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Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
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Date: 
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:42:12 GMT
Original-From: 
Tony Firshman <tony@firshman.demon+stopspam+.co.uk>
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In article <QqqhbWADlXS2EwhF@mksftwre.demon.co.uk>, CyberUser <CyberUser
@mksftwre.demon.co.uk> writes
Has anyone taken apart the small yellow 2x2 connectors yet on the
Cybermaster? It looks as if you might not be able to repair them.
Dunno about the cybermaster, but the wire links with black 4x4
connectors are very bad.

Anyone who has visited Legoland Windsor will know a very high proportion
are duff.  The reason is simple - they use a tortuous cable clamping
involving 4 90 degree turns.  I take mine to pieces, clip off the dead
end(s), solder the wires in, and hot glue it together without the turns.

That way they survive.
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  Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
 
I have some black ones as well, I think its for colour coding - yellow for sensors, black for third motor. I think I prefer the old grey cable as its more flexible. Perhaps the stiff thin black cable is supposed to last longer. On the Cybermaster (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
 
In message <36493BCF.8BE4F5A8@projo.com>, Brian Stormont <brian@projo.com> writes (...) Has anyone taken apart the small yellow 2x2 connectors yet on the Cybermaster? It looks as if you might not be able to repair them. On my old 1092 TC-II, it was (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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