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Subject: 
Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:04:31 GMT
Original-From: 
J. G. Gregory <jgg@ultranet^nospam^.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com>
To: J G Gregory <jgg@ultranet.com>; <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pure Energy & the RCX


(2) It would be _really_ easy to rig up an external power pack. I, too, • have
found the battery replacement in certain models a bit tricky.

Yes, by hacking away.  Technically, anything is possible.  But it just
surprises me that they opted to make a single combo unit.  Think how much
better a Technic part the RCX would be without the battery pack.  Thinner,
lighter, different size/shape.  It could be high, while the weight of the
batteries was kept low.

And they obviously have stuck to this, seeing the scout and the micro-scout.

--Jack Gregory



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  Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
 
Hmmm. Two things: (1) I can usually identify a bad battery in the set because it will not charge (the charging light/LED stays on forever), but this is obviously not always true. (2) It would be _really_ easy to rig up an external power pack. I, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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