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Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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Date: 
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:39:49 GMT
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Sorry, I don't know if it will run on your system.  I only installed it
on one machine and hardly use it at all.

Dave Baum

In article <GtC3BA.C9x@lugnet.com>,
"Dirk Schlei" <dirk.schlei@epost.de> wrote:

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.

If you stick with the 1.5 set, you won't need to install any lego
software on your PC.

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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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 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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