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(...) Actually it is common practice these days to power small peripherals off of the supply voltage pins on RS-232 ports as long as you're not trying to pull tooooo much juice. And even a device with a 9-volt power supply can produce higher (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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(...) Good luck, LEGO Systems Inc. runs 24 hours a day. Maybe you need to do a weekend night raid. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I just skimmed this whole thread while waiting for a compile. I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that I have never done things to annoy others and I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that JW doesn't need to change his ways, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | MKOC - A new kind of building
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I've been part of this group for a few years now and I would like to say what a pleasure it has been discussing LEGO stuff with all of the knowledgable and friendly folks here. A special thanks should go out to Todd since he has really created an (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * First sets will be sold tomorrow!!! Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive G2 60 EddyM 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon G2 50 TOMKMIT 137 Passenger Sleeping Car G2 55 EddyM 367 Space Module with Astronauts G2 40 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) <snip> (...) like that (...) I wanted a new fighter that was small, had pleasing lines, low profile, and did what I wanted. Definitely playable. Even my 2-yr-old has played with it (I keep having to put the lasers back on though :-) Ben's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New version of BlockCAD released - 1.8
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I finally checked this out, and I like it. It's a much faster way to get the studs-up parts of your LDraw project started. I'm also going to test this out on my kids, who don't have quite enough patience to use LEdit. A couple of comments: 1. The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: do red minifig heads exist?
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(...) In fact, I did exactly this very recently. I purchased the V-Wing fighter, and used a Swiss Army Knife blade to scrape off the paint on the face. I then used a micropore cloth (which I got with my sunglasses) to polish up the head. It didn't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) Being a public company is absolutely no guarantee of better customer service. If anything, I would suspect it would provide less incentive. Public companies are ALL about the almighty profit (actually, the almighty stock price). Public (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And you're showing a lot of attitude here. How much does it take for you to realize that something DOES piss people off? Ten posts? Twenty? Fifty?? Because people have been posting complaints about Your Arrogancy for months and months. And (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And use a signature??? That pisses people off too. How about ignoring peoples' constructive posts about your behavior, like this one: (URL) received no response or apparent change on your part (and took up a good 45 minutes of my busy life to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: when they say "fresh" batteries, they mean it!
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From: John R. Galloway, Jr. <jrg@dbengines.com> (...) I believe RS232 is in the 9v range (or maybe even 12v), so they are probably fighting that spec there. They could use a voltage up-convertor, but at a loss of efficiency. Two 9vs might have made (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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Thanks for your praise guys! Don'tcha love it when all the right parts fall together? It is a Photoshop post-processed scene, as I'm not fluent in POVray like that, though I'd love a crash course in how to do stuff like that with POV. -Tom McD. when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I don't read lugnet.cad.dev, but I still see enough annoying traffic from Jonathan. In fact, he even has made demands of me (he asked once about instructions for a set, of which I happened to have enough copies I was willing to MAIL him a copy, his (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | 1887 Blacktron Scooter [DAT]
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I recieved this set in a #1891 Value Pack. It is missing one piece, a black radio thing (# unknown). Enjoy! --Calvin Walton 0 FILE 1887.dat 0 MPD Author: Calvin Walton 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) Blacktron Scooter 0 Name: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Logs
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I sure haven't seen any logs lately. It's hard to know who has a box, and where it is on the list. I know some people thought seeing the logs would ruin the surprise, but it helps for us to see the progress and who on the list has a certain box. If (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) Mike, I sympathize with you. Jonathan really t's me off too. Its sad that his rude arrogance caused you to leave. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Rubber chickens are the best applied use of polystyrene to date. Get paid to surf the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Probably just me, but the first time I glanced over that I saw, "4. Lovers, how can we...." Made me do a double-take there... Guess that's what I get for trying to give up the mighty coffee bean. -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:19990813.073557...uno.com... (...) The type 5 lines only show up at the outer edges. There still would be no edgeline extending the length of the edge between the top and side faces, simply (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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(...) guage (...) I _do_ have a firm grasp of the obvious :) (though the 396's gauge is narrower than you'd expect from looking at the pictures) - I was asking about the (apparently not) unique rod/piston parts. BTW, where's the panic about the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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