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Okay. Here's the situation. Like many people who got into 12 volt Lego trains, I own a number of magnetic couplers which have little pins that stick down toward the track. It took me years to realize these were designed to interact with the (near (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Box Logs
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(...) I agree. I think the log should stay with the box, not be posted online. It takes the fun out and ruins the mystery. I'm going to stop reading posts about what was taken because I want to be completely surprised. Besides, I don't want to cry (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Can't bootstrap! & IR reflective sensors help
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After assembling my own handyboard (ugh), and everything was (supposedly) solded OK, i tried to put the handyboard in bootstrap mode. But i get no results... i tested the stop button and it works fine (i compared with the OTHER handyboard i had)... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) <snip> (...) Wow. I was so flapped I forgot the spamcake. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake has been known to cause memory loss in 68% of laboratory ocelots. (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ebay...more pieces up
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I put up a few more pieces tonight.... 139263114 $9.99 20 New dk gray Lego castle walls w/window 139259987 $7.50 30 New lt gray 4x4 duel inverse Lego slopes 139254571 $9.99 50 New, clear (non colored) Lego 2x2 slopes 139240057 $6.50 30 New Lego Red (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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Usually I only stop by this group every once in awhile, but I've noticed this was building. (...) You were designing ldraw parts without actual pieces present for reference? I wouldn't put any confidence in a system like that. I sure am glad others (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New SW contest proposal
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(...) Perhaps it would be better to just send Lego of equal value to overseas winners anyway as Lego seems to be cheaper in the US than anywhere else in the world (at least according to the Star Wars prices that were up a few months ago) Just a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Purple Parts
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Hello, Are the following parts available in any set in purple?: 2x2x2 cone any and all small plates Greg "Ford, you're turning into a penguin! Stop that!" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Canadian Jambalaya
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I'm interested in General boxes #1 & #2, and Junk Box #1. Eric DeGiuli P.S. I'm in Niagara Falls, Ontario, (a border town) so I can hop over the border to save shipping money. James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Well, let me put in my nickle's worth as a grizzled veteran of embedded systems. I'm 37 years old and have hacked the following... 1. A Commodore PET (my first FORTH) at age 20 or so 2. An HP48 calculator. The PPC ROM and synthetic programming (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego mentioned on Slashdot
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(...) Well, after reading the part that DID inspire the post (the few geeks debating the trademark) I decided to go back and grab the url for the entire thread, thinking some people might not be familiar with Slashdot and not be able to find the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Certainly they chose to allow firmware downloads to allow for future upgrades. For a new RCX, if they really wanted to prevent us from writing new firmware, the best solution, and one we could not defeat without extraordinary means, would be (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) ROFL. For a long time. ROFL. :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) Not to rag on Jonathan any more, but since writing in all caps is considered shouting and therefore rude, is writing in all small letters considered whispering and therefore rude? If the connotation of the text is to grab attention, why would (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Sorry, I was (accidentally) spreading FUD. Didn't occur to me that taking the batteries out would reset it. I assumed that "firmware" really meant firmware. --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Seriously? OK, whew! Then I *was* just being paranoid. I'll cross my fingers then and hope that 1.5 also has this property. (...) Amazing. Excellent. All is well with 1.0 then! (Whew!) --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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It's only a guess but perhaps they picked that sort of ratio to make sure that it would be easier for small kids to play with them - having a 1-1 ratio might be more confusing for kiddies who are just about getting old enough to work out which way (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | z14 bevel gears (was Re: hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem
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Okay, I'll bite -- how do you get 7/6 to be anywhere close to SQRT(3)? 7/6 is 1.167, and SQRT(3) is 1.732. Is there an additional 2:3 ratio hidden inside the "8880 transmission"? Also, I'm having a little trouble figuring out how the transmission (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: MN FIRST Lego League page
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The MPEG section is pretty cool. A wide variety of solutions to the same challenge. Robots with touch sensors, light sensors, robots with no sensors at all. "Kenny" and "Michel Dowling" are impressive no-sensor versions - they both drive a nice, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) I hope I'm not missing something obvious, but surely you just take the batteries out? That's always got rid of the firmware pretty effectively for me. Surely no software can physically alter that? iain -- iainbarker@bigfoot.com Anything is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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