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Subject:	Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:19:43 GMT
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I have observed a bit of sloppiness in the manufacture of the RCX's such that, in some cases, the IR diodes aren't mounted perfectly horizontally, they may be at an angle which will affect the apparent range. Opening the case and re-aligning the diodes so they point straight out will fix this problem. Otherwise, I haven't noticed any differences in my four RCX's. Matthias Jetleb

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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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