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(...) I'm back from England; evidently I just missed this box. I'm game to receive it now! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
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(...) These are both great additions, thanks! :-, Adam, do you have an inch <-> LDU conversion constant as well? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) stuff (...) KB (...) after (...) I live in the same area as Tom S, and he's right. We don't get good deals here. It's not whining, just a fact. My first half-off Lego set discount I picked up about 400 miles from my home. I didn't go out of my (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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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. (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Using RCX with Lego Trains
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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 (...) (27 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" (...) (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: r/c servos and firmware
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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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | minifig world tour underway
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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 (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: POV-RAY orange color
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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 (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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. (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: new store
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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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 - (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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! (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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) (27 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? (...) (27 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 (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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>... (...) (27 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 (...) (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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(...) 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, (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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