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"Todd Lehman" <todd@lugnet.com> schreef in bericht news:GxptxE.CA5@lugnet.com... (...) overcompensate -- (...) If the LEGO US 110v adapter is similair to the Europe 220v adapter in terms of output : it outputs around 9.2-11.4v AC (note the AC, DC (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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The dutch electronics magazine Elektuur posted an article 2 months ago about making an I^2C interface for the RCX. You can download PCB layout and software at (URL) partslist is at (URL) gonna try to lend a copy from the library and scan it... this (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO cuts the price of the RCX Brick
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(...) Um, are you asking about the power adapter that you might take off the 9V train regulator, for example? My expectation is that this item being discounted is the brick only, and the brick takes in power at its input plug but does not come with (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO cuts the price of the RCX Brick
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(...) Hallelujah! (...) A couple questions for someone with a multimeter: Does the 1.0 power adapter output a clean 9v DC? Or does it overcompensate -- at, say, 9.3v -- like other cheap wall adapters? Does the voltage drop by more than 1% while (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO cuts the price of the RCX Brick
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(...) The RCX Bricks on sale are the 1.0 version. I think that they are just geting rid of them to make space in their warehouses for other lego sets. The only diffference is 1.0 have a plug so you can use an adapter and use your outlets instead of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Tonya Witherspoon" <tonya.witherspoon@wichita.edu> schreef in bericht news:GxoCuM.8DB@lugnet.com... (...) $59.99. (...) (URL) (...) out (...) It's only for north-America... in Europe prices are still the same :( -- Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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On the Lego website the price for an RCX has been cut from $119.00 to $59.99. (URL) the great price - what's up with the RCX? Is LEGO about to roll out a new RCX? Has anyone heard anything? Tonya Witherspoon (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX <--> Pocket PC Communication
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Has anyone tried to communicate with the RCX using a pocket pc? If you have, I would like to know how. (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Lego mindstorms on Windows 95...
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Or swap a USB tower for a serial one with someone - I'd certainly swap mine for a USB. "Richard Carver" <mylegostuff@thecarverzone.com> wrote in message news:E17EbGv-00054I-...box.com... That's because the current IR tower requires USB and Windows (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Ghost is included with the 2.0 SDK - (URL) USB support is different on every platform. For platforms that Lego supported, I needed to work through their drivers - otherwise people would have to install one set of drivers for NQC, and another (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hello - In the past I have burned out serial port towers, so I recently acquired the USB version of the IR tower. I did not realize that NQC makes use of the lego driver - it is looking like I have to purchase an entire RIS just to get Ghost. Is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Can the RCX 1.0 be upgrade to the latest RIS2.0 firmware?
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(...) Yes. (...) They are identical for all programming purposes (but early RCX 1.0 have a power plug). Jürgen "who even checked that the ROM contents is identical" (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Can the RCX 1.0 be upgrade to the latest RIS2.0 firmware?
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Can the RCX 1.0 be upgraded to the latest RIS 2.0 firmware? If it can, are there any differences, or lacks there of, between the RCX 1.0 upgraded to RIS 2.0 firmware and the RCX 2.0 that ships with the RIS 2.0? (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: New LEGO Mindstorms Book
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Don, congratulations on getting your book done. Could you please include an ISBN and an Amazon link when they become available... Cheers, Ralph (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Lego mindstorms on Windows 95...
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That's because the current IR tower requires USB and Windows 95 didn't support USB (well, except for Windows 95B but I think most of the USB drivers were custom/non-standard). It might work with Windows 95 if you get the old serial tower. I picked a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Everyone, | |I just completed a manuscript for a new Mindstorms book entitled "LEGO |Mindstorms Interfacing". This book explains using electronic circuits, |VBA(Visual Basic for Applications), LASM, NQC, and IC4 (Interactive C) |for controlling (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Folks, Could someone please tell me if Lego Mindstorms works with Windows 95 ? The Lego Web site says that it works with Windows 98 BUT NOT with 2000/NT. Nothing about 95. Please help. Harpreet ======== (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Does SDK 2.0 work with RIS 1.5 (RCX 2.0)
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Hi, I have RIS 1.5 and with an RCX 2.0 brick, I have downloaded the SDK 2.0 but the sample programs report Error (0xe0050c98) from VPBrick vpb: bad (unsupported) PBrick type Is this because I am using RIS 1.5? And if so can anyone tell me if it's (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Phantom Updated (spirit.ocx replacement)
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I have updated the Phantom.dll component to fix a minor bug and some clean up of the source code. Both updated source and binaries are available at: (URL) Jacquemin kjacquemin@cox.net (23 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Review of "Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Progamming" on slashdot
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(URL) (23 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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