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| (...) savings (...) Well, lets think, a rectification bridge, a voltage regulator, and an external power connector. In 'trade' quantities, you are talking well under 50 cents (probably more like 20 cents). If Lego are paying much more than this for (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| If there is a "cost" issue between the 1.0 and 1.5, Has anyone seen the savings passed on to the buyers? Probably too mutch to ask.... ;-) -Rich (...) (26 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".... (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| Uhhhh, gee, I just used some extra-long wires I got from Dacta to extend the console over to next to the couch, and plugged it in there ;-) But yeah, I want to get a couple of IR remotes too, for when I take an 8448 to work, and for my future train (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| Steven and Rogers just make sure that when you use the jack on the RCX use an adapter that LEGO makes like the one that comes with the train controller. This one is also designed for the RCX. A while back this information was posted on lugnet. Do a (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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