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Wot no RCX power connector?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:01:22 GMT
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When did this vanish then? All the online information I can find says that
the RCX has a 6-12V AC power connector. My one that I bought this weekend
doesn't :(
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Kevin Bracey, Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology plc Tel: +44 (0) 1223 518566
645 Newmarket Road Fax: +44 (0) 1223 518526
Cambridge, CB5 8PB, United Kingdom WWW: http://www.acorn.co.uk/
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| I just bought a second RCX (version 1.5., on sale at K's Merchandise here in Illinois for $155). I just checked--it doesn't have a power connector either! :( Mike Kory Kevin Bracey <kevin.bracey@pacemicro.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| (...) My guess is it vanished after they got too many "defective" units back after folks started putting adapters with the wrong voltage on their bricks. Even a wired voltage spike might kill the brick. The battery route is safer from a product (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| Was that a 1.0 or 1.5? I'm hoping it's just the 1.5's, since there are still 1.0's around. I can't believe there wouldn't be an option for wall power (even with a funky idiot connector to prevent overvoltage). What about models that have large (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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