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Hello, For anyone interested... I have two spare Vision Command Constructopedias and CD's (English). If anyone is willing to part with the software/documentation from the Steven Spielberg Movie Studio set, please email me. Also, I'd like to expand (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
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(...) Dunno - but the overriding thing that should determine which one you'd want is that the 1.5 RIS comes with a SERIAL PORT (RS-232) interface to the infra-red tower - the 2.0 set has a more modern USB interface. The USB version is better - but (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
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The major differences between RIS 1.5 and 2.0 are the RIS software and the IR Tower. The software upgrade from RIS 1.5 to 2.0 is $19.99 (#3805) from LEGO's website. A USB IR Tower can be purchased from pldstore.com (W979783) for $29.00. There was no (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS Threading...
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(...) To tell you the truth, I'm not exactly sure how the BrickOS PWM works, but I do know the standard RCX PWM simply switches the motors between ON and FLOAT, which will not slow the motor down, when it switches from a high power, to a lower (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
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(...) Almost identical... parts differences: RIS 2.0 has an USB infrared tower, RIS 1.5 a serial one. RIS 2.0 also has an "optic fiber" used to program Micro Scout. (...) No, but RIS 2.0 has instructions for 6 more constructions on CD. Philo (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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