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Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
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Date: 
Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:30:07 GMT
Original-From: 
Steve Baker <sjbaker1@ANTISPAMairmail.net>
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Roy Nelson wrote:
To add to Stephane question:

Are there any hardware differences between between the 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0
versions of the RCX brick?  Has anyone noticed any performance differences?

The only difference is that the 1.0 brick has an external power connector
so you can save batteries while testing by plugging in an external mains
adaptor.

In all other respects, the three bricks are identical.

Are all programmable with the included RIS 2.0 software?

Yes.  My 1.0 brick runs 2.0 firmware with no problems.
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  Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
 
(...) Actually I've noticed that the 2.0 brick's IR capabilities don't seem to be as strong as the 1.0/1.5 bricks. I don't know why this would be, if something got changed in the hardware? It isn't an issue for most things, but if you want bricks (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
 
To add to Stephane question: Are there any hardware differences between between the 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0 versions of the RCX brick? Has anyone noticed any performance differences? Are all programmable with the included RIS 2.0 software? Roy Nelson (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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