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Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:24:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> Ross Crawford wrote:
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> > Except the RCX will be obsolete in 6 months, and the NXT doesn't have IR. Maybe
> > all the mindstorms fans can pay for their NXT by selling their RCXs to train
> > builders???? :)
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> > ROSCO
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> RCX Obsolete in 6 months? I program my RCX 1.0 with a 7 year old Mac.
> Write now I am typing on a 5 year old Mac. Obsolescence is just a point
> of view :)*
Who makes people believe that old stuff is obsolete as soon as a successor
becomes available? To stay ontopic in this .trains area, I'm still using
blue tracks and motors and remote controled points (yes blue points!).
Still working beautifully.
The best change Lego ever made, making the old stuff obsolete is the change
from CA to ABS. Although I have built a house with CA bricks that doesn't
collapse when I breath or a fly lands on it :-)
Niels
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| (...) A lot of people are still building their collection, and don't want supplies to dwindle and the price of their hobby to go any higher than it already is. That is to say, I don't want my mains trains to be obsolete, but you Mindstorms lot can (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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| Ross Crawford wrote: [...] (...) RCX Obsolete in 6 months? I program my RCX 1.0 with a 7 year old Mac. Write now I am typing on a 5 year old Mac. Obsolescence is just a point of view :)* Chris *You are correct, I cannot use LEGO Factory on either of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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