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Re: What was there before AndyMark?
Up until shortly before Andymark started (2003 I believe,) FRC was much more closed off in terms of allowed materials. Teams were given a budget from smallparts.com, rather than the blanket $4k budget of today. As a result, teams were much more reliant on mechanical components of the kit of parts than they are today. Even so, there was little/nothing special built for FRC. The "kit transmissions" were retrofitted drill transmissions, for example. If you wanted shifting transmissions or anything of that nature, you built it yourself.
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