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Good morning everybody, legOS-0.1.5 is now available from (URL) is replacement firmware for the LEGO Mindstorms RCX, offering a wide range of features such as memory management, multitasking and device drivers. legOS applications can be written in (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Expansion Board Files
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I downloaded the revised files and found "lib_hb.c" failing to load. After opening it in a text editor, I found the same 'line feed' type of characters (square boxes). I deleted them and made sure that all the comment lines ( /*.........*/) were (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Ball gear
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This piece is essential to a CV-joint. The 8880 utilizes this in the joints that connect the wheels with the drive train. In real life, a mechanism, not unlike this, makes possible rear-independent suspension (on vehicles with rear-wheel drive), (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: a chip question
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(...) Try to get a hand on a nice little internet program named "PartMiner". very very very very useful :) .---...--- . . . | Remi Desrosiers | "My Youth in Arcadia" ICQ# 7228856 | harlock@videotron.ca . remi.desrosiers@polymtl.ca . . (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Odd taxonomy question
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36add243.7943246@lu...et.com>... (...) Didn't the movie name these "red ones". Wasn't it something like R2-D3 or some variant on R2-D2. I don't remember now. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | getting foreign sets
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i've noticed there is quite a bit of difference between the dirrerent sets available in different parts of the world. does anyone know an easy way for u.s. folks to get european, etc sets? thanks! -- Chris Stanley cstanley@usit.net -- Did you check (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: SEV2
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(...) I used to do the odd povray animation and am just getting back into it with lego models, This would make a great little project for me to practice on if you don't mind. Tim (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | LEGO LOGO
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I came across someone who knows "LEGO LOGO". Up to this point, I've never heard of it. I've asked around, but haven't found much details on the subject other than elementry age kids can build washing machines and mary-go-rounds out of LEGO and then (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Discount sets at WalMart
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(...) For the record, I spotted one that had apparently had UFO Warp Wing Fighters for $15, which is an excellent price (I got mine for $24 and was happy). They were all gone when I searched for them, though. It might be worth having a look at your (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: DATALOG and C
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(...) It looks like Spirit does NOT download the SetDatalog function. It is an immediate only command from VB. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 6990 Monorail FS
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Darn! I woulda bought at 225! First too high, then too low, I guess. :-) Well, all's well that ends well. ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 86 blue plates...eBay
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So is this what they call a blue plate special? (...) <snip> (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | HB Expansion kit
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I received my HB expansion kit from Douglas Inc. (under $30 and fast delivery!). I've tried to gather as much documentation on its assembly. However, I have two questions: 1) The DOT on the resister pak's: Is that the end which goes in the SQUARE (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Programming Information
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Hi, The Lego-Robotics Wiki web maintains pages that list the available programming options for Mindstorms and Cybermaster. See: (URL) Wiki site is a collaborative web site that can be added to by anyone interested in Lego-Robotics. If you're (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Programming Information
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We HomeSchool and I want to use mindstorms in my 16 year old sons curriculium. What advantages are there to using Visual Basic for programming Mindstorms versus the the software provided in Mindstorms. Also anyone using RoboLab? How does that (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Questions for FAQ
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Another question for the FAQ: What are 'Samsonite' legos? (The truth is, I would like to know the answer to this myself...) Greg (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: 6990 Monorail FS
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Thanks for everyone's patience as I muddled through this one. The sets are now sold. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 86 blue plates...eBay
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I put up 86 blue plates, here's some info: These are Lego plates, they are 1/3 the height of a basic Lego. They are 100% Lego. Here is the breakdown of sizes: 12 1x4; 9 1x8; 12 2x2; 6 2x3; 12 2x4; 6 2x6; 3 2x8; 3 2x10; 4 4x4; 7 4x6; 3 4x8; 3 4x10; 3 (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: SEV2
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(...) Thanks! Me too. If anyone cares to do an animation, I'd love to see it, as it would take me several months. I'm not povray camera savvy either. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SEV2
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(...) Right. Symmetrical yes, but all the base pieces are rotated 45 degrees around their respective y-axes. With respect to the model, the picture shows the turret rotated 45 degrees. It was much faster to design the tank that way to get the same (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | akari - revised [DAT]
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john vanzwieten has been sprucing up a couple of my models with his spreadsheet program. he did a fantastic job on the hoses of this model (6923-alternate), especially considering that the hoses slightly kink just beneath a brick. thanks again, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| | Re: ** voltage dropping and current limitting**
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(...) Use an LM317T adjustable voltage regulator and 2 resistors. If you can't find a data sheet on it on the net somewhere, someone should be able to give you the formulas for figuring out the resistors. Find national semiconductor on the net and (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Next version of LDAO
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Steve, Earlier, I made a request for a one-button "Inline All" feature for LDAO. I was wondering if this could be implemented to allow the user to (a) inline all sub-models, (b) inline all sub-models and parts, and/or (c) inline all sub-models and (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The end of the UK Shell promotion...
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(...) Looks like.... _WE_ might be getting it! cool! I can't wait to find those sets at the local shell station. Jasper (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Serial Output Drivers for the Expansion Board
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Hi, Could *each* of the digital output pins on the Expansion Board be used as 9600 Baud Serial Output Drivers ? Could a higer baud rate be used with any of the digital output pins ? Could someone clever than me create the libraries and the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Speech Synthesis?
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Hi, I've been thinking to use a speech synthetizer for my robot as well, (mainly to warn humans to stay away from my toy), and a good solution that I found for the problem is: (URL) here is a decent eval of it: (URL) Philippi. Steve Wall wrote: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Downloading
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OK, attempting to answer this one now. it is sounding to me like you have a problem with the serial on your 6500, not a problem with the handy board. try this. download Zterm (a terminal emulator) from: (URL) to the printer port (get the option by (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion Board Files
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argh!@ my last email (which may arrive before this one) is in reply to this. repeating it in the proper context: yes, there was a linefeed bug in the expsens.c file in hbexplib.zip. it should be fixed now. please re-download from the expansion board (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Native 68hc11 C compilers
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Dear Graeme, Visit imagecraft.com ,they have got a C crosscompiler for the 6811.I believe that library functions for the handyboard are also available there. Yours sincerely, Nitin (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Downloading
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yes, there was a linefeed bug in the expsens.c file in hbexplib.zip. it should be fixed now. please re-download from the expansion board software page and try again. let us know if this fixes the problem. thanks a lot. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | *** AUCTION ***
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Heya all ! Here is my auction. All sets are completely with boxes and instructions. Sets signed with "*" have only front and back parts of boxes but are completely with instructions and all parts. The rules are simply: You can bid minimal $3 on (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Turning
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It is a very nice mechanism. But, at least in my implementation, only one motor is pushing your vehicle. Some of my larger bots have needed more power than one seems to crank out. After gearing down further it is painfully slow. I'm currently trying (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The end of the UK Shell promotion...
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Just received this from Lisa at Shell UK: (...) so... ...get 'em while you can! Jon. Jon D Hayward Chatham, Kent, Great Britain Jon-D-Hayward@Chatha...stel.co.uk My [first attempt at a] home page - promotional / discontinued / UK-only sets for sale (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: navigation alorithm
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Michael, A few sophomore engineering students here at Penn State Abington have built a micromouse from LEGO and a Handy Board. It has been entered into 2 micromouse contests sponsored by the Phila Chapter of the IEEE. It was quite challenging both (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ** voltage dropping and current limitting**
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Hello out there, I have a 24 vdc supply, how can I drop the voltage to about 13 or 14 volts? Would I use resistors across the supply? Or what??? Thanks in advance. -Michael (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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(...) I'm not american, and I'm not a amway dealer. But my mother uses their products..:-) (in Turkey) Selçuk (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: UK prices of Star Wars
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(...) Cool. (...) Where are you opening a EURO account? I don't qualify for the TSB one and I don't know much about Barclays. Anywhere else - Abbey National don't do one. What about this symbol - € ? Comes out as a question mark on the un-updated. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Expansion Board Files
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Fred; Here is the copy of expsens,c---...--- At the lines in the hb was having problems with there was a small square figure at the starting point outside the comment*\ and\* for some reason. Any one else having a problem????? Thanks Terry ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Turning
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Thanks to all who replied. I am now clear to benefits of the adder/subtractor and will incorporate it into my bot. Cheers, Reno (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Speech Synthesis?
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A few years ago, "back in the day..." (that is, high school), I did a project that involved creating various vowel sounds as output for some bumper sensors -- different resistances gave different vowels, that kind of thing. The parts came from a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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