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FINALLY! some one has described a use for pneumatics! I keep debating on whetjer to buy some, because i don't know what to do w/them. My father is an engineer, but i remodel houses. I just like legos still as an adult. Thanks, & keep up the good (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Mario, i am still intrigued by your creative response to posts. Good luck. & may the force be w/u. Michael Aaron (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
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It does talk about the " using an open architecture system. " "MindStorms robot developers were creating code in a variety of languages like Visual Basic and C on their PCs and uploading the code to the RCX units. " John A. Donaldson (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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I was at Winchester TRU last night and they had about 30 to 40 poly bags strewn about the store. I think I saw 2 separate locations. All of the mentioned ones are .97. They had alot of 6406s, but I bought 5 of 'em. FYI Fred (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Have you worked your way down to the picture of yourself yet? (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll try to explain this with an ASCII picture, but I'm make no promises about the quality... Please use a fixed font (as you always should in newsgroups) Legend: #### - Lower part of the track (the part that touches the ground). OOOO - Inner (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can the order be altered: can I go after Tom instead of before? I'm looking for Tan. -- dave (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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I'll pay more than he will. :-) followups to .auction (...) 4.00 for blue, yellow or grey. I have enough black and white. 4 dollars for the red that you DON'T get in 5571, nothing for the one you do. (...) 4.00 for black and red, 4.50 for yellow, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Them's fighting words, Sproat. Forbes is in my top five mag list and the one I will snatch out of the hands of flight attendents when I get on airplanes. Now if you want to slam Fortune, fine. It's infected with the Time Warner reality (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MacFrugals
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You didn't take them all, did you? I want some 6406s ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Do the high resolution timers work?
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(...) Yep, you've got the parameters backwards. Try FFFF 0 timer_set. Also, I'm not sure about numbers above 0x8000... I'm working on a TclTk interface for uploading firmware images to the RCX and for pbFORTH scripts. I ALMOST have the comment (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: TIMER 0 is flakey
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(...) Looks like I'd better test this again, and maybe release 1.06... Sorry. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? ---...--- Reply to: (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Need treads
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(...) I recently posted a notice to the Robotics forum about the fact that KB Toys is selling the 8414 Mountain Rambler set for about $20 US, down from about $33. You can see a picture of this set at the following location: (URL) set includes a pair (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
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(...) (I guess I should have posted, instead of going to lunch! ;-) But there *IS* a URL...they just didn't put http:// in front of it, so your browser may have missed it. They mentioned Markus' site ((URL) in that same paragraph. (They mention (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Counterfeit Lego?
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(...) i happen to have some lego bricks in absolutly weird colors. never knew where they come from until a fellow collector told me that he has a friend who is working at a company that made the machines and mold. and they did lots of testing bricks (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Announcement: New jambalya...who wants it?
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Don't know if I am already on the list for this one or not, but I want on the list. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Mechanical question
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(...) Because the wheel base length shrinks in relation to the turning radius. It is this distance that causes the friction. The further this point is from the imaginary circle that the treads describe, the more perpendicular friction there is. As (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Drab Box #1
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I want in on this one too, I have some tan to add to it, and need black. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Southern LEGOFest - 18th September
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John, are you planning on having a 9v train setup? It would be cool if we each bring some track and stock and build a mega-layout! Huw (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | I'm off to Billund on Thursday
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Does anyone want me to look out for anything for them? New trains perhaps? (that is assuming they are out there already) Huw (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego Hackers
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(...) It's perfectly understandable when you consider the intended audience -- mainly drooling misogynist marketing-dregree droids in terminally uncomfortable business suits who buy the magazines to look at the pretty artwork cluttered by all those (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Paul, Great photos!:-) I had *just* gone to your web site to see if you had had anything posted. Thanks for all of the work scanning those pups. -John (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mechanical question
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(...) Why is this? The further apart they are, the greater r*cos(theta) is going to be for any given theta. Seems like that would make for more turning resistance, not less. (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Hackers
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(...) -Tom McD. when replying, it was actually a huge wooden spamcake rolled into Troy.. (1) It's too bad that magazines feel they have to make up their readers' minds for them. (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars Microfig TIE/D Fighter
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(...) Darn! You found me out! ;) Actually, if I had known someone had done it already, I wouldn't've done it myself. Oh, well, it was kinda fun. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | WTB Used or new train Parts.
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I'm looking to buy the folloing train parts. Wagon Plates : ANY color or style Train Doors : ANY color or style Train Windows : ANY color or style Just name your price. I'll pay what it's worth to me. Thanks Jim (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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I got my pictures back from the NMRA convention today and spent a while scanning. There are 53 pictures in the following directory: (URL) will be a while before I can do a web page on these pictures so I'm sure others can answer questions on the he (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Star Wars Microfig TIE/D Fighter
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I had made one of these a while ago. Very similar. You didn't modify mine did you ?? :) Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) Wars universe. (...) but instead of a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and Mindstorm
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> I have never tried to send an attachment to the group so > sorry if it does not work. It works fine, but please, don't do it. Just go open a XOOM.com membership ("It's free!"), stuff the image there, and give us the URL. (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
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(...) This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights! In May, Forbes also had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Minifig box #1
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Put me on the list for this box too. Tim Coats (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) I built a compressor with the large pump with the spring removed. It worked but it was too slow . It took 3-4 minutes before enough pressure was available to open a big piston just once. The compressor had to be geared very slow to provide (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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Duane Hess wrote in message ... (...) I have been using Tripod for a while and while I dislike the Tripod popup, I added the "onLoad=focus()" syntax to the <BODY> tag of all my documents. This at least pops the popup to the background somewhere. On (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Star Wars Microfig Cloakshape Fighter [DAT]
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This aging short-range fighter from the Star Wars universe is not execptionally fast, but it is very durable. Because of its age, these ships are rarely found in stock form, with little left of the original besides the hull. The Cloakshape is often (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) that you can see the big air pump, with its spring still attached, is used in the compressor. Has anybody built this robot from the pictures? I always wonder how well the compressor works. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Lego Hackers
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Don't know if this has been posted yet, but... (URL) Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: General Box #1 thread
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GB #1 arrived at my office in North Carolina today! I opened it enough to take a quick look but will have to wait until this evening to really go through it . I will follow up with more details as well as what I remove and what I add. I am also (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: rail gun cars and cold war trains
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(...) Wow, cool model!!! Have you seen his WWI tank. It rocks! (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego mentioned on Slashdot
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Well, I've finally seen it all. Lego vs. Legos debate on Slashdot. (URL) The parts you want and nothing else? (URL) - Just Another Brick Auction Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LNP Repost
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(...) I remember that! But aren't you supposed to do it mod 255 for maximum effectiveness? Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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(...) My first thought: If you don't connect the tachometers directly to the tracks, but to the separate, unpowered wheels, you don't have to care if the tracks slip or not. My second thought: When the robot turns, there is exactly one "fixed point" (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: General Box #1 thread
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Please sign me up for this box too. -Mike Ulring (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Minifig box #1
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Please add me to the list for this box too :-) -Mike Ulring (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: General Box #2 Thread
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Sign me up for Box #2 please. It is quite possible that any box arriving in Columbus, OH will take a tour of more than 1 household before leaving town. It would of course go through the appropriate logging of activity for each person who (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | TIMER 0 is flakey
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Hi Ralph, It looks like TIMER 0 is hosed in v1.05. Take a gander at this: ----- : time RCX_INIT 0 0 TIMER_SET 32 0 DO 0 TIMER_GET . LOOP ; ok time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -32639 -32639 130 130 -32638 131 131 131 -32637 132 132 132 133 -32635 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: General Box #3 ("minneapolis box")
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I'll be passing through Minneapolis the next two weekends (Aug. 1st and again on Aug. 8th). I'd be willing/able to meet up with whoever has the bag/box and get it moving from there. If that doesn't work then please just add me to the queue and I'll (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) I am one of those people who is currently in the process of moving their site. I don't mind the merge, I'm just tired of all of the redirects and flubbed up links. It's gotten so bad that I almost can't navigate my own site. (...) just a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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(...) Woh! Amazing. I specialy like the quary with the bridge and tunnels. Martin (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LNP Repost
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Hi, I'm kinda new to LUGNET, so if I get this wrong - sorry! I'm interested in this LNP idea that seemed to be floating around a few months ago. Is it still alive, and if so what state has it got to? I would be grateful if someone can post or e-mail (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: 2431p?? (04?)
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It looks pretty close to one of the pieces I needed. Could you tell me what set(s) this piece comes in? The other pieces I need can be found in lugnet.cad "sticker dilemma" (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New List site Address!
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(...) Ahh, cool -- and Wow, that's growing quick! :) OK, I just added that URL in the Links & Resources section of the Marketplace/Jambalaya page, (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Do the high resolution timers work?
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Hi Ralph, Are timer_SET and timer_GET working? I can't seem to get any non-zero values from them: RCX_INIT ok 0 FFFF timer_SET ok 0 timer_GET . 0 ok Am I missing something? Thanks, Jonathan (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) I have had a Geocities site for over 2 years and am very happy with the free service they provide: - They have several different levels of html editors (although being the code head I am, I do most of my editing in Wordpad) - FTPing is a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Green Wizard/Witch Hat - what set?
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(...) Bryce, It's not possible to actually "move" a message from one forum to another, but there's something called the "Followup-To:" field that you can set within the header of a message -- and it directs followups that people post into another (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Lego bricks
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Hi everyone, I don't know where you can get 1000 tub, (Wal-mart?)and how you can handle and sorted that...(you have your own warehouse?) Anyway, at $0.025 I can be interested for around 500 white plate (1/3 thick if you get some) of any size from (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Some inside info on 2000 SW Lego...
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(...) Cool. I hope they don't balls up the MF and make it out of scale. I've had some ideas as to sets they could do. Since we have the Qui Gon v. Darth Maul duel from lego, I thought they could do an Obi Wan v. Darth Vader set, with a bit of death (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | legOS and Markus in Forbes
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Check it out here- brief, and unfortunately no URLs, but... (URL) (who is only slightly hurt that his documentation wasn't mentioned :) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Need treads
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Which current sets include treads? Thanks for any help. (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GMLTC modules
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(...) Thanks, I thought that was what the Extra plate might have been for. Eric Remove ".jawaspam" when replying by E-mail. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC modules
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(...) 20 bricks + 1 plate *below* the ties. The extra plate is used to simulate 'ballast' (the rocks that ties sit on in 'real world' trains...) J1 (remove the ".nospam" to reply, but you already knew that!) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Star Wars Microfig Scimitar Assault Bomber [DAT]
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This Imperial bomber is much more advanced than the standard TIE Bomber. Unlike the original TIEs, this craft has thick armor and shield generators to protect it from Rebel fire. It has incredible power output, allowing it to keep up with Rebel (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Star Wars Microfig TIE/D Fighter [DAT]
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This is a Microfig TIE/D (TIE droid unit) Fighter from the Star Wars universe. It uses virtually the same cockpit pod as the standard TIE/ln, but instead of a human pilot, a sophisticated droid brain controls it. Jeff 0 TIE/D Fighter (TIE/droid (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Counterfeit Lego?
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With all this recent talk about Cellulose Acetate Lego (made 1956-63 in Europe, 1961-64 in USA), a few people were wondering if they had counterfeit bricks. Most what people thought were counterfeit, were actually Cellulose Acetate. But that does (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GMLTC modules
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(...) Hmmm... 20 bricks + 1 plate That is alot of basic bricks but for just one module I might be able to manage the expense in time although to have it all Red with some black mixed in, like most of what I saw of your modules would be harder. It (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minifig-scale Babylon 5 Narn Fighter
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(...) Erm... I actually used a few pieces more than just the two sets -- e.g. one of the exhaust ports, the tailfins, etc. Perhaps 85% of the model is from the two sets however. I think I'll have to change the wording on the Web page to reflect (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Minifig-scale Babylon 5 Narn Fighter
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(...) Very groovy! That is awesome; no wasted pieces and a very groovy compact design. How can you do that with just two sets? Greg "ABS is good for igniting lighting towers & refridgeration trucks" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
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On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 06:53:49 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) Tommy 2tone? There's a blast from the past.... (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Uk Technic Box
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(...) Should anyone in the uK be interested......., respond to this thread, delete the lugnet.loc.uk, keep it in lugnet.market.jambalaya (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Bulk Lego bricks
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 01:23:19 GMT, Mike Poindexter uttered the following profundities... (...) It seems you went ahead. How on earth did you manage to find 1000 tubs? Where on earth do you keep them! Did you order them from TLG direct, or, say, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: SW MIS Droid Kit
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On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 17:59:20 GMT, Richard Franks uttered the following profundities... (...) I saw it thrice in the 1st week, including *the* premiere day, then sadly a 2 month break. I am surprised that I have now gone 10 days without seeing it! (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 2431p?? (04?) [DAT]
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Anyone able to confirm that it's p04? That's what it is on the part I'm looking at. 0 Tile 1 x 4 with Striped "RALLY" Pattern 0 Name: 2431p04.dat 0 Author: Patrick Sayre-Little 0 Unofficial Part 0 lines 4 0 -38 0 -8 36.5 0 -8 36.5 0 -8.5 -38 0 -8.5 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How to tell Cellulose Acetate from ABS
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The online newsgroups are quiet today ..... the "Dog Days" must be here. (For those non-US folks we in the USA call late July and all of August the "Dog Days of Summer" because throughout most of the USA it is HOT (32-38 degree Celcius) and people (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Babylon 5 Lego
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Brett Carver wrote:> (...) I just made an attempt at a Narn Fighter using pieces from pretty much the same sets. You can see it at: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Minifig-scale Babylon 5 Narn Fighter
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Hey all, I just added my B5 Narn Fighter to my Web page. (DAT files are coming some time after the third week in August.) You can see it at: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Green Wizard/Witch Hat - what set?
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(...) I don't think you need to "move" this discussion as long as you have his email address now and continue it that way. This kind of discussion, which starts with, "I like that piece, sure do want one", is normal here. And in essence you said, "I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: rail gun cars and cold war trains
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(...) Erik Brok built a rail gun (along with lots of other cool stuff...). Check out (URL) to the trains section, then the rail gun model. Alan (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC modules
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(...) Most of our modules are 30"x45", 6 of the big grey baseplates. Mainline track height is 20 bricks plus 1 plate, outer track is 4 studs from the edge, then 2 studs between the tracks. We keep the 30" edges 20 bricks tall, so we can 'mix and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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(...) Actually, I didn't have anything to do with the display, since I live in upstate NY (the last time I made it to Minneapolis was for Steve's wedding almost two years ago). I just posted the URL here as Steve only posted it to RTL--he's the one (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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(...) Actually, I didn't have anything to do with the display, since I live in upstate NY (the last time I made it to Minneapolis was for Steve's wedding almost two years ago). I just posted the URL here as Steve only posted it to RTL--he's the one (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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(...) I've built a PC program for the CyberMaster that pools the integrated tachometers continuously and shows the trajectory of the bot in the PC screen. It uses _tracks_, and I've found out that besides one of the tracks runs a bit better than the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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Alan & all, WOW!!! What an awesome job! I am overwhelmed. Sigh, if only I had enough time! You guys should contact LG (TLG) and signify what you can do with non-juniorized sets and parts. What a stunning display. My hats and bricks off to you! :) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | hub caps
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Why are most Lego hubcaps brightly colored? Most real hubcaps that I've seen range from silver to grey. Maybe a bit of black or white, but rarely primary colors. But it seems like about half of lego hubcaps are some wacky color. I don't want to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I am looking to buy the following: Train Doors with glass: Black, Blue, Yellow, Gray, Red, White - $3.00 1x4x3 Train Windows with glass: Black, Red, Blue, Yellow - $3.50 Gray, White - $4.00 1x2x3 Train Windows with glass: Gray, Black, Red, Blue, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) it. (...) Thanks, Blake (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) You can have as many pages as you want. You get 11meg of space to start and that is more than enough for probably anywhere between 70 - 100 pages depending on the size of the pictures you use and the size of the downloads you have. One other (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | New List site Address!
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Note: Mookie's site with the list of recipients has been moved to: (URL) Schempp (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: What's the weather like?
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Huw Millington: (...) It is slightly better than "the same as yesterday". Generally the weather moves east-wards along the Rossby waves, which usually means from England or Scotland towards Denmark. Things do change on the way, but usually not that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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I do get more than one web page right...and people will be able to click on a model they like and download instructions? (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Actually they have done away with the watermark. Yippi!! Eric, (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) Blake, I currently have a site at Yahoo! Geocities and I don't have much of a gripe with them although I think there are quite a few people that are unhappy with them and have been moving there sites. I personally like the service and have no (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: geocities web site
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(...) I don't know about hidden gimmicks, but there is the manadatory advertisement you have to add to your page and the annoying geocities watermark that doesn't go away. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | rail gun cars and cold war trains
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I'm not very good when I comes to the train department, but has anyone ever built a rail gun car or one of those supposed Cold War bullet trains that the Russians transported missles with(one is in Mission Impossible) -Blake (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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In lugnet.robotics, Soh Chio Siong writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Indeed don't! There is no better way to get great power and speed at the same time then the pneumatics. With a worm gear you can get great power, but not much speed, with the gears you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: models
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[Follow-up to .publish please] (...) The more like a photograph your image becomes, the more you'll want to use JPG. For the renderings on your site, you may lose a lot of detail by reducing colors to save as GIF. Less detail might be lost by just (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish)
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| | geocities web site
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I'm considering a free web site from geocities. Is there anything I should know about those or any hidden gimmicks. Thanks, Blake (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | sticker dilemma
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Does anyone know where I can find the stickers that say "RALLY" for the spoiler and "1" on the doors for LeoCAD or LDraw? These stickers come with the 6550 Outback Racer. Thanks, Blake (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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(...) I'm intrigued too by Joel's challenge. This was the reason for I started my experiments with odometry months ago. The problem is always the same: much more projects in mind than time to carry them out :-) <snip!> (...) motors, (...) are (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Join the Jambalaya Boxes!
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Could the URL to list of recipients be posted every couple of days? Going back and searching already read articles in a newsreader can be somewhat cumbersome. This also lets new people know where the queue resides. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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(...) Great pictures I love it!!! I was just wondering if you all have any standards set up for Modular railroading (Something similar to n-trak(1) for you model Railroaders)? If so, is there somewhere I can find the spec's? If not is there interest (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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