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Need Decision Help - Buy RIS 1.5 now or 2.0 later
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 19:12:28 GMT
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I need to make a decision about purchasing Mindstorms kits for my sons
school. We have decided to buy 5 or 6 RIS kits. The question is, should we
buy 1.5 kits that I can get a hold of now or should we wait until fall to
get the 2.0 kits?
So far, I have heard that the 2.0 RCX brick is physically identical to the
1.0 brick. It is not clear to me if there is any internal changes, does
ANYONE know? I have heard that 2.0 kits are available in Japan. Is there
someone from Japan who can confirm this?
My feeling is that the differences in hardware between RCX 1.0 and 2.0 is
insignificant since Lego has already released the RCX2.0 firmware which is
obviously 100% compatible with the 1.0 brick. I'm sure that RIS 2.0 kit
will come with new software but that can certainly be upgraded later when it
becomes available.
There will almost certainly also be changes in the Lego pieces sold with the
kit but I would not expect a huge improvement in this area.
Thanks for any input.
Gus Jansson
Issaquah, WA USA
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Need Decision Help - Buy RIS 1.5 now or 2.0 later
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| I'm sorry to say that I don't have anny suggestions, just some more info to consider. I imagine that the difference between RIS1.5 and RIS2.0 will be the software. This was the major difference between RIS1.0 and RIS1.5; RIS1.5 was easier to use and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Need Decision Help - Buy RIS 1.5 now or 2.0 later
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| (...) There used to be a scan of the 2.0 contents page on Jin Satos site, but currently I can't get it from here. AFAIR the differences were not spectacular, some fiber optic piece that fit on the light sensor is added, there still are no steering (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Need Decision Help - Buy RIS 1.5 now or 2.0 later
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| Thanks to everyone who responded, both by posting and email. I had a great time looking at Jin Sato's site as well as other Japanese Mindstorms sites, thanks Juergen. Isn't it odd that the Japanese version of RIS 2.0 shipped back in November but (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Need Decision Help - Buy RIS 1.5 now or 2.0 later
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| (...) Strictly speaking, there is a difference, physically, between the 1.0 and the 1.5 or 2.0 RCX (I have a 1.0 and a 2.0). The 1.0 has an external power jack. This doesn't effect the physical characteristics of the RCX as far as where and how you (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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