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(...) Don't get me wrong - 50% off is a great deal - just not great enough to warrant asking a woman to marry you. Unless she has other qualities to recommend her, of course. Like huge ... quantities of pre 1990's Castle lego sets. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, I have used my RCX to control my Lego train using the wall wart for the train for power. You can run the train off of the bateries but it is pretty pathetic. (I did it once by accident.:)) I set up a simple oval track that used th e light (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) Thinking about this more, I do not know what I was thinking earlier. Since you are in an ISR, you know can count the number of cycles in the instructions between reading the FRT and enabling the OCIB interrupt, and you can estimate "close" (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) Gee, hath my memory deceived me? Maybe it WAS 0.83 source I wanted (I think I had 0.75 source). Carsten wasn't interested, I was. I wanted to at least bring the functionality of BriCAD (as opposed to btopia) to Windows, and perhaps build it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In (...) make (...) least (...) Hello, New mindstorm user...been lurking for a while. WRT to servo motion -- it is fairly easy to modify standard servos for continuous motion. $ would put this motor about the same cost as lego so not sure of (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Nugator.com - New Lego Retail Super Site
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As for the membership idea we were thinking a %10 discount (min) plus plenty of other perks. they way we view it is if you put in an order of $50+ you automaticaly get a one month membership with an option to renue after one month, do nothing and it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Tom's Wants Page - new parts up in Wanted and Trade sections
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(URL) in order to finish my computer case ( (URL) ), I need some large 6xN BLUE plates again. I'm looking mainly for 6x14s, as that will make the top the strongest. I've also added some plane wings/tails to my parts available for trade. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: R2D2 head (was Re: Sebulba)
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(...) had (...) the (...) distortion. What about X-Treme Team figs which have printing on both sides? ...they could have done the same for R2-D2... However, what I dislike most about the R2 units is that they're so big. It's difficult to make a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Colin and Wanda are on their way to visit Richard in Australia. If you would like to host Colin and Wanda at your home please e-mail Alicia & Sean McInnis at argus@netcom.ca Thanks Alicia (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) one, (...) Do you mean silver or gray? When you L3P just one brick, POV-Ray ignores the coloring for some reason, and just uses the default color of the model (gray: 7). With more bricks, POV-Ray uses the correct colors. --Bram (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Another Carney masterpiece
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(...) c /typing/bricking/ (bricking is a word, right?) (...) c /Carney/Dr. Carney/ OR c/Carney/Bob Carney/ :-) That should get me a nastygram from Tony. :-) Or else I've missed my mark. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: backgrounds logo image (was: Re: [ldraw.org] Update)
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I KNEW I should not have gotten into this. The outcome I desired was that you'd agree that you should host banner ads/logos/whatevers used by others to promote your sites, just as everyone else does. In fact many people actually REQUIRE it, they (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Another Carney masterpiece
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Yes, and he has posted here. The person who set up his website (his daugter (?? ... in law, maybe ??) also has. Prolly just was so tired from typing that he didn't post here too. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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A bit simplistic, in my case anyway. Let's suppose that discounts range more like 38% to 30% (the lesser is on the newest stuff and things like Star Wars where presumably they are paying Lucas some sort of fee). Add in about 5% shipping charge and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Local languages OK in loc groups! :)
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Oh Geese! Ya shure, you betcha, I'll spread da word up here in Minnesooda. Uff-da, da guys will be happy ta hear dat! ;John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | [MN] Auctions posted at BRICKS
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Thought that I would give the new system a try. My auctions can be found at: (URL) are just a few basic brick lots to see how it goes. "Bricks @ Guarded Inn - FREE Lego Auctions for You" can be found at: (URL) to Mike Stanley Auctions Offered By - (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) Whew! I'm glad I got that much right :-) (...) We could check OC1B and if it's "close" just turn off the motor...as far as the long timer goes, OC1A should always force the output off...on the other hand, the OC1B could be set NO GREATER than (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ciao a tutti.
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(...) Carlo, È piacevole sentirsi che dite che è pratico. :-) Avete saputo che potete anche abbonarsi a qualsiasi gruppo del lugnet via il E-mail come lista spedire? Qui è uno schema: (URL) qui sono le regolazioni di E-mail: (URL) divertimento! (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Hello Chris, chris <churchonespamoff@aol.com> wrote in article <37BDD210.45B08F3A@aol.com>... (...) I know that I got mine in a #7 Universal Set back in mid-seventies. I also got one in a #2 Universal Set, for which I still have the box, showing the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) Than that's not a problem with ldraw.org, that's a problem with the server Mike's pages are on. I can upload my copy of mlcad13.zip to ldraw.org and have two download location choices - he ok'ed the download from ldraw.org. I'll make a note of (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) I agree. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power? Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Local languages OK in loc groups! :)
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Hello, Hallo, Hej, Hejsa, Heippa, Hoi, Hola, Aloha, Konnichiwa, Nei ho, Bonjour, Ciao, Oi, Priviet, Merhaba, Dia duit, Dzien dobry, G'day! :-) What can we do to help spread the good word about the use of local languages in the lugnet.loc.* groups? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Ciao a tutti.
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Condivido l'idea di Mario e Todd di usare questo NG per gli scambi di opinioni (in italiano). E' sicuramente più pratico degli e-mail che abbiamo usato fino ad ora. A presto. Carlo Ottolina (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) Exactly. See (URL) examples. These servos have a little disc or cross on top with holes at the edges. The servos can turn the disc only 45 degrees in each direction. They are used for moving flaps or rudders on model airplanes. You bend a 90 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new store
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Sounds like a great idea, Jerry. It would be even nicer if you cut to 20%, which would match any sale anywhere (excluding clearance of course). It would give a strong incentive for retail buyers to simply come to you first without having to wait to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Yeah, well, 50% off is no great deal FOR YOU. Me, I live in an area that stuff almost NEVER goes on sale past 20%, because it sells out before it can hit any lower IF they had any in stock to begin with. I got my first deep discount sets in AGES (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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(...) From what I understand by reading this thread, it looks like it's too late in NZ. I think we should try to find out if this is going to happen in *other* locales and try to prevent it there. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: r/c servos
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(...) Let's say a 0.7 ms pulse results in a rotation of 0 degrees. Let's say a 2.0 ms pulse results in a rotation of 180 degrees. If all you had were 0.7 ms pulses and 2.0 ms pulses, you'd be able to choose either 0 degrees or 180 degrees, resulting (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Another Carney masterpiece
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Has Carney been invited over to lugnet? Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37BAD526.FADBED5A@v...er.net>... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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(...) ^^^^^^^^Freudian slip commentary on Town Jr?;-) BTW, Nice spot by the NLS! There is hope for you, Stevo! ;John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) Almost exactly how I'd do it. The problem is what if OCIB must be set to a small value, and the FRT has already passed this value when the OCIA handler sets up OCIB in step 3? This problem is solvable. If the total interval is closer to 1 ms, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | new store
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We are in the process of adding Lego to our product line for both instore and internet mail order. Our intent is offer 10% off regular retail pricing. We will both buy and sell Lego products, offering cash or credit for purchases. Our display will (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | CLSotW banners (was: Re: [ldraw.org] Update)
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(...) Yup, got it -- it's in my inbox. I usually update the CLSotW banners page on Sunday at the same time as updating the CLSotW itself, but since you wrote "I'll have a 40x400 banner for my main site soon," and yours was the only submission that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Using RCX with Lego Trains
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I just picked up the Lego "Railway Express" set (#4561) last night. It comes with a "Toy Transformer" electrical plug (adaptor). The label on the plug says (North American version): Input: 120 VAC 60 Hz 0.12 A Output: 12 VAC 7 VA Would this work as (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego in the Midlands
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You're probably not missing anything yet :-) There are a couple of people in the Warwickshire area, but I don't think anyone's got organised in the UK yet. We're getting there, though. The Scottish & Southern Legofests show that the level of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | backgrounds logo image (was: Re: [ldraw.org] Update)
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(...) Oh! I see what you mean now. You placed a copy of the flb-logo-small.gif image at the bottom of your page. Hrrm. Re-reading the Terms of Use on the (URL) I guess that point #1 is ambiguous... 1. These images are original artwork and are (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: POV-RAY orange color
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Strange. I rendered a brick colored 462 in POV and it came out silver. When I sandwiched the brick between a white (15) and a black (0) one, it came out orange. Maybe 462 does not always work... Scott R Dennett wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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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. (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (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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| | 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 :( (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) I thought about that. The problem is, ldraw.org *doesn't* do pieces which aren't real-world LEGO. Funny colors, maybe. Fake pieces, never. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I agree. When I think stickers I think text, numbers, maybe some type of display screen (possibly), or a logo. I even like the credit card billboards I've seen. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not to follow myself up, but the URL to access the pictures is: (URL) makes it nice and easy. eric (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Greetings all, Looking at some of the new posts like the conductor/piano player has got me to thinking about the multiple RCX interacting scenario. The biggest inefficiency to start with is having to direct the entire RCX toward the other one, have (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There was a thread about that a while back. (URL) were posted from that show on www.theforce.net. There's a URL in the thread that points to the main "collecting" page, which no longer has the pictures- but if you poke around on the site long (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) I suggest capitalizing LEGO in the linking image and adding the (R), otherwise, great job! --Bram (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Oop! I think I should proof-read my messages! I meant: It features working landing gear. The rear landing gear fits into a fairly small space. --Bram (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Anyone know what this is ?
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(...) At a guess, I'd say it was a dealer pack of some kind... Paul Sinasohn just guessing again (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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After finishing sorting all my LEGO (now sorted by part instead of by color), I could build again. Here's the Colonial Viper that I was inspired to build after Sproat's post back in May: (URL) features (URL) of the difficulty was keeping the color (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | "Smoke" color in POV
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Has anyone found good POV values for the smoke colored SW windscreen? -John Van (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Truck Trivia (was Re: Small new train web site
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(...) I found this out when I needed to put a clear and a trans-yel. 1x1 plate mounted on a 1x2 plate as vertical front turn signals/parking lights on the sculpted front fenders of a car, and this was the only way to keep this light assembly from (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Parts Needed
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Stuff I am looking for: NEEDED: 1+ blue 1x3x1 arches 8+ white lattice windows (fit 3x4 frames) (I have 2 yellow and 4 blue of same I could trade) 1 yellow freestyle flower 1 red lower sail from the Black Seas Barracuda 1 2x12 yellow plate Imperial (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA: 35 Lego Lots on SeriousCollector.Com - Space, Boats, Town, Technic, Trains!
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Thanks for looking! Click here to view or to sort differently: (URL) Currently #6597 Century Skyway, New $300.00 6204 Buccaneers MISB $5.00 6235 Buried Treasure MISB $2.00 6245 Harbor Sentry MISB $2.00 6256 Islander Catamaran New $10.00 6336 Lauch (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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(...) Where is my Boba Fett minifig?!?!?!??!!? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 3437 Duplo Brick 2 x 2
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Do we need a new group: lugnet.cad.dat.duplo? Does anyone have an estimate or count of unique DUPLO elements? -John Van Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:37BD9010.441426...pnet.se... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37bd7e8a.724234...net.com... (...) But we could design our own keyboard tile (w/ all the letters even) and a computer screen w/ a 2X3 brick on it! But you'd still have the problem with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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There is another member of the team that I talk to somewhat regularly who said that it was too expensive for that price point. -john (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nugator.com - New Lego Retail Super Site
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(...) Guess it depends on what kind of Lego sets you buy. If you're silly enough to pay full retail for things, maybe a 5 or 10% discount would seem like a good deal. Me, I couldn't imagine paying for the privelege of spending 40% more for something (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Nugator.com - New Lego Retail Super Site
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(...) Yeah, smacks of the rip-off EB discount card to me. If all I were to get is a 5% discount I'd have to spend $1200 to "break even" on my $60. Who knows, though, maybe they're talking 10% or more. Or maybe the other things will really be worth (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) Playing with it in photoshop should actually work pretty well. Just shift the hue to get blue, you won't even have to play with saturation. --Bram (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | First Meeting of NOVALTC!
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Sorry- I meant to send an update. We had our meeting as planned at the historic Union Station in Washington, DC last Sunday. Jeff Stembel brought along his steam engine. Nice Work! Being our first meeting, most of out time was spent discussing Lego (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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I was always under the impression that a lot of European and other parts of the world countries had very high tariffs as well. We have NAFTA (North American Free trade Agreement) here that reduced a lot of the taxes, etc. between the US, Mexico, and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: no new SW LEGO this year
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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:51:12 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) British poster. Extremely rare to get new sets before just after new year in the UK. (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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