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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) have (...) and (...) Canadian S@H really pales in comparison to it's US counterpart in terms of what they offer as well as the their knowledge base. The Mindstorms fiasco is etched in my memory (check rtl in (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: So why build robots out of LEGO in the first place?
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Mark Tarrabain wrote (...) my (...) <snip... a number of good reasons with which I agree (except for the Popsicle sticks and rubber-bands... good-god Man! have you gone _mad_? :) (1) (...) the (...) actually (...) lack (...) with in (...) Ahhh! (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: slightly out of topic..
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Which store, man? Which store! (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Working around the 3 output limitation
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It seems to me that the most efficient method of expanding the capability of an RCX based robot (barring opening the RCX) is to use the infrared port to communicate to an external module. This external module could be in the nature of a (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: slightly out of topic..
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Try Target. I just got a Technic Motor for almost half price. Best Juergen Michael Chu wrote in message <001b01be39bb$8b1920...ll.com>... (...) bayarea? (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | So why build robots out of LEGO in the first place?
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I have made the following personal observations about LEGO, and why it is my medium of choice for robot building. LEGO is very easy to assemble. You can figure out what you want beforehand, without really needing to worry too much about (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I actually did a project in college that involved water rockets made out of pop bottles. We used a bicycle pump to pressurize the bottles. We found that the pump would break before the bottle did. Eric -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LIC SW info
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(...) Yep, those would be cool. Solo in carbonite would be reminiscent of the Adventurer's mummy coffin. Oola would be cool, but look for that "selective compression" to take over again... :) Somehow I don't think we'll see Salacious as he's too (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mystery lighthouse model
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) It (...) by (...) from (...) model (...) Unfortunately, no, but you could rectify that by taking and posting some pics on your web page. Please? : ) Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Pneumatic Tanks
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Make that three. My water rocket launcher is power by common household water pressure (45-70 PSI) and gets up to 75 ft. in the air with a 2 liter bottle. As for video the rocket accelerates so fast you can only see a water column appear on the lauch (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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