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Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:30:46 GMT
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Thank you for the answer, but:
Do you have any idea whether my system (366 Mhz PII notebook, 64 MB RAM, but
only 2.5 MB Video RAM - where LEGO states 4 MB as necessary) could run the
original LEGO 2.0 software?
Dirk Schlei
In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum writes:
> The 2.0 firmware is available separately from LEGO as part of the 2.0
> SDK. You can use this firmware with a 1.5 set (or even a 1.0 set). If
> you are not planning on using the Lego software then the only difference
> between 2.0 and 1.5 is that 2.0 has a USB tower, 1.5 has an RS-232
> tower. IMHO, the RS-232 tower is more flexible since no special drivers
> are required. On the down side, it needs a battery and the USB one
> doesn't.
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> If you stick with the 1.5 set, you won't need to install any lego
> software on your PC.
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> If you get 2.0 then I think you'll need to install the 2.0 software in
> order to get the USB driver installed. Perhaps there is a clever hack
> to just install the USB driver, but I'm not much of a Windows expert.
>
> If you don't mind putting a 9V battery in the IR tower and you have a
> free COM port, then I'd go with 1.5.
>
> Dave Baum
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 | | Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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| I'd suggest not worrying about your system being underpowered. If you've ever programmed before you'll probably want to drop the Lego GUI development environment ASAP and switch to something more powerfull. A first step is to try out NQC which your (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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| The 2.0 firmware is available separately from LEGO as part of the 2.0 SDK. You can use this firmware with a 1.5 set (or even a 1.0 set). If you are not planning on using the Lego software then the only difference between 2.0 and 1.5 is that 2.0 has (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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