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RCX's
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:34:21 GMT
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Hey guys-
Do any of you happen to know the shelf life of an RCX brick? The reason I ask is
because I recently took out my brick (after leaving it unopenned in it's
mindstorms box for a few years), and when I put in new batteries in it, it
didn't work. For it to work, must the IR tower be hooked up to the computer?
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Message has 2 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: RCX's
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| (...) The firmware gets erased if you take out the batteries. Plug in the IR tower, start the RIS software and download the firmware again. (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Less than Twinkies and honey, more than an open bottle of warm milk. Beyond that I'd think it should be a matter of decades. (...) Probably, but I don't actually have one. I know the MicroScouts don't need anything except batteries to get (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic)
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3 Messages in This Thread: ![You are here](/news/here.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: RCX's -Stéphane Simard (1-Sep-03 to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif)
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