25th Anniversary Giveaway Game

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 13:05

In honor of our 25th Anniversary we'll be asking a series of questions here. The first person to respond to this thread with the right answer wins a BASIC Stamp Activity Kit (90010) & PING))) Sensor (28015). Good luck!

What year was the BS2-IC first sold?

Prizes shipped free to the contiguous United States only. Winners can only win once.

RobotWorkshop · 2012-09-04 13:08

Would that be 1992 ?

Robert

Oldbitcollector (Jeff) · 2012-09-04 13:09

Guessing 1990

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 13:15

Keep guessing...

davejames · 2012-09-04 13:16

Lauren Davis wrote: »

Keep guessing...

...1995

Roger Lee · 2012-09-04 13:17

1989 ( and some more characters )

Publison · 2012-09-04 13:21

I think Robert got it given the first post to this query:
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=Parallax+BS1&oq=Parallax+BS1&gs_l=serp.3..0i30l4.54668.60982.0.61571.10.9.0.0.0.3.284.1590.0j6j3.9.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.9LWuKdzPV8Y&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=2a9229fc3c37bd96&biw=1280&bih=929

Jim

EDIT WRONG ANSWER: Doh, I had BS1 instead of BS2, my bad.

David Betz · 2012-09-04 13:23

was it 1995?

RobotWorkshop · 2012-09-04 13:24

It also mentions 1992 on the Parallax history page about the origins of the company:

http://www.parallax.com/tabid/791/Default.aspx

Is there an earlier Stamp module?

Publison · 2012-09-04 13:26

I'm going to split a couple of responses and go with 1990.

EDIT : Never mind. Jeff already guessed that.

New Guess 1991

Jim

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 13:27

davejames wrote: »

...1995

This is the correct answer! Congratulations DaveJames. Please PM me with your shipping address.

Next question will be posted at 2pm PT.

davejames · 2012-09-04 13:30

Lauren Davis wrote: »

This is the correct answer! Congratulations DaveJames. Please PM me with your shipping address.

.....wwwaaaAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!!! =D

erco · 2012-09-04 13:31

DOH! Late to the party, that's what I get for running at lunchtime.

I knew it was 1995 immediately. I won the very first Trinity Firefighting Robot contest in 1994 with a BS1, and the BS2 came out the next year.

Publison · 2012-09-04 13:32

Lauren Davis wrote: »

Next question will be posted at 2pm PT.

When is the exact shipping date of the first P2 ?

Could be a PowerBall Lottery.

davejames · 2012-09-04 13:40

erco wrote: »

DOH! Late to the party, that's what I get for running at lunchtime.

...neener, neener, neeeeener!!!

Opps! Is that gloating?

doggiedoc · 2012-09-04 13:42

Lauren Davis wrote: »

This is the correct answer! Congratulations DaveJames. Please PM me with your shipping address.

Next question will be posted at 2pm PT.

That's what I was going to say! Is there a runner up?

Paul

Publison · 2012-09-04 13:45

Congrats davejames!

Jim

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 13:56

Publison wrote: »

When is the exact shipping date of the first P2 ?

Could be a PowerBall Lottery.

That gives me an idea. Perhaps a contest around the Propeller 2 ship date as we get closer

.

Sorry no runner ups. We'll be asking lots of questions. One every hour until close. Then again tomorrow when we open until noon. Stay tuned!

Roger Lee · 2012-09-04 13:58

Lauren Davis wrote: »

That gives me an idea. Perhaps a contest around the PS2 ship date as we get closer .

Sorry no runner ups. We'll be asking lots of questions. One every hour until close. Then again tomorrow when we open until noon. Stay tuned!

PS2 ? Another new product? Already I want one.

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 14:00

Roger Lee wrote: »

PS2 ? Another new product? Already I want one.

Ha, I mistyped. You're quick.

Roger Lee · 2012-09-04 14:01

Lauren, I knew that, and you knew that I did ...

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 14:03

Second question...

What was the old Parallax address, the address right before moving to our current location?

davejames · 2012-09-04 14:04

OH! ...errrrr...ahhh......RATS!!!

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2012-09-04 14:08

What was the old Parallax address, the address right before moving to our current location?

[noparse]parallax[/noparse]inc.com

W9GFO · 2012-09-04 14:12

Okay I found it. It is on the road that shares the same name as the sword weilding fellow in the Shindig episode of Firefly.

tonyp12 · 2012-09-04 14:15

3805 Atherton Road, Suite 102
Rocklin, California 95765

RDL2004 · 2012-09-04 14:15

Chip's bedroom?

Lauren Davis · 2012-09-04 14:19

tonyp12 wrote: »

3805 Atherton Road, Suite 102
Rocklin, California 95765

Wow! This is correct. Great job tonyp12 I'm impressed. You won a BASIC Stamp Activity Kit and Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) Module. Please PM me with your address.

Next question coming at 3pm PT.

W9GFO · 2012-09-04 14:27

Congrats tonyp12!

I guess no one got my Firefly reference....

davejames · 2012-09-04 14:34

W9GFO wrote: »

Okay I found it. It is on the road that shares the same name as the sword weilding fellow in the Shindig episode of Firefly.

...wow! What a memory!

Edit:

"...no one got my Firefly reference..." DUDE! I had to go look it up!

davejames · 2012-09-04 14:37

Publison wrote: »

Congrats davejames!

Jim

Thanky!

Congrats to tonyp12!

25th Anniversary Giveaway Game

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