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Re: $60 for RCX 1.0 and Serial Tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:15:05 GMT
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On Tue, October 11, 2005 1:00 pm, Jack Hawk wrote:
> --- Ed McGlynn <ejmcglynn@netzero.net> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.robotics, Rob Doucette wrote:
> > > In lugnet.robotics, Dick Swan wrote:
> > > > Just saw this ad for $60 for RCX 1.0 controller, infrared
> > > > tower and serial cable. I think this is a good price.
> > > > https://botballstore.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&p
> > > > roducts_id=86&osCsid=fb5e77e0ffded77cf837c06d50f61316
> > > > <https://botballstore.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&
> > > > products_id=86&osCsid=fb5e77e0ffded77cf837c06d50f61316>
> > >
> > > It looks like a 1.5 RCX, there's no power port.
> > >
> > > -Rob.
> >
> > Right - good catch, Rob.
> > A decent price, but that'd be better if you could power it
> > externally.
> >
> > Ed
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> Actually, my 1.5 has a power port. It didn't come with a power cord so
> I borrow the one from my train controller when I need it.
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> I'm curious (and not trying to be a punk, really), but how can you tell
> there's not power port from that enlarged picture? Its hard to see the
> end from the top-down picture I see.
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> --Jack,
> AFOL, St. Louis
I've never seen any 1.5s with a power port. That seems very odd, because that was
one of the things LEGO said they changed for the 1.5.
The RCXs with a power port only have four studs on the bottom row. Looking at the
picture, you can see there are six studs.
Do you have any pictures of your 1.5?
Steve
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| (...) I guess I'm mistaken. I could have sworn the box said 1.5, but it clearly says 1.0 on the brick. I lost the box to see where my confusion is. I'll go back to lurking now. --Jack ___...___ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 (URL) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Actually, my 1.5 has a power port. It didn't come with a power cord so I borrow the one from my train controller when I need it. I'm curious (and not trying to be a punk, really), but how can you tell there's not power port from that enlarged (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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