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Subject: 
Re: LEGO is listening! (was...are you listening?)
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:17:48 GMT
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Zhengrong Zang wrote:

> I want to use RCX or Scout in TRAIN series ASAP, but RCX or Scout is too big and
> sometimes too complex, I hope TLC can make mini-RCX or microi-Scout for TRAIN series,
> these two don't need baterry and the power can get from outside:
> Idea1:
> Mini-RCX, there is no battery box, and inpot and outpot ports are on the sides of
> display, so the length is about the width of RCX,  but the width is only about 1/3 of
> RCX, other two sides can have IR, this Mini-RCX can be used to train or car itself as
> it is small scale.
> Idea2:
> Micro-RCX, this one only has one input and one output port, no display, near a cube,
> it can receive message and reply message, this one can be used to simplified control,
> for example, level crossing, traffic singal, switch tracks and so on.
> Idea3:
> Automatic coupler, at the moment the magnetic coupler can only combine two cars, if
> you can wind some wire to make a electromagnetism coupler, it will can both combine
> and separate train cars when current direction changed.
> Idea4:
> ...
> Idea5
> :...
> ....
> Train series are favorite to AFOL any time and all time, you can create very complex
> sets and parts base on the most modern and high-tech, and let AFOL can make more
> complex train system, your company  can get more benifits than now, why don't LEGO do
> it?
> 
> Zhengrong

We would be better off with DCC.

Dean
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  Re: LEGO is listening! (was...are you listening?)
 
I am not sure about DCC, can it control automatically? Zhengrong (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: LEGO is listening! (was...are you listening?)
 
I want to use RCX or Scout in TRAIN series ASAP, but RCX or Scout is too big and sometimes too complex, I hope TLC can make mini-RCX or microi-Scout for TRAIN series, these two don't need baterry and the power can get from outside: Idea1: Mini-RCX, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)

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