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Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:29:53 GMT
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
> 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!!!
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 is doubtful they changed anything in the ROM, as
that would have meant some amount of hacking to keep the entry points the
same.
As for the internals, I will try to remember to bring my tool set, etc. to
MindFest. We are bound to see one of these new ones lying around, and if
it's okay with whoever owns it, we can take a peek inside and compare to
the original. Or, somebody with one of the new ones could just disassemble
that and report on its contents by comparing to the pictures online.
Of specific interested related to the ROM are the version numbers on the H8
processor. I'd also be interested in seeing the board version number, as
I'm curious how many revs they tried before releasing the new unit.
-Kekoa
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 | | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| (...) I've read that the end where the power connector was is "thinner" which is OK since the connector was mounted on the component side and would have added to the hight required. The "smoothing caps" could be eliminated in a battery only design, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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