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| (...) No, there is no way to tell as far as I know. I believe the choice of power source is done by circuitry, not logic. I do believe that the external power supply is used in preference to the batteries, but this might not really be the case - you (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I think the RCX will use which ever supply voltage is greater. I havn't tested this, but I'll bet that when you plug the AC adapter into the RCX when the AC adapter is not even plugged into the wall the RCX will still work. This means there isn't a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'm almost positive that the RCX uses whichever is greater, within a diode drop somewhere. But even still, I imagine that there is some leakage current from the batteries. Or maybe I was imagining that, and my batteries did not really drain. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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