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Several recent posts have mentioned significantly slower performance of the USB Tower when compared to the serial Tower. After several measurements, I've concluded that the USB Tower is "natively" only slightly slower (~20 milliseconds per message) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | CardShark: A Shuffling and Dealing Creation!
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Hello all! Well, I have just completed one of my biggest projects: CardShark-a Shuffling and dealing creation! It is one of the first (if not the first!) Lego creations that can shuffle and deal cards! You can find CardShark's page at my website (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: RCX convert from AA to Wall power.
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Here's another solution worth mentioning: (URL) uses the 3-12V regulated power supply available from Radio Shack (part no. 273-1667): (URL) adapter cable is part no. 273-1742. I think I got the clips at Radio Shack, too, but I can't find the part (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX convert from AA to Wall power.
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I did more or less that, but I put in a 7809 voltage regulator to make sure that I did no damage to my RCX (wall warts sometimes output as much as 5 volts above the printed voltage). See (URL) post of mine with more details: (URL) another thread (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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all the Batterys are in RCX are like this. I think don't have mine around to look at right now + + + + + + _ _ _ _ _ _ So what if you moded the set up useing some wires and a fitting from radio shack to accept a 9.0vdc power jack? attach a wire to (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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