 | | One day and counting(was Re: Six Days and Counting Down....
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(...) Nik and I are looking forward to this and are in our last stages of prep. One of those things is to print out maps to find the place... Is "the Commons at Federal Way" also known as "SeaTac Mall" ? I am trying to do my mapping thing and not (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of lego firmware?!
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(...) I suspect part of this delay is inherant to the firmware, and won't be "patchable" In any case, if you want your extender to be something you can market to most users, it should work with the standard firmware, without modification. Just my (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 8865 and 8475
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(...) Once agian I made the mistake of using hte 'higher speed' one, just like the last robot event. IN the 8448 that was just fine, but these are bigger tyres and a heavier chassis, so it takes a little bit to get up to speed. You can barely see' (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) See, trying to keep my head down so as to not rock the boat anymore--but I thought about this after I saw Calums pic and I thought taht what Rob said could work better, so I'll just agree with him. As for the scoring issue--lets see if I got (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of bad lego firmware?!
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(...) The firmware (at least version 0328) intentionally prevents you going directly from forward to reverse (or vice versa). I guess the designers felt this would be too rough on the motors. Try inserting a Wait(50) in your first loop. It'll work (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 10/28/04
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Oct 28, 08:41 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) 6273 Rock Island Refuge '90s plus box and instructions> Used - Great Minimum Bid: (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Part number for old Technic piston?
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I'm doing a cross-check on a part number. Can anyone confirm the number of the older, square Technic piston? Peeron shows the number for this part as 3652: (URL) shows the number as 3562: (URL) seems likely that the number on Technica is a typo, but (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8865 and 8475
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Are those the RC Motors tucked in there somewhere? If so, which axel hole are you driving it with? (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Paranoie & perversioni...pazzie e pazzi
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(...) ciao Io uso partscatolog regolarmente per i pezzi sfusi ( tipo il bulk) o per i lotti presi su e-bay, dove capita che i set non sono completi. Mi piace avere tutto ordinato e sapere quanti pezzi ho di ogni tipo..... Una forma della malattia (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: DCC Controlled Signal
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(...) I think with a red/green bi-colour LED you can get any colour between the two by varying the mark/space ratio of the alternating waveform. A DCC controller varies the mark/space ratio of a square wave in order to drive the motor at different (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Is it possible to make the blocks the other way: TILE BRICK PLATE ?? It makes it easier to handle the blocks as they don't have a significant concavity on the bottom that way. -Rob A> (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | bad motor output because of bad lego firmware?!
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Hi there, I've spent the last two days trying to write a function in NQC that transfers data to the Lepomux I/O-extender. The data transfer is normally done by connecting the Lepomux to one of the motor ports. Each transition from one motor state to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Maybe one should start by asking all the people who have entered past block-stacking events... Then, ask Dave if grabbing a 2x2x2 cube is harder than a 4x4x4 cube (used in past events) From my experience, I'd say block stacking is NOT an easy (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) Allan - I've been waiting to get the 'The World of LEGO Toys' book too. I hear it is pretty good. Personally, I collect idea books (the older the better) and anything I can find from the 1960's and 1950's (catalogs, pamphlets, etc). I don't (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Dracula Study
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. I felt that the upper part of the wall looked too plain. Sorry that the images came out a little dark. As you know, I'm still hoping for a (URL) .vignette group> to post these MOCs to. There are quite a few vignettes showing up (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) No, we need to beat the horse. Beating the horse is part of the process, the discourse is required. Your comments are appreciated. (...) So, scenarios with the posted ruleset for home are: Pile of unstacked bricks in home: No points. Tower of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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Sorry, I hate to keep beating this horse, but... (...) having a -1 for wrong blocks and +1 for right blocks should (in average) result in a value of zero for people who don't sort. So, there is no color bonus for blocks AT HOME, unless they are (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Help installing brickOS
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(...) Sure. The configure script tries to find the gcc cross compiler toolchain for the brick's hitachi processor. This chain is needed to compile brickOS to a program that can be run by the RCX. But it seems that you did not install the tool chain. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Now that you mention it, it should be the sixteenth then, shouldn't it? (...) Yeah, that would make more sense... (...) Well, what I read from everyone here was that we shouldn't impose a penalty for NOT sorting, but only to give a bonus to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Shield Designs?
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(...) Yes, these can be fount on (URL) the left column on this page, first clik on the button 'How-to', and then on the word 'Creation'. If you scroll down on this page, under the header 'Customization' you'll find a link - 'Triangular Shields and (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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