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Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:27:02 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.orgSTOPSPAMMERS
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 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.
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....
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) IIRC, almost anything commonly found in a household short of 110V~ or 220V~or 380V~ should be OK (documented is working up til 24V, IIRC, and after that it blows a replaceable fuse). Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote: [snipped great ideas about powering mini-RCX's with external battery boxes] (...) I agree! Small, modular robotic bits would be better than one big RCX bit. With the way robotic LEGO creations chew through (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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