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(...) FYI - I ran my RCX1.0 for a while with a 12V DC adapter. The RCX has "9-12V" printed above the plug. One day I thought I check my DC adapter and found it was actually putting out 18V! Needless to say I stopped using it, but I had been running (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi list again! thanks a lot for all your replies to my postings about accu pack and power plugs! since i already got my ordered 1.0 rcx's today (thanks rob!) and now own all versions of the rcx, i disassembled them all to have a look at the power (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: rcx 2.0 without power plug !?
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(...) Train Power supplies... That's what it is. You can get them cheap on ebay etc... Dean (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) One of the changes to RIS 2.0 is the removal of the AC power jack. (...) Does the RCX in RIS 1.5 have a power adapter? I don't a RIS 1.5 yet (getting one tomorrow!). What I do know is that Lego Dawsonville, GA (706) 216-2800 has the RCX 1.0, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I believe you can get an RCX with AC plug from DACTA (Ask before ordering) I got one a couple of months ago ($125, Ouch) Lester (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That was only a rumour, AFAIK there are no RCX 2.0 with a connector for external power supply. (...) Good question, maybe they are playing version number tricks on us? (...) Yes, I think they are all identical from a user point of view. My RCX (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Since RIS 1.5 the RCX no longer has the adapter for an external powers source. Lego obviosuly did not change the design of some of the components of the RCX. So in conclusion RIS 1.5 and 2.0 don't (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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<color><param>0100,0...</param>hi guys! i got a brand new r.i.s 2.0 set (cheap :-), and now i'm a little confused: the rcx brick (it says "2.0" on it) has no connector for an external power source. i thought it should!?? however, if i remove the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC, Mac OS X, and the USB IR Tower.
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Dave, I did have the driver installed in OS 9. I shut down the classic environment, and repeated my test. The program downloaded 100% of the time! I haven't tried deleting the USB IR Tower driver preference file from the OS 9 system yet. I was using (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have three of these things and they all work flawlessly. You should be able (for example) to thread the rotation sensor onto the output of a standard Lego Mindstorms motor and tie the two together with a single 4x4 plate that would straddle (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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