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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 16:26:53 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net+saynotospam+>
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Andy Gombos wrote:
> 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?
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 what
voltage everything runs at because it's all happening inside the one box.
If this happens, I'm off looking for another hobby because that's 180 degrees
away from the direction I'd like them to take and it erases *all* of the fun
I get from building Lego robots.
...but we already had *that* discussion.
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| I refuse to believe that LEGO would endorse the FIRST LEGO League and the 20,000+ teams that will be registered and competing across the US while discontinuing the Mindstorms line. There is an FLL invitational exhibition at the World Space Congress (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'll care what the voltage is, becuase I have to buy batteries for it/use a wall wart. Higher voltage == more batteries/more expensive batteries, and also more space. So, it seems to me (since the RCX/siblings are already fairly large on a Lego (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) What will they replace it with? 12V? Any (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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