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    Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages —Kevin L. Clague
   (...) Well, let me make my position clear. I want more memory too, and I understand Danny and Steve B. want for more memory too. But you can't get somethin for nuttin'. My initial reaction was "64K !?!? You mean M right? DRAM is cheap!". But LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages —Trevyn Watson
   (...) The RCX contains a chip that says (c)LEGO, upper right in this picture: (URL) did Lego have to do with the creation of this chip? Does anyone know what kind of chip this is? (I can't read the numbers on it) Trevyn (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re[2]: Mindstorms NXT programming languages —Allen Foster
   Hello Trevyn, (...) That's the Hitachi H-8 Microcontroller. It is merely silk-screened with the Lego logo, they had nothing at all to do with it's development. (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Re[2]: Mindstorms NXT programming languages —Philippe Hurbain
   (...) I think it is silk-screened with LEGO logo because it contains a rom masked with firmware downloader. Philo (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Re[2]: Mindstorms NXT programming languages —Kevin L. Clague
   (...) Yes, I suspect the same. The ROM mask *is* the custom part of the chip that LEGO can easily define without big expenditures. I noticed that the atmel chip also has a boot ROM that is separate from the flash. If they use that chip we might (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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