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Re: Gameboy RCX
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:10:26 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Danny Staple wrote:
> I had a good look at this - it does not cost much more than the RCX
Oh, yes it does. Quite a bit more, actually. The original GBA still runs about
$70, I believe, or the GBA SP will hit you for $100. $269 gets you both the XRC
and the basic no-frills Xport that connects it to the GBA ($338 will get you the
full-out package). Now, if you want your LEGO IR tower ($31 from Pitsco) to
work with your XRC, you'll need the $16 XIR Sensor. That's a whopping $386 for
the most basic option, or $485 if you want all the (current) bells and whistles.
You can get the RCX and IR Tower in the RIS, which costs only $200. Granted,
you'll have less functionality, but you'll also be getting about $50 worth of
other LEGO and TECHNIC parts to work with (value based on the cost of buying
just the RCX and IR Tower from Pitsco). That means that the XRC costs anywhere
from 2.5-3x as much as the RCX
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| (...) I think using your logic you should subtract the cost of the Gameboy, because, hey, it's a gameboy. I wouldn't mind having one. Then the XRC is $269. Andy (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) I had a good look at this - it does not cost much more than the RCX (although you need other stuff and motors to use it). The non-protected boards could be got around with some good Lego construction. Since I sometimes use custom boards with (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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