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(...) How about if lego provided just 3 things for us: 1. Bulk rail material that we can cut to length, as we need 1. A new 2x8 sleeper part to hold the new rail 2. A new half-sleeper to connect to existing 9V track parts This would obviously be a (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Was there a Lego community in 1991? I can see a lot of advantages in the change: 1. Better pick-up of power through the wheels on the inner edge of the track. Sprung contacts like on 12V trains are prone to wear and spark damage. 2. One-piece (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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 | | [Ann] Jurtle 1.8 - Now with LeJOS support
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I would like to announce the release of Jurtle 1.8, a simple IDE for learning programming in Java. What makes this release pertinent to this group is that Jurtle now integrates with the LeJOS tools and API for programming the LEGO Mindstorms (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Can someone explain why LEGO made the switch from 12V to 9V ? There appears to be some discussion about the switch in these catalogs: 1991 Netherlands (URL) German (URL) Europe (URL) there any reaction in the LEGO community when this switch (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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 | | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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Gary, Don't get all disappointed. It was me who originally made the post about the subject of the message. I was catching up on emails, LUGNET posts, etc and saw the "New Lego Track!" subject. Of course it was not what I expected it to be. If my (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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