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Re: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
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Date: 
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:43:23 GMT
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"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message
news:NEBBIJADEJHLFJDEHFKDMEPMCKAA.rhempel@bmts.com...
Great! It's just like a Mindstorms jack. There is also a "~" symbol next
to the 9-12V marking, which means you can supply any polarity you like.
They do, after all, have to make it kid-proof!

I'd recommend RadioShack 273-1656A. It's a 9V 800mA adapter and I use it
for Mindstorms work all the time. The older motors used more current under
heavy load, so it's worth a couple of extra bucks for an 800mA unit.

    Hi Ralph.  Is this RadioShack 273-1656A an adapter you use with the
Mindstorms 1.0 RCX, in lieu of batteries?  I just want to make sure - I'd
like to get an adapter for my RCX so that I don't keep using up so many
batteries.

    Thanks!

-john
jcfiala@cssltd.com



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  Re: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
 
"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message (...) I recieved my copy of the 8485 set today. And you're right, the T-rex model is absolutely stunning! I was building this for an uninterrupted 3 hours, and I enjoyed every second of it! It is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
  RE: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
 
(...) Yup. I even have a splitter that drives the IR tower too. But you have to be careful with the polarity. One of these days, I'll even take pictures and post it on my site... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)

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  RE: It's Alive! or, Building The Dinosaur
 
(...) Great! It's just like a Mindstorms jack. There is also a "~" symbol next to the 9-12V marking, which means you can supply any polarity you like. They do, after all, have to make it kid-proof! I'd recommend RadioShack 273-1656A. It's a 9V 800mA (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)

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