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I whole heartedly agree. In fact, I don't think I will be buying anymore sets unless I see a return to the basics. I *might* buy the 8275 Bulldozer but it too seems to have too many studless beams and liftarms for my taste. "Paul Sinasohn" (...) (17 years ago, 11-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The two added wires (power lines) provide permanent, fixed polarity supply for IR receiver. The new connector precisely ensure that no polarity reversal is possible. Without that, the IR receeiver would have needed a rectifier bridge (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ah yes. Thous I realy miss and hope we get to see something similar for the NXT. Ultimate Builder 3800 and Exploration Mars 9736 are my favorites. (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I did it, I'll try to update my page with some internal photos. (...) The battery box delivers power through power lines (used by IR receiver) if the switch is not in neutral position, and C1 C2 whose polarity depends on switch position (and (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm waiting for mine to arrive. More in a week or two... :-) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:JpHqA1.FM@lugnet.com... (...) built internally? Your page seemed to suggest that someone had actually taken them apart, but there was no more information on there. Apart from the obvious (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic)
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"Dan Berladyn" <dberladyn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Jpnu4I.G49@lugnet.com... (...) The way I grasp the concept is when (if?) the adapter (legacy) cable becomes available, it will probably connect to the C1 and C2 pins on the PF connector (...) (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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No, you're not understanding how the system works. LEGO could have easily have made this very same system using the old two wire connector. The extra two wires don't do anything special. The more I think about things, the more turned off I am (...) (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, consider the IR receiver is just one module sitting between the battery box and the motor; and nothing prevents anyone from replacing that with whatever they want; be it radio or bluetooth. Hopefully TLC will do something like that; but (...) (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I can see your point. I'd say the four wire system made the new bulldozer easy to control with one infra red controller. But is it not the case that each function is switched off when a the next function is activated? I personally prefer the (...) (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.technic)
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