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Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:13:37 GMT
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Dave Baum wrote:
> In article <000301bf1a39$1abcc4a0$0500000a@pro150>, "Ralph Hempel"
> <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
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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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> Another guess - again pure speculation - is tha having an external adapter
> option made certification more difficult in one of the non-U.S. markets.
> I believe 1.5, aside from being an update for U.S., is also going to
> become the internationalized version of RIS.
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> Perhaps in other countries (Germany?), things are even trickier and having
> an external power adapter puts the device into a different certification
> class than a device that is battery-only.
Besides the RCX, I've two other sets that can be run off an external ac adapter
- #8485 Technic Control Center and DACTA #9751 Control Lab Interface. Both of
them come with an external adapter. The Technic Control Center can also be run
off batteries but the Control Lab Interface runs only off the ac adapter. I'm not
sure whether these sets are *internationalised* but the external power connectors
are there.
If it's a problem of people using the wrong adapters, then the RCX should perhaps
be packaged together with the approved ac adapter. I've been using the adapters
provided without any problems whatsoever.
Whatever, the reason for the disappearance of the RCX power connector it is a
great step backwards. There are too many occasions when the internal batteries
are unable to supply power long enough. And it is a pain to take apart and fix
back the model just to replace the batteries.
I guess I just have to stock up on a couple more of the RCX 1.0s before they
become collectors' item.
--
C S Soh
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~cssoh
... where air is power
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| (...) I guess TLG still tries to aim their product at children => Childres build cars => Cars cannot be plugged in and drive at the same time => Remove connector because it is not needed => lower production cost. Or maybe the arrows should be turned (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Another guess - again pure speculation - is tha having an external adapter option made certification more difficult in one of the non-U.S. markets. I believe 1.5, aside from being an update for U.S., is also going to become the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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