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Re: Dropping your RCX on the floor...
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Date: 
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 13:25:13 GMT
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Not if was on when that battery disconnects. I think the memory is powered
through a capacitor or somthing like that, when the RCX if off the power to
the memory is maintained even when batteries arn't in for a few minuets
because of the small drain. When it's on the RCX draws much more current.

James



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  Re: Dropping your RCX on the floor...
 
Yes, it was on, and when I picked it up, it was turned off. I thought "No! It's broken!" but you could turn it on, and the firmware was gone. But doesn't the batteries need to be disconnected for like a minute for the firmware to be erased from (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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