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Hiya I don't know if this is old news to everyone here but I only just found it... Hope Education in Oldham are having a sale which includes several Lego products. I found their website as a link from the Lego Dacta website (www.lego.com/dacta) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Exhaust pipes
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Has anyone ever attempted to make the exhaust pipes 70972 and 70969? -- D M Garcia "A pessimist is an experienced optimist" (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 25% off a few older sets at Barton Creek KB Toys
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KB Toys at Barton Creek Mall had a few sets discounted around 25%: 2161 Aqua Dozer p://www.lugnet.com/p...query=2161 6444 Outback Airstrip (URL) completely sure on this one: 6015 Warp Wing Fighter (URL) a few other sets I forget. (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car) (fwd)
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Jim Choate wrote in message <199908071335.IAA293...sz.com>... (...) Hydraulics implies water(hydr). (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Austin meet - 8/21
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Tim Rueger wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> I'm guessing that many previous posters to this group don't read it all of the time, sending them an email message about the gathering could be a good idea. Here are the names and email addresses from the group: (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | USB->serial adapter for IR-tower
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Has anyone here tried using a USB->serial adapter for the IR-tower? I´m curious about this, since I have had bad experiences trying to expand the number of COM-ports on my machine (I have two on-board COM-ports, both used, now). Best regards, David (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: wireless communication to RCX
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Pete Sevcik wrote in message <37ADAB6F.4651EF8D@f...sh.net>... (...) build (...) ceiling, (...) How about putting up a lamp hanging from the ceiling in which you can hide the IR tower? I chuckled at first, when reading your posting, but thinking it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Power steering for 8448
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(...) The unfortunate thing with this approach is that you've used up 2/3 of your inputs just for steering. (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I/o's expansions for the mindstorm ?
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The mindstorm internals (very very good pages...) : (URL) has a section called "Communication". Here is the beginning : "The RCX uses a 38kHz carrier, which is pretty typical for TV remotes. As for the sampling rate, the RCX runs at 2400 bps, which (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: getting RCX datalog into a file
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(...) My apologies - have just noticed the availability of RcxCC 2.3, which has this facility :-) Stuart -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: wireless communication to RCX
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A simple way to overcome the unidirectional problem of the IR link is to build your robot with the RCX pointing up. Suspend the IR tower from the ceiling, pointing down. For a small room, this should cover the entire area. Only problem is when your (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | getting RCX datalog into a file
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Is it possible to get the uploaded datalog from the RCX into a file using Rcx Command Center? (PS great work Dave and Mark!) Failing that, does someone have a *simple* (ie one which needs no interaction apart from giving a filename) Win95 prog. that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Power steering for 8448
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(...) I don't have the 8448 myself (yet!). But I've been working with steering for quite a time now. I've experienced the steering motor tear a car apart also, and my solution was to add a rotaton sensor to the motor shaft, then gear it down by a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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What will actually happen, if you fill water into the LEGO pneumatic parts? Will they still work? And will they become hydrolics? Jacob -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Clearance find at Durham Zany Brainy
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You have to get on ZB's mailing list. They send out coupons periodically. Last weekend that same set was an additional 25% with the ZB coupon for 25% any clearance item. They had six or seven of those sets about two weeks ago, how many did they have (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: I/o's expansions for the mindstorm ?
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(...) Yeah, I would really like to see such an expansion too! Someone was talking about an I2C bus interface, but the thread appearently died out - Is someone working on this?. I could also think of a "dummy RCX" which cannot be programmed but will (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Canadian Jambalaya
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Hello, Is it too late to get on a list for a box? My preference for which box to receive would be as follows: 1. A Technic box (if one is going through Canada) 2. Either of the General boxes 3. Any box really, just interested in participating (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders: 4940, 4950
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(...) :) (...) year) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Paul's claim to fame! (Was Re: Favourite LUGNET thread ever)
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(...) I would reccomend Geocities (or Yahoo!Geocities or whatever the heck it's called now). When I registered with them, I got a page up and running in the same day. Also, I would be more than happy to host the pictures for you because I have a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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