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Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message news:37BD9833.B2990C...eng.com... (...) of the (...) American (...) the US, (...) tariffs (...) world. (...) electronics to (...) NAFTA does only apply to the US, Canada and Mexico (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | R2D2 head (was Re: Sebulba)
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(...) I believe this is a result of the fact that the equipment at LEGO that applies patterns to pieces can only "paint" the pattern from one side (one "direction"). Since the R2D2 head is a "hemisphere", the pattern had to be applied from the top, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) Okay! Finally I got it! (-: It sounds to me like servos can't rotate continuously in the same direction. In other words, they're good for steering but not for turning the wheels that make the car go. Is that right? Anyway, having heard that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) OhOh, I've piqued my own interest. I've looked at the H8 hardware manual and the RCX internals. The OC1A triggers every msec, except the stupid routine clears the Free Running Timer every time!!!! So much for using the OC1B, maybe. The minimal (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO requirements - Using LEGo trademark in Webpages
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(...) See the 2nd line of my sig below? dtrh.com is the domain name. jaba. could be a machine name (it isn't, but it could be). I've had several lego-related names for machines at work. minifig, baseplate, bricks, castle, you name it. All those (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Spare Lego for us
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:... (...) They came at a very high price, IMO. So you *did* send them? (...) Do not divulge the secrets your eyes have beheld, lest you incur a "disaster beyond imagination" (like a chandelier falling on your head-- thank you, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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Ok, Here's my 2 cents on servos...read to the bottom if you are interested in helping to develop the code for this. The servo takes a 60Hz (approx) pulse width signal between 1 and 2 msec The pulses are fed into a little circuit that generates an (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FA : SOCCER SETS AND SUB-SETS (all new misp/misb)
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(...) I would!!! That's what it *says*, after all. I'd expect to see 6 LEGO Soccer Starter Sets if someone was selling whole sets. But in the "Starter Set Boxes" case, I'd still kinda wonder if they really meant what they'd written; I'd hafta ask if (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 10x20 green baseplates
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Hi, does anyone know what sets 10x20 green brick baseplates come in? I'm guessing some sort of bucket from the early 70's, I have a couple but can't remember the 70's ;) thanks, Chris Hill (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in article <37BA00E7.49E95BF@vo...er.net>... (...) I'm sure it would be easy enough to write a front end for the database in Visual Basic. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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onyx <onyx@flash.net> wrote in article <FGs0Dq.54s@lugnet.com>... (...) Now I'm not completely sure if this is true, but I've read that a Slave1 is coming our way in 2001!! I suppose it'll include Boba as well. I don't see why TLG would include (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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Markassius <mkock@NOSPAMtulip.com> wrote in article <FGrC4A.D2M@lugnet.com>... (...) Who in their right minds couldn't agree with us? :) (...) Mark, you missed that post a few weeks ago didn't you? :) There was this url of a toys site or something, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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(...) I thought of another one. It's not a piece per se, but I wish the wrists on Technic figures had ball-socket joints, just like the ankles. Scenes like these: (URL) have been much easier to do "right" if only the wrists could move like real (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Southern Legofest reminder...
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Its all round to Jon's house in Chatham, on the 18th. Jon, how many have said they are coming? I heard we may have a visitor from the US as well, is that right? Huw Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) That doesn't make sense either. If a single step of 2.0 ms causes 180 degrees of rotation, then how does 45 steps allow you to control it 5 degrees at a time? (...) Are you saying that the servo actually operates in steps of one degree each? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego in the Midlands
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Are there any special lego groups, or web sites in the Midlands. I live in Worcester and would like to find out if there is anything i am missing. Rob. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Loose or Clumps?
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I hate to be completely A.R., but what does everyone think is the better storage method: attached or loose? Do attached bricks get used to being attached and loose their "snap"? Do loose bricks get scratched faster than attached bricks? KL (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Nugator.com - New Lego Retail Super Site
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Does TLG allow online retailing? I know at least one retail store owner I asked said "definately not". Then again, there is eToys, and a few others. Does it take a special arrangement? KL (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Making Sails
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(...) [snip a lot of stuff I don't have] (...) I just got these sails. I'm not willing to part with them, but I could scan them and email the images to you. Then you could print them on paper or on Barbie Fashion Designer Cloth. Has anyone ever (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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Hahahahaha.....post it on segfault.org..... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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