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Re: What To Buy?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 02:09:42 GMT
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Steve Baker <(sjbaker1@airmail)saynotospam(.net)>
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Michael Trigoboff wrote:
> So I'm about to buy a starter kit. As far as I know, what I need is "Robotics
> Invention System 1.5".
Yep - that's the one you want.
> But I'm having trouble finding it. Target and Toys R Us
> don't have any. The company that took over eToys says they want to sell me one,
> but they're kind of indefinite about whether they really have them in stock.
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> I'm wondering if no one has 1.5 for sale because 2.0 (or 1.6?) is about to come
> out.
Well, it's been "about to come out" for quite some time - which is *very* worrying.
> Does anyone know if that's true? Does it even matter?
Not *much*.
There are a few different parts between 1.5 and 2.0 - nothing that matters *drastically*.
The major difference is that the Infrared Transmitter is connected to the PC via RS-232
in the RIS 1.0 and 1.5 but they are switching it over to USB in the RIS 2.0.
That may or may not matter to you. It's not like you are going to get better performance
with the USB version or anything (it's all horribly limited by the slow speed of the IR).
> So my question is, what should I buy, and where should I buy it?
I noticed today that my local branch of Fry's has a couple of sets - but they are certainly
getting harder and harder to find and the 2.0 sets have only been spotted in Japan AFAIK.
Expect to pay ~$199.
If you happen to find an RIS 1.0, that'll do OK too...some people prefer the 1.0 over the
1.5 because it has an external power supply socket that was mysteriously removed from the
1.5 version.
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| (...) Could it be that Lego is working on a new brick based on the WINTEL technology ? In that case a release will always be later as planned. Stef Mientki (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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