Lab 1: Intro to the Lego Mindstorm
         - hand out rcx's, show them were they are stored.. etc
         - explain the firmware/OS concepts. Tell them we need to
           replace the default firmware so that we can run Java
           programs. Show them how to use either tvmfirmdl or
           firmdl3 (later prefered b/c its faster).
           set RCXTTY=/dev/ttyb (a COM port).
           ie: firmdl3 /path/to/new/firmware.srec
         - problem: noisy with everyone making there thing make noise.
                    when doing project, it could get annoying for
                    other students in the lab.

        - Projects:
            * experiment with different frequencies, tons.
              What duration's should be used to approximate
              different notes (ie, whole note, half note, etc).
              How many notes can be queued? (8 notes can be queued)
              before you have to wait for them to finish).
              What happens if you mix in calls to 
              Sound.systemSound(false, whatever) (unqueued sounds). 
              What correspondance  is there between duration, and
              how long the sleep calls should be.
            * make the RCX play music to Mary Had a Little Lamb,
                (or any nursery rhyme, ie Row Row Row your boat,
                3 blind mice, etc).
              (midi file may be found:  
                 http://members.home.net/veeceet/marylamb.html)
            * Not for this lab, but for a later one, create a class
              to represet a notes. ie,  say 
              Music.playNote('A', octave_notation, note_type)
              (dont know the octave notation, and note_type would
              something like WHOLE, HALF, etc).