Linking NXT and RCX

The message at the following link indicates HiTechnic is working on a
bridge that will allow the NXT and RCX to communicate.

http://www.bnxt.com/blog/2006/02/nxt-to-rcx-communications-and-back.html

On 2/19/06, Andrew Lea <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there will be a way - preferably an easy way - to
> get the new NXT  Mindstorms to communicate with the old?  An obvious
> design is to combine the old with the new.  For example, considering a
> "Mars Rover" design, use the old RCX to control the motors in the rover,
> and use the new to control a robotic arm.  The need for this is, of
> course, to increase the number of output ports.
>
> I can think of two methods using sensors and motors, but they both take
> up ports.  (Unlike communicating between two RXCs, say.)
>
> Andrew
>