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Except when, as has been said before, you get a really good short. (That is the "You could" part - it's still the load that's key, as you say.) Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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If you're talking about a _Lego_ 9V train, it's the same adaptor. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to reply) (26 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The current is determined by the load, not by the source. You could hook the RCX to a 9v 60A supply and it would be fine. (26 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I've used my AC adapter from my 9V trains and I've had no problems. I think you can you any old adapter just make sure that you don't put too much current into the RCX or bye,bye.... E-mail lego about it, I did once to find out how much current the (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Maybe a stupid question, Is there any reason why I can't use any old 9v AC adapter for my RCX? Thanks, Bob (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) As a guess the following string tells the ROM that there is valid firmware. This might need to be stepped on before jumping to the reset vector. .string "Do you byte, when I knock?" (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Kekoa, feel free to jump in here... Personally, I think just jumping to the reset vector 0x0000 should do a total cold start, right? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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It would be handy if there was a word that deleted firmware. It is often inconvenient to get at the batteries. At Kekoa I see the opcode but no rom entry point. Trashing the header in memory and jumping to the reset vector might do it. I wonder if (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I'd like to announce the availability of an early trial version of a GUI for pbForth. It's written in TclTk, a free scripting language, but that's transparent to the user. (URL) The GUI runs under Windows and Linux, and as soon as I can find a (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(URL) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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