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Hello, I have a new article at the O'Reilly Network: The Straight and Narrow (URL) about moving a robot in a straight line and includes discussion of the differential, rotation sensors, and dead reckoning in general. Regards, Jonathan (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Majestic? I think that's the first time anyone has refered to me as Majestic :-). (...) change your name to something besides "rtlToronto" I would be glad to change it for you. As far as your current "area of influence" I have Calum suggested (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | grasshopper learns new tricks
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CREATE DOES>, VALUE and EVALUATE. Thank's guys. These will all enhance my code. I knew about CREATE DOES> but never really understood it. Your description pushed me finally over the edge of basic comprehension. EVALUATE is really cool and VALUE is (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: GP-35 Revisited
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Christopher Tracey wrote in message <392B4DAB.6F264949@e...nk.org>... (...) I did use the 45 degree slopes, I know the angle isn't perfect, but it still gave a good look for the size of the engine. I built the engines on the long red train plates. (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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(...) counter the torque of the main rotor. This design is (I believe) more popular among Russian designs than any others. Popular helicopter rotor systems include a primary rotor with a tail rotor, two primary rotors on opposite sides of the VTOL (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Carlo Ottolina was looking for white pieces: (...) references, but at least they're better than nothing (...) Steve (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Early Castle Wall Components Musings...
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(...) Actually, they *were* designed to do just that. The wall sections were designed to allow you to expand the big castles. (...) What exactly do you mean by this? 6080 and 6061, for example, were released at the same time. Therefore, it seems (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | CONSTANTS and VALUES in pbForth
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(...) There are a couple of things in this note. One is an introduction to CREATE DOES> and the other is a solution to your actual problem. Basically, what CREATE DOES> does is separate the run-time and compile time semantics of a word. This is (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Slopes on Yahoo ending this hour
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(URL) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: WW2 Ambulance (was: addicted to LEGO)
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VERY nice! I can see that I'm gonna have to get several of those flash speeders during the next BOGO sale. Lego Beach needs a surplus army truck to battle brush fires :-) Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: some curses! Milton sets
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When was that again Paul? I neglected to mention that this list was sent to me 3-4 weeks ago, all of the sets listed were there then. Who is clearing out Milton? Hope it is not some ebay entrepreneur. All these sets including my lost laybuy have (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: possible BrickFest 2000 tshirt idea...
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(...) Here's an idea. You might want to look into... (URL) do T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs, and Mouse Pads over the internet for you. All you do is upload a Picture (.gif, .jpg, .bmp) and you set the price (Over a certain amount). I think starting prices (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) You might want to try : zzz S" CONSTANT ONE" EVALUATE ; 1 zzz (...) I think VALUE can be used for that. Ernst (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: 6160 (was Re: some curses! Milton sets)
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(...) I _think_ (sorry didn't write it down) that they had a 6160 at Toyworld Erina a few weeks ago. Maybe Kev could check it out if he has a chance? Dave (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: How do I delete firmware from firmware?
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(...) Great. Thanks. This is a real lifesaver since I am deleting and reloading firmware at a rapid rate and my RCX is inside a construction which makes it awkward to get at the batteries. Now the delete/reload can be done entirely at the GUI. (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Australian Roll Call
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(...) I'd like to echo Santosh's words here, and welcome everyone to .loc.au and hope everyone enjoys having de-lurked, and now knowing a little more about the people behind the names [at least those who you didn't already know]. Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Actually the various reasons are simple so I might as well state them. The serial port is not available at the time I want to create a constant because the serial port will be broken and therefor can't be used as the forth input stream. I am (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Point taken...The coloured parts are good for the colour factor. But when you take out the 5-20 parts, you're left with a lot of useless parts. Benjamin Whytcross bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au b_whytcross@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: some curses! Milton sets
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Rachel Kingston wrote in message ... (...) I actually stopped by here on the way to Sydney from Melbourne, basically on Rachel's and Pete W's recommendation. All(*) of the stuff on the list below had already gone... I did manage to bag the 6705's (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I still want to create a constant from within a definition. I have an initializing word that will calculate the value of the constant. For various reasons I can't do this calculation except within the runtime behavior of the word. This is not (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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