NXT compatible with RCX?

My child has saved his allowance to buy a Mindstorm set, but now we see that there is a new version on the way. Does anyone here know if the old stuff will be able to work with the new stuff? Seems like it should, backward compatablity being the standard, but I don't want to advise him until I know for sure.

IOW, if we buy one now, then want more sets later, will we have to have multiple transmitters, software and differently written instructions for each type of brick?

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Bill DeWitt
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I read in an article on NXT in the current issue of Wired that it isn't backwardly compatible (Feb issue, P110) with v2.0, I'd recommend reading the article though.

G.

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Graham

A converter cable will be included with the educational version of the NXT:

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each type of brick will have different software etc. (hough I read that NQC will be usable on both).

I would wait until the NXT comes out to buy a M> My child has saved his allowance to buy a Mindstorm set, but now we see that

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Orkie

Thanks for the info about compatability and I have another question on that subject.

If we end up getting a used one while waiting for the new one, will the lessons he learns be directly applicable to the new one. IOW, is the programming language the same, will there be the same method of forming loops and conditional statements?

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Bill DeWitt

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