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Re: $60 for RCX 1.0 and Serial Tower
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:05:00 GMT
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--- Steve Hassenplug <Steve@TeamHassenplug.org> wrote:
> On Tue, October 11, 2005 1:00 pm, Jack Hawk wrote:
> > --- Ed McGlynn <ejmcglynn@netzero.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> >
> >
> > 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 picture? Its hard to see • the
> > end from the top-down picture I see.
> >
> > --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.
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> 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
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
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| (...) The confusion is that the nos. 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 properly refers to the RIS sets, viz: #9719 Robotics Invention System 1.0 ((URL) Robotics Invention System 1.5 ((URL) Robotics Invention system 2.0 ((URL) for the RCX (programmable brick) itself, (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: $60 for RCX 1.0 and Serial Tower
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| (...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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