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Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:44:08 GMT
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mike mcfarlane wrote:
> Thanks Dean, where did you get your info - have you an inside source? Or
> would you have to kill me if you told me???
If I remember correctly it was posted to the Mindstorms Web site briefly...
I've told all I know about it.
> I was kind of hoping that the next RCX would be a bit smaller. Some nice
> Lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Some more I/O. More sensors - surely TLG
> must see all the alternate sensors that people make themselves and realise
> that there is a market for them for people like me who are idiots with a
> soldering iron (and unfortunately I'm one of those funny people that only
> likes to use genuine Lego parts. More fool me I suppose.)
My hope is that the new firmware part in ROM will contain Hardware support for new
Sensors.
Proximity, Compass etc... Hey, I can dream...
Dean
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| Great info! USB IR tower sounds good, I want to use my IR tower with my iBook, but I'm too lazy to buy an USB/Parallell port... I'm planning to use MacNQC then, but AFAIK, MacNQC doesn't "know" that there is a USB port on my computer... Or will it (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| Thanks Dean, where did you get your info - have you an inside source? Or would you have to kill me if you told me??? I was kind of hoping that the next RCX would be a bit smaller. Some nice Lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Some more I/O. More (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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