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Subject:	Re: MindStorms at Robot Store (Hacking Lego Compatible Parts)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:42:12 GMT
Original-From:	Tony Firshman <TONY@FIRSHMANantispam.DEMON.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. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) (+44)1442-828255 mailto:tony@firshman.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: (+44)1442-828254 Fax: (+44)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG

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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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