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Re: Gameboy RCX
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:57:58 GMT
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Andy Mason wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx, David Laswell wrote:
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> > 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.
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> Then the XRC is $269.
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> Andy
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And considering the RIS is still around £159 around here - then the $269
(working out at around £150) is cheaper. Granted you would probably
already have a RIS - and would need the motors etc.
Anyway - would you go to the trouble of adapting the IR tower?
There is a bluetooth module for this (available in July) - buy a
bluetooth USB dongle and this would be a much better way of
communicating. One of the biggest advantages of the Cybermaster was that
it was not IR.
Danny
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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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