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Re: Have an IFI control system you don't need?

Any RC from 2004 or before most likely will need some serious work to make work with EasyC (or C, for that matter).

Allow me to present a history of IFI robot controllers and the languages they used, assuming that my memory is correct:

2003: PBASIC
2004: C
2005: C
2006: C, more memory than 2005. Not sure about EasyC capability.
2007: C, EasyC
2008: C, EasyC

You want a 2007/2008 model, and 2006 might be acceptable. I'm pretty sure that anything before 2005 won't work right with EasyC.

However: You are asking for the OI. As I recall, programming that isn't an issue. I'm not even sure it takes programming! So anything from 2005 or later *should* work. Pre-2005, probably not.

Also note that IFI sells the control system components still. They are kind of pricey... over $700 for just an OI and 2 modems...
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