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Consumer Affairs told me that after talking to many focus groups that they
decided it was not used and thus cut for cost savings again (standard good
corp practice)... and good for them, it seems like they need to cut some
corners to stay in business.
SteveB
In lugnet.trains, Roger Hamlett writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes:
> > Hi All,
> > I just got a Mindstorms 1.5 and the RCX does *NOT* have an AC jack! So if you
> > plan to power the rails from a stationary location, plan on having a lot of
> > batteries or a rechargable battery setup...
> >
> > I called LEGO Consumer Affairs and they are happy to trade it for me. But it
> > is on a case by case basis (standard good corp practice)...
> >
> > Here are some set numbers as a reference
> > 9719 = Mindstorm ver 1.0 (w/AC jack)
> > 9747 = Mindstorm ver 1.5 (w/ *NO* AC jack)
> > 9709 = RCX replacement (w/AC jack)
> >
> > BTW is there any other hardware of firmware differences between 1.0 & 1.5? Is
> > there a way to down load a 1.5 kernal to a 1.0 RCX?
> > SteveB
> This is the big 'down side' of the 1.5. The computers themselves are
> identical, and you can run 1.5 software on the older brick. For the
> educational market (dacta stuff), Lego are still supplying all the units with
> the jacks. The suggestion is that the jacks have proved unreliable (possibly
> from people using sources with much lower internal resistances - read big
> battery packs, or DC - which puts more load on one pair of the internal diodes
> than the unit was designed for). If this is the reason for the change, it
> seems a pity, that a slight increase in rating couldn't be arranged, though it
> is worth remembering that space is very limited. Your 1.5 software will all
> run fine in the 1.0.
>
> Best Wishes
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| sebarile-MOBL <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:Fn2CqL.AHF@lugnet.com... (...) That is one bad corner to cut! I use a jack sometimes, batteries more often though. I was just laying on the couch the other day thinking I needed a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) Despite the fact that a lot of people here use wall power, I think that CA is probably right in that the vast majority of mindstorms robots are vehicles. Ah well. Something for "Dear Lego".... (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) This is the big 'down side' of the 1.5. The computers themselves are identical, and you can run 1.5 software on the older brick. For the educational market (dacta stuff), Lego are still supplying all the units with the jacks. The suggestion is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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