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RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:09:00 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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> > 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.
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean that TLG have effectively
> been lying if they claimed that the RCX unit itself is still the RCX 1.0?
> It seems like it may be worthwhile complaining (does anyone know an email
> address for complaints?!), even if they don't take any notice.
I'm not sure if its worth complaining about...operationally its still the
same
product even if you can't plug it into a wall wart.
I'm more concerned with any changes to the ROM. Perhaps Kekoa can shed some
light on this if someone was to ship him a new brick? Or maybe the new
bricks
will be at Mindfest!!!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) I doubt there will be significant changes to the ROM. For starters, if somebody has both an old and a new RCX, try downloading the old firmware into the new RCX. If it works, the ROM interface is the same. If the ROM interface is the same, it (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean that TLG have effectively been lying if they claimed that the RCX unit itself is still the RCX 1.0? It seems like it may be worthwhile complaining (does anyone know an email address for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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