one of these kits. The voice 
recognition is a joke, the voice synthesizer is useless -- you can't under-
stand anything it _says_, and there is no technical data -- to speak of --
included with the kit or available separately!

Sorry, about all that. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate hearing them.


Steve Schoeneman
(206)212-4663
