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Originally Posted by Francis-134
In 1998, the control system was made by Motorola. The name of the system escapes me right now though. Starting in 1999, FIRST used the IFI control system which lasted till 2008.
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The Motorlola rNet radio modems were used prior to the IFI system, along with a custom made programmable control system that also allowed for PBASIC programming, similar to the initial generation of the IFI system. You also had to return the control system to FIRST after each competition year, so it could be reused the next year (there was a provision to keep the system after championship if you wanted to use it for offseason, but it had to be back in time to be checked out before the next season). FIRST folklore says that the system was hand built by FIRST engineering staff, and they would spend time after each championship checking over each system, resoldering components as needed...