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Hi everyone, Yesterday I did some experiment with a spiral consisting of 75 straight and 48 curved rails. I also test the switch and the new + crossing rail. Following are the results. 1. The electrical resistance of one side of a straight or curved (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello! I'm a LEGO collector and builder from Argentina. I'm considering using BidPay (www.bidpay.com) as a means of paying for items I get at eBay. Anybody who has used it can please give me their feedback? Is it reliable? Is it fast? Any (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Wanted 8448 Supercar
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I have a Mindstorms Discovery set 9735 MISB I would like to trade even or a 8299 search sub MISB (partial trade). I would trade for an 8448 that has been opened (with all the pieces) in excellent condition. E-mail me if interested. Thanks, Rob (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | MOC version of the Yellow Castle
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I recreated the Yellow Castle in Grey and Black, and took some pics with my digital camera (not very good quality). The I redid the first version, by replacing many of the standard bricks out of the wall with current grey castle wall pieces. I think (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Back on the 'net
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Hello all, I haved moved house and got back on the 'net now. I am in Bristol now, are there any Lego fans from round here? ReddiFest ---...--- Count me in, Carbon. I have some suggestions for building activities at future Fests, I'll get round to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Jan-Albert's small MISB sets auction update 3
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The auction is cancelled due to lack of bidders... (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [CW] Castle World idea
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(...) Sounds good to me although I already have a couple of building's placed in Castle World I am sure we could get Craig and/or Pawel to uproot them to another location if need be. (...) I was actually thinking more "Forest by a River" for my set (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Positioning
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In lugnet.robotics, Andy Gombos <gombos@ne.infi.net> writes: How about a completely different approach?. Two 'beacons'. Each radiates a pulse of IR, and simultaneously, a pulse of ultrasonic tone. With each beacon firing alternately. The receiver (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: URLs for Train area?
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This is a good general reference link. It's the NMRA or National Model Railroad Association. It has links to a lot of good resources including links to most major US prototype railroads (URL) you're safer doing it as (URL) as that link redirects to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle (?) Legofest? (was: Re: [CW] FAQ - War)
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Butting in. (...) If I were your dad, I'd want to know the person that was giving my 15.5 year old daughter a multi hundred mile ride a bit better than just a "hi" when he or she showed up to pick you up. So you may want to factor that into your (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New LEGO Outlets are coming
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Thanks for clearing that up. And now my standard complaint, part 2. When someone posts something on RTL, and doesn't attribute sources, it's a rumor. Posting it here as "fact" without attribution adds little or no value. How many extra keys would it (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Old set off ebay
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Hi, I don't know how old this is, but it seems to be old. It's model number 545, so it's probobly about 10 years old or more. (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legofest, 26 Marzo 2000
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(...) Direi che da un punto di vista analitico sarebbe bene che la funzione che descrive il circuito (vista nei suoi semipiani di monodromia) fosse almeno di classe C3. Questo per far si' che tecniche di controllo PLC possano evitare i ben noti (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LUGs???
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(...) :-( some bad news... the ship is in pre pack mode and in pieces. But thanks for the offer Frank! Good luck you guys with your club!! I'll keep in touch. If I have time on my hands I'll make runs to the Lego Outlet store. I should be about an (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Questionable eBay auction
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I think I read John's post too fast. If John is talking about a US money order drawn on a US branch of a US bank, I agree with you, it's blatant and there is no reason for it. The seller may be confused or shady. However all the other examples you (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Half price 8448 from Argos
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Hi All, Argos have just changed catalogue and the new one doesn't have the 8448 in it. I just called Argos Direct and ordered an 8448 for £37.45 (about £41 including delivery). Happy shopping! Regards, Conrad. (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Character Subcategories
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(...) p ~ i think interesting allowances could be made so that "gypsies and nomads" could be added to the list. their Realm could be made to "float" over unoccupied Realm spaces. interesting, no? later ~ craig~ (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | the Balladeers of Castle World
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hello, all ~ well, CW is on my mind 24 hours a day, and i'm working on it about 4-5 hours a day! it would be more if i didn't have two other (paying) jobs. i'm truly loving every mind-boggling minute of it! the mapping and storytelling systems are (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Positioning
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Well, it seems that you all want this to be flexible. How I understand it is that you will have to do at least some preperation to use this landmark system. Now I was thinking about Marco's idea-put a grid of IR beams on the floor, and use the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Positioning
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Well, I can tell the robot to turn 45 degrees using timing but it's not precise enough. It would be something about 43-47 degrees. I could use a rotation sensor (but I don't have one) to increase accuracy but there will always be a smal error. After (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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