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Subject: 
Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:08:14 GMT
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cjmasi@*nogarbageplease*rcn%Spamcake%.com
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Ross Crawford wrote:
[...]

Except the RCX will be obsolete in 6 months, and the NXT doesn't have IR. Maybe
all the mindstorms fans can pay for their NXT by selling their RCXs to train
builders???? :)

ROSCO

RCX Obsolete in 6 months? I program my RCX 1.0 with a 7 year old Mac.
Write now I am typing on a 5 year old Mac. Obsolescence is just a point
of view :)*

Chris

*You are correct, I cannot use LEGO Factory on either of these dinosuars :(
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  Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
 
(...) Who makes people believe that old stuff is obsolete as soon as a successor becomes available? To stay ontopic in this .trains area, I'm still using blue tracks and motors and remote controled points (yes blue points!). Still working (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
 
(...) Also, for locomotices, the IR plate could be used on rolling stock pulled by a shorter loco (this is how most of the old 4.5v trains worked). Doesn't wor for trolleys though :( (...) Except the RCX will be obsolete in 6 months, and the NXT (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

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