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(...) I want one anyway! (...) The important point is, how can I get one. The closest I can come is a friend in Iceland, and the postage would be more than the sets, even if he can find them. So do you have a contact in the Netherlands that is (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and MindStorms
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Check out (URL) on "Activities" and then "Lesson Five". Lots of non-claw pneumatics ideas and one of Matt's Spider, which doesn't sound like a four-wheeled robot, but still uses pneumatics to move the legs. Re: the thermistor. You may need to put it (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Is there any way to make the joystick control of RcxCC2.0 work with just 1 motor. Some of us havn't had the $$$ to get a 3rd motor just yet. Even if I did have a 3rd, I'd use it for extra speed or some other gilley-friggy-thingy not yet thought of. (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Just wondering
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What do you mean by good stuff? What was so great in '98 that it was worth buying in bulk at the current prices (other than that one Ninja Flying Fortress...) ? Also - I hope you noticed the green baseplates for $2.90 and the big gray ones for (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.knx)
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(...) max (...) Not wanting to sound too male but what are the odds we get a "Leia in Gold Bikini" Minifig? a million to one? a billion(1) to one? Cheers Tim (1) Thats a _british_ billion for those of you who read the robotics group :) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Canadian S@H (was Re: S@H / new service packs)
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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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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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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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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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| | Re: MSP Fest?
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Larry, I would be glad to meet you and even take you to the venerable (sic) Lego Imagination Center if by chance you haven't already been there yourself. As for your interest in the club, I don't think proximity should necessarily be an issue. There (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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No problem. It also runs on the beta 2 of NT 5 (alias windows 2000) Carol Chisholm -----Original Message----- From: Elmer Mateychuk [mailto:chilecom@cab...egina.com] <mailto:[mailto:chil...gina.com]> Sent: 06 January 1999 01:38 To: (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I will, if I can slide onto an earlier flight, have a basically all day layover in MSP on Sunday, 7 Feb 1999. Anyone interested in a fest or get together of some sort? If there's no interest, I will just go to the LIC at the MOA and hang out. (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Train Club
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(...) I don't get this group, but someone emailed me this post, so here I am. :-) I have been on the case of the PNLTC head honchos to allow non local club members but no joy yet. I'd be interested in participating in a club, but cannot commit to (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Best way to write the registered trademark symbol in HTML?
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(...) Because the ® symbol in typical typefaces (Times, etc.) on typical systems (Windoze, Mac, etc.) displays as a large, obnoxious O-sized symbol instead of a nice little raised o-sized symbol like TM (™) does. (...) Huh? Why isn't ™ (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.publish)
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