<p>No you can't. But <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?q=%20IR%20Transmitter%20Tower" rel="nofollow">IR towers are pretty cheap</a>, especially the older serial ones (you have to add an USB to serial converter to use the latter version on modern computers)</p>

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<p>I'm getting a rcx 1.0 or 1.5 and it's not coming with the tower. Can I still program it, using some sort of cable?</p>

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# Can the rcx work without the infrared tower

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-09)

I'm getting a rcx 1.0 or 1.5 and it's not coming with the tower. Can I still program it, using some sort of cable?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-14. Score: 2

No you can't. But [IR towers are pretty cheap](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?q=%20IR%20Transmitter%20Tower), especially the older serial ones (you have to add an USB to serial converter to use the latter version on modern computers)


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