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The clock speed on the Handy Board runs at 2 Mhz, which is plenty fast enough for most things IF you run the right code. IC, used in its C implementation is too slow to catch anything at 1 ms reliably. However, there are a few simple work arounds. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MacFrugals
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OK, Tom... I'll get 10 of the 6406 race car packet for you and bring them next week. If you don't make it, I'll just send them to you at Netscape. Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Is Sacramento in the Bay Area? ;-)
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Hi Duane, (others?) I don't know how often you check in here (LUGNET/SAC), but we have a fairly active group in LUGNET/SF, which is the main forum for the Bay Area folks. All are invited to take a peek and see what we're up to there. The Bay Area (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac)
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| | Re: Follow-up (Re: Cross posting of NELUG announcement)
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(...) Five sounds like enough people to me too. :) Of course I'm sure there really must be about 20 or more who'll jump when it sounds even more "real" to them, and then lots more after that, slowly. (...) BTW, here are some (very unofficial) (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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| | Re: RCX accessories
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(...) If you buy from LEGO Shop at Home, the shipping is included, so it doesn't matter how much you get. From what I hear, the IR remote device isn't all that useful, so I doubt that I would bother with it. The rotation sensors are cool, and only (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | OMR 8859 Technic Large Blue Tractor [DAT]
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Hi, And a large tractor as mpd. I like this one, especially the included 8859tool.dat for positioning the machine behind it. Bart 0 FILE d:\ldraw\models\8859.dat 0 omr 8859 Blue Tractor 0 Name: 8859.DAT 0 Author: Bart Titulaer 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | emulegOS: quick bug fixes
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I received this message by Mark Falco: (...) The site is now updated and emulegOS_unix.zip contains the new patched versions of ir-rover.cpp and irclient.tcl. The URL is: (URL) Mark Mario (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | OMR 8030 Technic small red racer [DAT]
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Hi, just a small nice one as mpd. Bart 0 FILE d:\ldraw\models\8030.dat 0 Technic small red racer 0 Name: 8030.DAT 0 Author: Bart Titulaer 1 4 0 4.80 41.75 -1 0 0 0 -0.77 -0.64 0 -0.64 0.77 OMR\8030\m8030_01.DAT 1 0 -20 10 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: z14 bevel gears (was Re: hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem
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(...) the (...) No, I just failed to mention that I gear down by 2, then up by 7/6; which is quite close with 1.714. Both have the same center distance, which is extremely helpful with the 8880 setup. (...) and (...) Yes it is. Why it is spread I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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(...) Uh? If we had a 1-1 ratio wouldn't you be able to create a Borg spaceship out of just one brick? :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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(...) Umm, because it allows you to create a nanofig-scale Borg spaceship, out of just three parts? (...) Yep, that geometry can get annoying. (...) You've got me. Maybe the great prophet Larry will expand on his previous statement. My *feeling* is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 20 year old space auction - Going 1
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All items have now moved to Going 1. Going 2 will be Monday. I have had to bring forward the end of the auction, so: *** ALL ITEMS WILL BE SOLD ON WEDNESDAY 1800 GMT (5 days from now) *** 885 jet buggy 1979 $25 / G1 D.Lovelace 886 lunar rover 1979 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego mentioned on Slashdot
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(...) My apologies. That scrolling-down thingy gets me everytime. (note to Todd: LUGNET's interface is much better than slashdot's) (...) No, I'm glad you posted it. I just missed the 'lego vs legos' part of what you pointed to. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) I agree completely with everything Tim wrote in his posting. I just didn't want to post now, because I've blasted you in the past. (...) I constantly make mistakes in parts, but I don't think Chris Dee ever has. (...) Which is a very good (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | legOS now has its own section
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legOS now has its own section on (URL) . Have I missed any important links? (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MacFrugals
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I still don't know if I can make the meeting, though I am going to try. I only found 1 6506 at the Sunnyvale TRU, I'd like about 10 of them, if you can pick them up for me. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Part number needed & New primitive submission
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[followups set to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) Looks like box.dat is the only one based on a 2x2x2 cube, all the other box*.dat primitives are 2x1x2, Y[0,1]. So this new primitive should be written the same way. (...) Clear naming would be nice, but we (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part number needed & New primitive submission
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[followups set to lugnet.cad.dev - let's reign in this multi-ng discussion] (...) See my other post. The A key is very nice, it saves 5 keystrokes. But it isn't a reason to create a part in a bizarre orientation. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part number needed & New primitive submission
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(...) Hmm. That's not *exactly* the intended guideline. Rotatable parts should be positioned so the axis of rotation lies on one of the major axes. That way, the part can be easily rotated to any angle. (...) But the A key function is only useful if (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New SW contest proposal
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Are you sure it's illegal? I always knew it was risky, but illegal? Why would it be? -Dave Jr. (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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