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(...) At least year's 25th anniversary truck tour display, my wife spotted a Megablok 2x4 stuck on the large birthday cake model. I notified an employee- droid, who said, "... oh." and removed it after a bit. Well, I thought it was funny anyway. (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) There are multiturn servos for winches in RC sailboats, but they are REALLY expensive. (...) Well don't give up too fast. They ARE useful for steering, or lifting, or grabbing because we can set the limits of motion. This makes things like (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Loose or Clumps?
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(...) I keep all my pieces in tubs according to size and color (1x1 gray/white/black/green , 1x1 red/yellow/blue, and so on) and all loose. Dunno if either way is better, but I like shoving my hand into a huge pile of loose bricks - slowly of (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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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 (...) (27 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, (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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, (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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, (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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? (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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..... (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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okay.. how about this.. avg servo needs.. 60hz pulses.. 1.0ms pulse width = end point 1.5ms pulse width = middle of rotation 2.0ms pulse width = other end point that is the form of the data to the servo. so you need to out put pulses 60 times a (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) I think what John was trying to say was that pulse widths between 0.7 ms and 2.0 ms give servo rotations between 0 and 180 degrees. With 45 steps in that range, you can control the servo in 5 degree increments. Seems to me he was approximating (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO section starting on Compuserve
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(...) They have access to the Web if they *want* it, but there are a variety of reasons many don't venture outside CIS. Some background: Many CIS members joined long before the Web and proliferation of local ISP's exploded onto the scene. The (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | a correction! to r/c servo
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Sorry about that! The resulting 0.03 mS pulse width increments would result in 5 degree increments in the position of the servo shaft. How about that? JB -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) The answer is pretty simple, actually. In order to control a servo, you need to use pulses whose lengths are on the order of 1-2 ms. The more steps you get in that range, the more servo positions you can use. NQC can't produce pulses as short (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Real auction going on at BRICKS
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Hey, I just noticed a real auction going on at my new BRICKS auction site. We're still sorda in the testing phase, and I appreciate the input I've gotten from several of you, but evidently Julie is brave enough to run the real thing, so good for (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: First Meeting of NOVALTC!
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PNLTC Tables - if you guys want to chat send us some mail. Ben Fleskes designed the tables and there has been several revisions. The size of the tables and the hole patterns on the side to bolt them together has remained the same as original plan (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
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It works for me, at least. The internet has been quirky today. Must be pre-Y2K meltdown or something. :) Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
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The links to your site are not working. Just thought you should know. Pat J (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) I can't understand this. Can you correct your grammar so it is clear what you're saying the average servo needs? - Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13 (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) If all you need to do is generate a pulse of a certain length, why can't you do something like this? Sleep(1); // synchronize with the centisecond timer Fwd(OUT_A, 7); Sleep(1); // 1/100 of a second Off(OUT_A); Sleep(2); // 2/100 of a second (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Droid Dev. Kit, reprise
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(...) They'll probably do what LEGO wants them to do. LEGO appears to be fairly inflexible and uncreative and will probably stick to their normal policy. LEGO's normal policy seems to be to tell the store it has been discontinued and allow the store (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Southern Legofest reminder...
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...for me, that is. It's the weekend of the 18th/19th September isn't it? But I can't remember where :( (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) Why? Seems to me that changing to white or grey or blue, if it meant approval from TLG would be no big deal... Red is the color they use for most everything brickish. (...) Probably would in fact be trade dress, as would every other thing (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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The links to the MLCAD page and download are not connecting. Pat J (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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The links to mlcad page and program aren't connecting. (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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