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(...) The IR remote control is great for debugging and testing your contraption before you get around to write the software for the RCX. I'm working on car with steering for example, and the remote control is great for just playing with it to see if (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot)
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It is my understanding that Slizer (Throw Bot) sets have been very successful in the US market. Much to my dismay, my son loves these sets... so I was trying to find some for his birthday. They are not on very many store shelves. I was talking to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is Sacramento in the Bay Area? ;-)
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(...) An I am still working on getting something together. I really would just like some help building. I am about half way done with my first train module. I will have it finished by the BayLUG meeting and will be bringing it up to show people (...) (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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(...) <snip>... (...) I really hope so. Plus that 5 did not include me so I guess it is really 6. :) <snip> (...) NY is not considered part of New England geographically. (I think many people in Western CT don't consider themselve part of New (...) (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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(...) doesn't (...) all (...) -I disagree. It lets you do a lot of testing without firing up your computer, via the "motor on" buttons. It lets you send 1/2/3 messages, which lets you use it as a literal remote control for your bot. I also find it (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8448 and the Toy Site
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Does anyone know when 8448 (Auto Chassis V) will be in stores? Also, I visited the Toy Site in Waltham MA this week. That's a really cool store. They have the largest selection in stock of any store I've seen. Maybe I'll mail-order the big stuff (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is Sacramento in the Bay Area? ;-)
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(...) <snip> (...) Actually, other than NELUG, I haven't heard of any other organized U.S. Lego non-train-specific clubs on the web (MIT and school projects don't count in this example). So everyone west of the Mississippi is invited as far as I'm (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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(...) Hey, yeah! (And Robert should know that :-) (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Millisecond timing
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(...) See the Polaroid sonar code (from the HB web site) for an example of how to measure timing signals on the TIC3 channel. You initialize with: bit_set( 0x1009, 0x30 ); /* ddrd */ bit_set( 0x1021, 1 ); /* at tctl2, */ bit_clear( 0x1021, 2 ); /* (...) (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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Jonathan, maybe we do need to try and respect your current attempts, but please try and follow some simple standards. I think that these are the biggest things that got people mad at you for 1. Don't post gobs of messages of .dats. If you just focus (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Millisecond timing
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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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