[vcf-midatlantic] Lego Logo 9767 Apple II Interface Build

[Dan Roganti]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Neil, agreed. This was marketed exclusively at the education market. Also,
> it is possible to use a standard PC parallel port with a custom cable to
> interface with the box:
> http://www.lgauge.com/technic/LEGOInterfaceA/9750(1093).htm
> ​
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> > On 09/13/2016 10:01 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >
> > One of the things I noticed was how the early Lego revolution never
> spanned
> >> across the home computer market. So many other computers would take
> >> advantage of this. It appears it was primarily focused on Apple alone at
> >> first. As usual they probably worked out some marketing deal​ to prevent
> >> that. The only other it seems was the IBM PC who was afforded this
> >> interface - mostly likely because that IBM was just as popular and it's
> >> name recognition.
> >>
> >
> > My 2 cents ..
> >
> > The Lego kit was probably expensive and focused on the education market
> > where Apple was king.
> >
>

​yes, Apple was king in the Education market
But after they spent thousands on the Apple 2 hardware,
The schools were often cash strapped to buy anything more hardware.
Perhaps just one Lego kit which they all had to share
Nothing's changed, same problem as with the ​Lego Mindstorm
I  use to volunteer for the school's robot club
Dan

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