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From: mmackay+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael MacKay)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.kids
Subject: Re: Logo info request
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Date: 25 Jul 89 14:53:23 GMT
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Rick,

MIT has a Lego Lab project that uses Logo, and that was demonstrated
through a video at last years' SIGGRAPH. The lab, which is sponsored
princiapally by Lego, apparently uses D/A converters running on an AT
class machine controlled through a high-level Logo interface, including
language extensions, that drive connected motorized Lego toys. Children
were shown doing basic robotic and art experiments (no turtles were
shown however). I recall that Seymour Papert is the principal
investigator in the work. You may get more info by contacting MIT or the
Media Lab, I don't have any names offhand, however.

I cannot say that I have used Logo on a PC, and I have little experience
except with C, Pascal, and Assembly on PC systems- I usually use a Mac.
I CAN tell you that ExperTelligence makes a Logo for the Mac, so if you
can get your hands on a Mac, perhaps you can experiment with it. The
product is titled "ExperLogo-Plus", and sells for a list price of
$95.00. ExperTelligence can be reached at 805-969-7871 (Santa Barbara,
CA). 

If you haven't seen it, I know MIT press publishes a three volume set on
application of the Logo language for various instructional purposes
(code and theory). Looks helpful.

Hope this helps,

--Mike