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Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 27 Dec 1999 01:53:01 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote:
[snipped great ideas about powering mini-RCX's with external battery boxes]
> What do you think?
I agree! Small, modular robotic bits would be better than one big RCX bit.
With the way robotic LEGO creations chew through batteries, I was very
dissapointed that LEGO removed the external adapter on the RCX 1.5. I'm
guessing too many kids fried their RCX by hooking it up to any old AC adapter.
Steve
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| Wellnow, whose fault is THAT? TLC's, of course - they should have included the AC adapter. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Y'think? I'm not saying I've tried it, but I seem to remember posts from some of the electronics experts saying they thought there was circuitry to deal with a wide range of inputs.... (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I like it. (...) Yes. Absolutely. Over one half of the current RCX is batteries, and another quarter or so is IO ports. I can see a very small mini-RCX being possible, especially if you make the display smaller or remove it altogether. What (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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