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Re: DCC question
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 03:08:14 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets writes:
I didn't buy it because I am not that good of an "electrician" so even if I
bought it, it wouldn't do me any good.

The installation isn't actually too hard.  It just requires you pull out
several tabs and tear apart the motor.

The real question is whether I should buy a set for Train2 (for my collection)
or whether I should send some money and a train motor and have "assistance"
getting ready for Train2.........

Word is not all DCC likes to play nice with each other, so we're going to
have to do smore research.   Someone (I guess me) will get one set going,
then we'll have a "DCC conversion fest" sort of like a Linux Install Fest
(shudder).

Another question is it was posted that the decoders were hard to find...the
average price was around $50 ... and they had a digital controller / joystick
for $150 ... it looked pretty high-tech ... would anybody be interested in
a buying a decoder? ...

Actually yes.  I've spoken to two stores in Toronto and neither has any
decoders within sane price ranges.    Could you tell me which models they
have available?

Calum



Message is in Reply To:
  DCC question
 
I went to my local hobby shop this morning and saw their limited selection of decoders.... They do have DCC compatible decoders (N-Scale) and a couple others.... not Digitrax .... I didn't buy it because I am not that good of an "electrician" so (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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