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Subject:	Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:06:31 GMT
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I have an RCX 1.0 (w/ power jack) and an RCX 2.0 (w/o power jack). I will be using both in my rtl10 entry. Here's my problem: For my bot to work properly, I need both RCXen to be powered from an adapter. Since the 2.0 has no jack, I have thrown together this thing: http://members.rogers.com/swatsons/power1b.jpg Is this all right with everyone? Thanks, Trevyn.

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		Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity?
"Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C59EA17.808010...ers.com... (...) Yep! As long as I can screw my robot to my module base. :-D What's the chip in the middle? It looks familiar... Iain (who finally got Tijs to run properly - (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity?
(...) I think it doesn't look eye-friendly but if it works, more power to you... I think the rules clearly say lego items, but in the "spirit of the game", I think this would be considered not essential enough for you to get an advantage, because it (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity?
(...) I can't see how that's a problem. Don't worry about it. Unless you're feeding more than the usual 9-12VAC into it, I think it's fair. Beats sucking down the batteries. Calum (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity?
(...) Well, it does offend me on a ewweeeeee level, but on a practical level its fine. as a guy who'd electric bill went up because of all the wall warts powering the rcx's..... sure its fine. :) BTW a question to the group. Is there a FOR SURE (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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