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I don't have IC handy, but you should just be able to do a hard cast. float aFloat = 1.3; int anInteger = 0; anInteger = (int) aFloat; /*cast the float to an int */ /*you can also do it in a function call*/ FuntionTakesAnInt( (int) aFloat ); Hope (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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To further the thread on the limitations of having only 3 input sensors: One of the first things that occurred to me was that three inputs gives you 3 bits of input, which means up to 8 sensors. Depending on which sensors trigger, you convert that (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Package #3759 has a sticker on the side that says to watch for specially marked boxes of Kellogs Fruit Loops for instructions to build Toucan Sam. This pack - 3759 is a rough tote like poly tub, marked as a Limited Edition, 35 years of (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Target on Steven's Creek in Cupertino has a large number of Mindstorm sets, and the two current expansion sets: RoboSports and Extreme Creatures. RoboSports looks better because you get a third motor in it. The expansion sets are $49.95 (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Matt, to add ammunition to your arguement, PM trains utilize allot of LGB components and this basic LGB passenger car/van design has been around for some time, I believe. [side note: PM track is actually LGB track.] It is a corporate mystery when (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Would someone please point me toward a page with a LEGO hexapod. I think it would be a great RCX project, but I need some ideas. Thanks, - - - Nick - - - -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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San Jose at Capitol Exp'way. They had four ot five left on Sunday night. Juergen David Kadansky wrote in message <36940951.98425730@p...ox.com>... (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Tanks/water rocket really off topic!
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This the last post about water rockets (I promise) :) Some of the guys on my mailing list are topping 1000' with their water rockets! check these pages out if this intrests you. (URL) for the offtopic posts but this is a really cool hobby! Don't (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, it has been a few days since I've been over there :-) "There" being, in particular, Target at Northpoint mall. Also, during Christmas, I was up in the Baltimore area and there were plenty at the two Targets I visited (only 'cause I heard (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
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In MicroCenter's main store in Columbus, Ohio. In the elementary education software section. US$199.99. Only one box on the shelf about an hour ago. -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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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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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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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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