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Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:04:54 GMT
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Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@&ihatespam&earthlink.net>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
> Yeah, serious business huh!
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> I will investigate the Pitsco source, but I have a feeling that it may be
> limited too. I think TLC are quietly pulling the plug on their whole 9v
> system. You can't buy 9v train connectors anymore, you now can't buy these
> regular motor/sensor kinds of wires, they sold off their RCX supplies at
> half price, they currently have light sensors going out on discount on the
> S@H website and they are promoting Spybotics as a viable alternative to
> Mindstorms.
What will they replace it with? 12V? Any other reasonable voltage is too
hard to produce with batteries - 12V is 1 9V and 2 1.5V AAs, or 8 AAs. That
is pathetic, and will increase the size of every electronic component for
the sake of using 12V. Based on what I have heard about 4.5V motors, they
were not terribly powerful. Unless increases in technology have been
dramatic, I don't see Lego going lower than 9V.
So, where are they going?
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| (...) Well, if Spybotics is the true harbinger of doom, the future is to put the computer, the motors, the batteries and all of the sensors into one indivisible lump of plastic. At this point wires are unnecessary and the end user no longer cares (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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| Yeah, serious business huh! I will investigate the Pitsco source, but I have a feeling that it may be limited too. I think TLC are quietly pulling the plug on their whole 9v system. You can't buy 9v train connectors anymore, you now can't buy these (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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