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Re: mindstorms NXT
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Date: 
Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:39:46 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
   Wow! I’m not sure of what to say. It looks like they decided to start using phone cord for wire, which is actually a good idea I think. I’m a little disappointed in the over stylization though. What ever happened to good old fashioned studded bricks? Ondrew

The slide on the Wired article mentions that it is a 6-wire digital cable. I can’t remember if RJ-11 can do 6-wire. It might be something between RJ-11 and RJ-45. Impressive regardless.

Ray



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RJ11 indeed does 6-wire. Normal phone cord only has 4 metal contacts in place, but there's space for another two... Regards, SuSEQ aka Simon Bogaert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Sanders" (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: mindstorms NXT
 
Ray Sanders writes: > The slide on the Wired article mentions that it is a 6-wire digital > cable. I can't remember if RJ-11 can do 6-wire. It might be > something between RJ-11 and RJ-45. Impressive regardless. RJ-13 is 6-wire. (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) (URL) Wow! I’m not sure of what to say. It looks like they decided to start using phone cord for wire, which is actually a good idea I think. I’m a little disappointed in the over stylization though. What ever happened to good old fashioned (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)

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