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    Re: mindstorms NXT —John Barnes
   (...) I am sure that safety was the reason. But I checked out the old DEC connectors and I think they were polarized to the opposite side! grrrrrr JB (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Philippe Hurbain
     (...) Yes, quite easily! but... (...) ...from connectors drawings and LEGO images, I think that John is right. grrrr! I scoured AMP online catalog - phew :P - and found nothing with the latch on the right side. Standard RJ connector with filed (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: mindstorms NXT —John Barnes
     (...) Yes, I plan on trying that. Since the connectors fit flush into the receptacle, a simple structure of half wide beams may be able to be placed in such a way as to hold the connectors in place. JB (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Rob Hendrix
      (...) Well, if LEGO is encouraging third party involvement, then I would assume they wouldn't mind releasing information on how to get these connectors (reverse MMJ?). -Rob www.brickmodder.net (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: mindstorms NXT —Mark Bellis
     (...) I read this on (URL) : ---...--- Raphael Jacquot Says: January 6th, 2006 at 4:03 pm. Those connectors are in fact strandard. they are the DEC 6c (similar to RJ-12 with offset catch) for instance, available here: (URL) it comes up right, the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Tim Byrne
   (...) It just dawned on me, and I'm not sure if this has been suggested yet but… It would be simple to take the LEGO connectors and attach a standard socket to it (such as RJ11) thus making an adaptor so standard plugs could be used in making custom (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Steve Bliss
   (...) Well, the press-kit renderings show the motors have sockets. The only shot I could find of the back of a sensor is an un-connected touch(?) sensor on the Tribot. It's pointed toward the floor, underneath another touch sensor mounted below the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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