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Re: newbie question
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:59:48 GMT
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William Wong wrote:
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> Hi all. I've been lurking here for a few weeks, and I've got a doozy here.
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> I've read a few posts where a few people spoke about the switch from 12V rails
> to the 9V system.
> I also figure that LEGO spent 12 years at 12V.
TLG started 4.5v in 1966, then added 12v in 1969. 9v was 1991.
That was 22 years at 12v (1991-1969), or 17 years if you only count 1969
to 1986 (the release year of 7839 Car Carrier Platform).
> So the question/speculation request is: it's been about 8 years since 9V
> was introduced, so what are the chances that LEGO will go to another
> voltage/gauge within the next four years? Reasons for going either way?
They made a pretty big deal about the changeover when it happened,
offering - almost apologetically - that all existing rolling stock could
be exchanged, as well as offering (in Austria, at least), a brochure
specifically aimed at how the changeover could be accomplished. It
certainly looked like they were dedicating themselves to the new system
from that point forward.
The 9v system was (as many have pointed out) superior to the existing
systems, so I would figure that TLG would need to come out with
something that worked _better_ than what they have now, and I can't
think of what that might be (DCC -- as Matt pointed out -- comes to
mind, but that wouldn't really supercede what's there now, it would just
require new controllers and motors) that would make it worth the effort.
-- joshua
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