From: geoffrey@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Geoff Thomas)
Subject: Re: TECH: Those spinning things:
Date: 05 Jan 1993 21:54:32 +0000 (GMT)
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand



In article <1i8moqINNfu8@shelley.u.washington.edu>, WITH TRUE LOVE AS WITH GHOST: EVERYONE SPEAKS OF THEM, BUT FEW HAVE SEEN writes:
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|>    I resently went to the mall here in Richmond Kentucky and they had one
|>    set up, but they were useing it as a way to exercise. The company's
|>    name was ORBOTRON. The man wouldn't tell me were the comany was located but
|>    he said the kits cost anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 U.S. dollars.
|> 

US$12-20k ! Are these people nuts? I suspect a pretty decent one
could be thrown together for NZ$500-1000. Most of the 'spinning things'
I've seen looked very flash, using curved bits of metal in their
construction, but if one were to use ordinary straight tubing, (at
a consequently cheaper price) I expect that the system could be
built for far less than the above qouted company is retailing them
at. Something worth looking into...

Geoff Thomas			geoffrey@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Computer Science Dept.
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