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Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:43:12 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <LMARTINS@MARKTEST.PTnomorespam>
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At 11:26 29-07-1999 Thursday , Kekoa Proudfoot wrote:
> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: • [snip]
> As for compatibility, OCX compatibility is almost guaranteed. If the new
> RCX software is truly an upgrade and not a replacement, then ROM
> compatibility is also a given. If the software is an upgrade and something
> changes, it can only be the byte code and/or the firmware, to add new
> functionality.
I truly doubt that LEGO in going to create a new OCX.
Their strategy was always focused in creating the maximum sowtware with the less work possible.
The OCX compatibility between two very different devices like the RCX and CyberMaster proves this. They went a long way to create a single OCX for both, when they are different in almost every major aspect: IR/Radio, sensor capabilities, tachometers, different firmware, etc.
The only unused feature in the OCX that was never used until now and that might guess a future use in a new RCX is a cable connection, that neither the RCX nor the CyberMaster make use.
Laurentino Martins
[ mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt ]
[ http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/ ]
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) You know, I think I'm starting to get nervous about this 1.5 business. Let's say they do happen to ship a 1.0->1.5 software compatability upgrade. The first question that comes to my mind is: Is the upgrade reversible or irreversible? Any why (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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