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=>From: rajackson@qnx.com =>... =>I've not tried this yet but... in the new geared motor sets there is =>a clutch plate with a Newton marking on the side. Also there is a =>ratchet design in the Cyber Wars kits. They use a shaft extender that (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TLG is loosing money!
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I read in the WSJ a couple of weeks ago that the big toy stores like Toys R Us and WalMart etc also had a bad season, people are getting really bored with all the junk they sell, whereas the smaller speciatlity toy shops improved sales. Items like (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's the same thing. Regardless of what exactly causes it, it'll happen. Jasper (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You might want to be careful making these sorts of statements in a public forum like this. Technically Borland still has copyright on their compiler and this is still piracy (yes, I think its a bit silly since this product hasn't been made for (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
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(...) How about 8020, 8022, 8054, 8064, 8094, and 8485? (especially 8485!) All of which are now discontinued. Which is my point. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
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(...) adder/subtractors (one is very close to Leo's design and the uses the differentials a bit differently and is more efficient for the purposes of wheeled and tracked vehicles). alex -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Current Bid: $40 - Alex B. Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Robert G. Carney, Jr.'s castles!
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(...) I too like Conwy better. Isn't it the one with the suspension bridge very close by. Everytime I see Caernarvon Castle, I think of Prince Charles 1969 investiture, where Queen Elizabeth II had a "bad fashion day". (No offense to the Windsors, (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I thought so too, but you can't get the exact voltages you need this way. I tried to use a similar circuit to the input expanders that have been published, but no luck. It sorta works but it misses counts too often. A powered version with an (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
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(...) Okay. You are definitely right on this one. However, the RIS is about $200 US for 700 some odd pieces. Clearly a great deal of the expense is going towards the electronic components which are not, strictly speaking, necessary for a universal (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've not tried this yet but... in the new geared motor sets there is a clutch plate with a Newton marking on the side. Also there is a ratchet design in the Cyber Wars kits. They use a shaft extender that rides on a gear to provide the ratchet (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4501C.248EF8CE@l....bc.ca>... (...) The Mindstorms set is basically a Universal set with a microcontroller and two motors. Even if you don't want the computer the set is a very good deal just for the pieces and (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Chris, Differentials are used to distribute rotataion velocity between two axels. The differential is driven by a constant rotational velocity source and this velocity is distributed between the two axels in such a way that their average velocity is (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TLG is loosing money!
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... (...) in (...) While this is true Brio hasn't kept everything the same. When I was a kid Brio trains didn't have any plastic parts (mostly wood with metal for the magnets). Today's trains have a lot of plastic and (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Reason 5H bricks are good
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I found an application where two 1x2x5 bricks worked much better than 5 1x4 bricks. I was building a framework with Technic beams (basically the same thing I posted to lugnet.cad.dat the other day). I was inserting stacks of 1x4 bricks between the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Customized pieces (was: Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud)
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(...) What's even better: you can also put them together, and have a large hole with two doors. (...) Yeah. By the way, the 1*2 plates with H -beam attached lego uses to support the new 9V technic motor, have exactly the same profile as the rails (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I have Borland C++ on 5.25 floppies. The manuals indicate that this is "AT&T C++ version 2.0". I can zip the 8 floppies and email to you. Are you interested? -Wes (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Curses, foiled again. (1) 1 - hoist by my own petard, actually. ++Lar (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Get Visual Basic.. It's easy to use.. <G> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Magno <cmagno@myna.com> To: Ben Williamson <benw@pobox.com> Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: Re: (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robert G. Carney, Jr.'s castles!
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(...) Conwy and Caernarvon are two different castles. Caernarvon is where Prince Charles' ceremony to become Prince of Whales was held. It has Octagonal Towers, is sorta curved in overall shape, and I believe it is the royal castle in Whales. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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