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Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:16:06 GMT
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Just came across youre discussion, and I thought this might help...
Lego is usually a bit overreacting whit the systemrequirements. I've runned
RIS 1.5 on an 486 whit 20 MB ram and 1 MB video,and the sysreq's from lego
said it required an P166(minimum). I've also runned Vision command on a
p2-266 whit 2 MB video, and lego said it would need al least 4 MB(or 8MB,not
sure about this). They both worked fine, the RIS 1.5 sometimes a bit slow,
but it worked okay.
Anyway, you're CPU and ram won't be a problem, and i don't think the
videoram would.
Just another weird thought of me: The sdk2.0 can use the USB
tower,right?(I'm not sure of this,dont have an USB-tower.)
Then why not use the drivers for the USB-tower from this SDK?, then you dont
need RIS 2.0 at all.
-bas
In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dirk Schlei writes:
> Thank you for the answer, but:
>
> Do you have any idea whether my system (366 Mhz PII notebook, 64 MB RAM, but
> only 2.5 MB Video RAM - where LEGO states 4 MB as necessary) could run the
> original LEGO 2.0 software?
>
> Dirk Schlei
>
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum writes:
> > The 2.0 firmware is available separately from LEGO as part of the 2.0
> > SDK. You can use this firmware with a 1.5 set (or even a 1.0 set). If
> > you are not planning on using the Lego software then the only difference
> > between 2.0 and 1.5 is that 2.0 has a USB tower, 1.5 has an RS-232
> > tower. IMHO, the RS-232 tower is more flexible since no special drivers
> > are required. On the down side, it needs a battery and the USB one
> > doesn't.
> >
> > If you stick with the 1.5 set, you won't need to install any lego
> > software on your PC.
> >
> > If you get 2.0 then I think you'll need to install the 2.0 software in
> > order to get the USB driver installed. Perhaps there is a clever hack
> > to just install the USB driver, but I'm not much of a Windows expert.
> >
> > If you don't mind putting a 9V battery in the IR tower and you have a
> > free COM port, then I'd go with 1.5.
> >
> > Dave Baum
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