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Yeah, checked on Lego Mindstorms Internal Page. According to the info quoted below, the single byte message is wrapped in a simple protocol "wrapper". Much of the data is actually the wrapper, 8:1 I think. The 0's actually represent the light pulse, (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As far as I know (from the Mindstorms Internal page's info), the SendMessage(x) function doesn't send just one byte, but a whole string of them as part of a simple protocol "wrapper" around the x's value. By sending any byte as x, you are (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MSP Fest?
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Oh... you have been there- Bandana Square it's called. And you haven't been to the MOA? Then you will probably want to check that out. The LIC will surely disappoint, although having had it in my backyard may have tainted my perspective. My family (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: IR Transmission Range when bounced off of Ceiling...
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(...) Gave it a try last night, got maximum control ranges to about 15-20 feet. The presence of furniture interfering with direct line of sight by ground was not a problem as long as there was good line of sight to the ceiling for the upward (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Best way to write the registered trademark symbol in HTML?
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(...) Reasonable argument, although we ought to fix the font and not make workarounds. (...) Because character number 153 in Unicode isn't a printable character. (...) It is a MS issue. Microsoft uses a character table that is equivalent to Latin-1 (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: See X-Wing Fighter in Ldraw/Ldlite
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(...) And what are those pieces holding the new canopies in place? Looks like there are at least two different holder-bricks: a 1x1 with a top connector for the X-wing and Y-wing, and then a 1x2 with a side connector for the Snow Speeder. Steve (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Check out Pitsco LEGO Dacta for other Mindstorms cirriculum. Although they really only have cirriculums for K thru 8 you might be able to expand on what they have. (...) NIC Architect MCI Worldcom (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hmmmm, I think you might see my name on their also. (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Agreed, I could have sent OhFF or any number for that matter. Sending the read light level was a legacy of my early debugging code in which I was using RcxCC's live monitoring feature to see what values were being read to establish my (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) value of (...) I usually send SendMessage(255) because I somewhat believe that it would be the value containing most "energy" (because then all bits in the byte are ones). Maybe someone who knows the innermost secrests of the RCX can tell us (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Mark Dittenber wrote in message <36957D49.2ED9872F@c...et.com>... (...) I've seen them at Zany Brainy. (...) That sucks. Was hoping for a phone special on them (or at least a Zany Brainy sale, since they've carried them for $90 before). Anyone know (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | BEN Erwin
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Hi! I teach electronicsto 12th graders. I am getting 6 mindstorms sets soon and would like to use more than the built in projects. I'm looking for curriculum using mostly the parts from the set and (maybe) only the RCX code from the set. My boys are (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Limitations in RCX language
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I like what I see. However, is there nowhere to add comments to your code? Thanks. Bruce (...) Bruce Rhodewalt aka kahuna@tikipub.com Tiki Publishing: Creative Internet solutions since 1995 74-040 Highway 111, Suite JJ3, Palm Desert, CA 92260 PGP: (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [AUCTION] 8849 Technic Tractor - update 5
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(...) 8Jan1999 $135 to Mark Koesel (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Scott Symer wrote in message ... (...) to (...) My theory is that because the verticle cylinder has cuttouts for studs, if they printed on the cylinder, sections would be missing where the cuttouts occur. This might remove an important sensor, (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: See X-Wing Fighter in Ldraw/Ldlite
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Terry K wrote in message <368f4655.2584603@lu...et.com>... (...) Ldraw. (...) I'm most interested in seeing what seems to be a new hinge set. I'm guessing it must have some sort of "teeth" which let you set a position. I don't think current hinges (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: CM from other LEGO bricks
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Laurentino Martins wrote in message <3696186F.979E3117@m...pac.pt>... (...) Posting to lugnet.cad.dat is a good start. You might also put it on a web page (your's or someone else's). (...) Round parts may or may not increase the difficulty. Ldraw (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: The Ten Commandments of Lego
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I think there is no problem if advisory message about the no offense meant to any religion. David (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Redesigning my site...
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(...) Netscape 5 has only been released through the open source group Mozilla.org. You can get daily builds, but they don't include much besides the rendering engine, and there's no assurance it will run in the first place. I am looking forward to (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: The Ten Commandments of Lego
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Hehehe, nice commandments. I was wondering if I could use them in a new Lego page that I am planning to create. . . . -Chris Janet and Carl McIver wrote in message <01e601be3af2$451122...d-user>... (...) am (...) any (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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