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Subject:	Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Wed, 18 Sep 2002 02:15:40 GMT
Original-From:	Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.(spamless)net>
Reply-To:	SJBAKER1@AIRMAILstopspam.NET
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Rob Doucette wrote: > In lugnet.robotics, Terry King writes: > > > Our school has to replace two RCX's that 'walked' > > last year. Any better price around than $199 > > at Pitsco?? Well, an entire gazillion piece set *including* an RCX costs at most ~$200 from normal (ie non "educational") sources. > Assuming all you need is the brick and not the entire RIS, there are new > v1.5 and v2.0 RCX bricks on BrickLink at: > http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemType=P&i=884&c=3 > for less than $90. You may also want to try the various LEGO stores listed > in the side bar of: > http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/ > for the 9709 v1.0 RCX which is available from Pitsco for $119 + S&H: > http://www.pldstore.com/pitsco2_30/finditem.cfm?itemid=497 But aren't the ones sold at Pitsco the 1.0 variety with the external power socket? Probably the school will want that kind in preference to the 1.5 or 2.0 versions. I guess it depends on who's paying - and who's paying for the batteries!! ----------------------------- Steve Baker ------------------------------- Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkMail: <sjbaker@link.com> URLs : http://www.sjbaker.org http://plib.sf.net http://tuxaqfh.sf.net http://tuxkart.sf.net http://prettypoly.sf.net http://freeglut.sf.net http://toobular.sf.net http://lodestone.sf.net

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		Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
(...) Assuming all you need is the brick and not the entire RIS, there are new v1.5 and v2.0 RCX bricks on BrickLink at: (URL) less than $90. You may also want to try the various LEGO stores listed in the side bar of: (URL) the 9709 v1.0 RCX which (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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