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Re: RIS Upgrade Kit
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:18:54 GMT
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Or you could just buy a USB-to-serial adapter at your local computer
store. They are fairly inexpensive.

-Timmy Brolin

Orion Pobursky wrote:

In lugnet.robotics, Ahui Herrera wrote:

In lugnet.robotics, Orion Pobursky wrote:

In lugnet.robotics, Ahui Herrera wrote:

I have the RCX 1.5 kit but with my new PC I do not have a serial port.  Does
LEGO just sell the USB version of the IR tower?  If so what item # is it.  Also
is 1.5 the latest firmware or 2.0?  Thanks, AHui

2.0 is the latest and:
http://www.legoeducationstore.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=1001

-Orion

Thanks, but what about the software upgrade?  I remember that I was able to
purchase an upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5 from LEGO a while back.  Is there such a
thing from 1.5 to 2.0?


It's set 3805 but it seems that LEGO isn't selling it anymore:
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=3805

A quick Bricklink search yeilded:
http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?invXrefID=18143&invType=F

-Orion



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(...) Don't use a USB to serial converter. It won't work with the IR tower. You'll need to get the USB tower (ebay is where I got mine) and then you'll need RIS 2.0. I have a notebook with no serial port, and I tried a USB to serial converter with (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) It's set 3805 but it seems that LEGO isn't selling it anymore: (URL) quick Bricklink search yeilded: (URL) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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