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(...) Interrresting. Are we getting the new MT Octan truck here as well does anyone know? Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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Ludo - - Thanks for the great analysis of the LEGO speed control! - Nick - ludo soete wrote: [snip] (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive - 80 amf70 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon SD 55 TOMKMIT 137 Passenger Sleeping Car - 75 amf70 367 Space Module with Astronauts SD 40 Mark de K. 381 Lorry and Fork Lift (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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What's the piece number for the 1x4x6 trans-lt-blue "three-pane" townjr windows? KL (...) Christer Sunesson wrote: (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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(...) that's (...) transformer (...) I just opened a LEGO TRAIN SPEED REGULATOR and drawn a shematic of it. I did this once before but lost the paper. Now to the point: The INPUT of the regulator may be an AC or a DC signal. Even reversing the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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Actually, lowering the voltage would lower the current draw too with a constant load. Of course a motor is anything but a linear load, and it does tend to draw more current at slower rpm. In any case, you're not going to break it, since the 9v train (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 68 sets including Yellow Castle for trade
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I have a number of sets to trade, mostly Castle, with some Pirates, Town and 12v Trains. For details, please see (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I looked in the Zany Brainy in Reston, VA and they diddn't have the new droid sets, but they did have _36_ 6195 Neptune Discovery Labs at $79 ea. KL (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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(...) This is true. But some Catholicism did run in the family. I should also clarify that I meant hair. I had red hair and lots of it. -Tom McD. when replying, Peter Parker's "radioactive" spider really ate some spamcake. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hello I have a friend at LEGO Denmark that i can order LEGO pieces from. I ordered piecenumber 4181,4182,8183,4033,...4511,4510. He said that they didnt have it in stock. Now i wonder if their are any one ho wants those pieces. If ther are a hugh (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Droid Developer Kit at Toys R Us?
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I went into Toys R Us in Reading today and they had a display of Droid Developer Kits for £89 each. When I tried to buy one, there was a long search in the warehouse followed by a prompt refund when they couldn't find any! They don't have a display (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 6xN large blue plates, 1x8 and longer white bricks needed
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In order to finish my computer case shown at (URL) I need some 6x10 and longer blue plates (6x14s preferred the most) and 1x8 and longer white bricks. If you have any, see my Wants page at (URL) to see what I have available to trade. -- | Tom (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) I used 462, but in the POV file I used Anton Raves' definition: #declare settings = 3; /* use =1 for draft renders, =3 for final */ #include "materials.lib" #declare Color462 = #if (version >= 3.1) material { #end texture { orange_tex } #if (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) Right, the NO notification is what I want. Outbid notification is fine, but it's emotionally painful to get a reminder every day that I WON'T be getting something I used to be high bidder on. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2
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The main library downtown on a Saturday afternoon would be pretty central. I'm used to gatherings in restaurants, but, on a lot of levels, the library makes great sense. Besides, one of my big motivations to pick a restaurant would be ability to (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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Color 462 worked for me, with the following POV definition from L3P: #declare Color462 = #if (version >= 3.1) material { #end texture { pigment { rgb <1,0.754902,0.170588> } finish { ambient AMB diffuse DIF } #if (QUAL > 1) finish { phong 0.5 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | all-LEGO stepper motor (was Re: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) It looks like I might not be able to do this today. My web hosting service (hostsave.com) stopped providing my web pages sometime in the last 24 hours and I'm not sure how long it will take to get them to fix it. Also, a correction: I meant to (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: i think i need a hug
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I had the same thing happen, I was bidding on a really nice Space set piece assortment (it had like 30 sets or so, from all spectrums of Space series (Futuron, Classic, Blacktron, SP1 & 2, etc.) and I got into a bidding war with Larry P.(I think) (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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What color number did you use for the orange? I've tried everything that had been suggested, but I still can't get orange. Ryan "As long as you stay strong in the Word, you won't allow temptations to manifest themselves." Mike Stanley ***...*** (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: i think i need a hug
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Hey, sometimes it works out OK. I had held high bid on one particular set of pieces for a good length of time, and then as I was checking just before it closed someone had outbid me, but fortunately I was able to get my bid in with something like 19 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
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(...) Some of us think there is, and some of us, (including many stalwarts) feel they've been trying for many many months and have exhausted all the other alternatives. I dunno who is right, which is one reason why I suspect a vote was taken. I (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Catastrophic Earthquake In Turkey (Was Re: Take a Look at This)
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(...) I'm glad to hear that. I was really hoping you'd be okay -- I don't know anyone else who lives in Turkey. (...) I really don't know what to say. I wish I had taken the EMT training, so I'd be able to volunteer to help in person. Money always (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) SC, unlike eBay, lets you configure your level of information. If you set to just daily report, you'll get a note once a day about all auctions you're in... One note a day doesn't seem THAT bad... There is not a choice to get NO notification, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
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In article <FGxBz2.D9F@lugnet.com>, John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@ema il.msn.com> writes (...) No problem :-) I'm not currently interested in the CAD groups, and this vote came as a bit of a shock. Bearing in mind the good nature of the people (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Help needed with the cross compiler setup for legOS
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=>From: sjkang <sjkang@ee.kyungpook.ac.kr> =>... =>Please help me how to build the cross compile environment for legOS in =>the Linux! Have you ever built GCC? If not, it's probably useful to run through a native build & install (and make sure it (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up! Look for a 'minimal mail' option on SeriousCollector soon. I'd very much like your input on what would be best for you as far as email notification frequency.... Derick Bulkley SeriousCollector.Com (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Check out my minifig-scale Droideka
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(...) I'll get it on my Web page soon... It's not yet a completey accurate rendering, tho, until I can swipe the LDraw part for the Pirate sword. I might leave it with the knives, I dunno... (...) If you can spare an ix86 machine with about 100Mb (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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(...) Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence! I wasn't sure I wasn't "trespassing" or anything by uploading my robot design here. That's good news. I look forward to seeing your robotic arm design. Ian (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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I'm sure there are a lot of nuances that went into this decision. The Danish company was only into its' 8th year of exporting it's product when it entered the US market. As to whether tariffs were a consideration, I'm sure they were. Even the sets (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) OK, here it is: (URL) can find other include files here: (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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(...) I'm getting a good deal of inspiration from everybody's links - thanks guys! Alex - great designs. You have a good selection of differential apparatuses (apparati? :) ) on your page. How fast do your rovers go? I've tried several designs of my (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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Tom McDonald <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message news:FGwHBq.MH7@lugnet.com... (...) McDonald is not a jewish name? (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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I can understand Marks perspective, and I can understand why he would like it all to go to Australia ..... (to replentish the old Lego supply that those not too smart LEGO Australia folks destroyed). But rather than leaving it sitting in storage for (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Gettig Motor Division G-type [DAT]
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My new car theme! It's a division of the Gettig Aero Space corporation that manufactors Hornet, Mace,and Swordfish space fighters(mechs are under development). The G-type is the road going sports car basis of my other high performance cars. Unlike (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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(...) (URL) is a design that worked well for me (and I still have it together if you want better pictures). I've had it running for up to an hour around my living room without getting caught on anything. alex -- Did you check the web site first?: (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) Thanks! Before I cleaned up the LEGO in the LEGO room and sorted all of it (which took about 4 weeks, on and off), I wasn't sure I'd have enough of those pieces. I knew I the X-Wing engines would be too small, but I wasn't sure what to use (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) Thanks! (...) That was one of my main goals, which wasn't so easy considering my limited supply of orange (I had to use 1x4 plates vertically in the tail for lack of 1x1 bricks) Although I usually apply stickers to TLG models when I buy them, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Catastrophic Earthquake In Turkey (Was Re: Take a Look at This)
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Larry, Jeff, and other dear friends, Hopefully, me, my wife and my parents are all OK. Even my wife's parents are OK (by miracle), they were living in Degirmendere, which is the almost exact centre of the quake). I returned back to home from the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
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Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:Xy5anEAMzAw3EwE...n.co.uk... (...) _PLEASE_ NOTE: All the lugnet.cad* groups invite novices who want help honing their skills. Those of us who author parts _love_ to guide newbies in (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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(...) Nuernberg (Nuremburg) Toy Fair .... isn't that Europes largest toy fair? And my cousin (who owns a Teddy Bear factory 60 miles north of Nuremburg) always goes to that fair every February ..... hmmmmmmm, I wonder if she could take me along (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Hey Tom, Thanks - I've been trying to remember the toy store name where I got the large number of London Bus and Lear Jet sets back in the 1980's. It was KB Toys, the toy Liquidator! (I don't think they have Detroit area stores any more.) That (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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(...) attributes (...) As easy as this might be for basic plates and bricks, most of us know the real Lego part numbers for those anyway - and this would get pretty hairy when the part isn't a basic shape. I think that any eventual part (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Thanks Beth, All additional folks are welcome to add their name to the letter. I am still rewriting it, and "toning down the rhetoric". So far I have about 30 signators to the letter. I will be sending out another request for more signators after (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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(...) that's (...) transformer (...) transformer (...) by transformer do you mean the lego speed controller? If it's a yes there is no problem feeding it with 7.5V DC. The input will accept 9V to 12V AC or DC for full performance (0V to 9V at the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices. IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48 contiguous states. Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal for 87 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Well, there were a lot of sets in the 1970's that had those 10x20 green (1 brick thick) baseplates with the tubes around the bottom inside edge. Several sets come to mind immediately - 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 148, 149. Back in (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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(...) Oh, that's not an original thing by any means. Serious Collector auctions also work that way. Glad you like it, though. :) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) I'd be tempted to bid but I'm afraid of being spammed daily once I get outbid. Still, those are really cool boats. Dunno how I'd fit them into my world, but they're cool nonetheless. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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FWIW: I have two LEGO train transformers that are labeled for an output of 12 VAC and two that are labeled for an output of 11 VAC. Both rate the power output at 7 VA. One of my speed controllers is labeled for an input of 9-11 VAC, and three for an (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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Ian Warfield <ipw47@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FGuCKz.CoC@lugnet.com... (...) This is the perfect place to put such a model. One of the purposes of the cad.dat* groups is for people to post .dat's to talk about in other groups. So far, this (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Pirate sails
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Greetings, I have seen and heard about people looking for LEGO pirate ship sails. I make them from cloth, stiffened and customized with a logo of any kind. I have recently sold a set on ebay for the Skulls Eye Schooner (6286). (URL) will be another (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: backgrounds logo image (was: Re: [ldraw.org] Update)
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Once again, insufficient precision results in my looking rather foolish (but I meant to do that, I never make misteaks). (...) <various hypothetical, but not branded, non text ways of depicting a hyperlink> What I was getting at is that while (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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This is really great! The coloring is wonderful, and I love your use of the 1X2 rounded brick/place combo pieces--especially on the front. Nice job detailing the cockpit, too. And nice POV work. -John Van P.S. I hope I've been effusive enough for (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: some questions ( LDraw )
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(...) GIF is probably better to compress an image with few colours and strong contrasts. JPEG does a Fourier transform of each 8x8 pixel box (as I have understood), and is generally only well suited for images which are fairly smooth. I my opinion, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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Still lots of really good deals on my items. Many have no bids at all and are significantly BELOW the recently concluded "500" auction. The problems with SC should be resolved, I am able to get to it. Here are all the current LEGO(r) lots: (URL) are (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | US S@H Specials Aug 23 - Aug 29, 1999
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Play 6045 Ninja Surprise $14.50 $11.00 Technic 8245 Robot's Revenge $33.00 $27.00 Clothing P210 Skateboarder Polo Youth $22.00 $11.00 Adult $24.00 $12.00 TS04 Adventurer Tshirt Adult Large $14.00 $ 7.00 ===...=== Featured Items for the week (not on (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Great solution! An auction site with the "friendliness" of a Lugnet auction. Eric (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2 Vehicles and more pics of Fallingwater
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(...) It looks AWESOME in MSIE. Imagine that, another thing that works just fine in MSIE but is broke in Communicator. :) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Take a look at this
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I first want to say that I'm glad you are safe, and I hope your family and friends are okay. I, and I'm sure most others here, have been worried about you. If you need anything, I'm sure you will find no end of help from your friends here at Lugnet. (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: some questions ( LDraw )
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Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:FGv8Ez.KGq@lugnet.com... (...) them (...) do (...) Care to explain the advantages of GIF over JPG? -John Van (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "Smoke" color in POV
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Travis Dickinson sent me this, which works pretty well: #declare clear_dark_gray = material { texture { pigment {rgbf <0.40, 0.40, 0.40, .9>} finish { ambient 0.3 diffuse 0.6 reflection 0.25 refraction 1 ior 1.5 phong 0.3 phong_size 60 } } } BTW: (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | i think i need a hug
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grrrr... >:( sniped on eBay last night.. 17 classic space sets (10 of which i had before i *stupidly* sold them heading into my dark ages)... my initial bid took the lead and held for over 2 days... then, with less than 1 minute left to go.. i got (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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Well, I did have the anti-sniping thing set to just over 3 hours, but I thought that might be a little low, especially for auctions that end in the middle of the night (like mine usually do). Sniping should be mostly impossible, now. Any bid at or (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) excellent stuff, bram! i like the way you implemented the orange stripes right into the model itself (without the need for stickers). ..joseph g (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Minifig-scale rolling Droideka (SW:TPM Destroyer Droid)
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(...) cool, cool stuff, sproat! i like the use of the daggers for the feet and the hinges to make the body able to roll. i hadn't noticed if this is on your page yet, but if it isn't be sure to include it! ..joseph g (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: [MN] 26 New Auctions posted to BRICKS @ Guided Inn
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(...) Holy Smoke! 125 1x2 Black tiles?! Better look for some competition on that one, Tom. :) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [MN] 26 New Auctions posted to BRICKS @ Guided Inn
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(...) Just a note - all you need to enter to get to the auction homepage is (URL) I don't think I'll do it anytime in the near future, but I may not always have index.shtml as the main page there, but whatever I do have there will work just fine (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Hallo.... ist da jemand??
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Hallo Bine, sorry, daß ich mich so lange nicht gemeldet habe. Musste nach dem Urlaub erstmal LEGO spielen ;o). Habe endlich die Star Wars Modelle von Episode I bekommen. Naja und dann noch an meinen Projekten weitergebastelt und etwas ins Internet (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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| | Re: Check out my minifig-scale Droideka
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(...) Is there any chance someone could post a picture of the model, either a photo or the rendering? I am on a SunStation running UNIX w/ X, from which I can't run DOS programs, and I'd love to see the model. Any ideas? Thanks, Shaun (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Which country in Europe?
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John DiRienzo <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message news:FGt3Kw.Buv@lugnet.com... (...) There's one at www.royalmail.co.uk Huw (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Help needed with opto-interrupter rotation sensor
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fototaker <fototaker@hevanet.com> wrote in message news:FGw9EE.Dp7@lugnet.com... (...) I've never seen the Radio Shack part but I found this on the Radio Shack page. Infrared Emitter and Detector Pair (276>-<0142) Hints and Tips Faxback Doc. # (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lego sweeper
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Personally I have my LEGO up on a table and that saves the arches of my feet. Another solution would be to spread out a spare bed sheet and build on that then when you are done just fold up the corners and you have instantly put all your LEGO into (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Finally done !
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(...) Well yes, it did fall off...actually the front never left the floor. I just had the back in my hand. ;o) Ralph (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Finally done !
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(...) Thank you, yes I plan to do a complete interior according to the ship of riddles page. But I want to start/finish some other projekts first and I don´t know if there´ll be enough material left. The dimensions of the flacon are: lenght: 81 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: no show
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(...) list or anything else like that. Jimmy (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) I personaly use a rubbermade dust pan about 12 " wide and I get most everything up and into a pile or my containers. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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There was a sweeper out in the early 90's, it was a basic set, you could scoop up bricks with it, however, I had one (I don't know where it is now), and it didn't work that well. Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) you could buy one of those little dust buster type cleaners nd then search the bag for lego before you empty it. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lego sweeper
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(...) me (...) First thing that springs to mind is a vacuumcleaner... Mark "my vacuumcleaner eats my Lego" de Kock (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Does anyone know of a gadget that sweeps lego into a storage container. A bit like a lego carpet sweeper. A gadget like this would save the arches of my feet at night!!! If anyone knows where I could get one would you please let me know, thanks. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 13V ~ port on 12V transformer
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This means, that now when we have 230V in Europe (European Union standard as it is between 220 and 240V and whitin the limits), that it will be app 5% more ~almost 14V. I have never checkid it, but the 741 (740, 742) is only a transformer basically (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | How is LDraw 2 progressing??
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Hello, Just wondering how LDraw2 Is progressing. I hope it will still have the 2D feature and not 3D only. Sincerely, Doyle (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Hello Seattleites, take 2
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Well, I have recently began keeping up with LUGNET and had read with interest the thred regarding a Seattle area get-together. Let's not give up on that idea! I know many will stop by the train exhibit at the Puyallup fair but it would be great to (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | WTB Dark Gray Hands
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Hello, I am in need of the following: 4 sets of Dark Gray hands from the UFO sets, I am willing to pay $3 per set. I also need dark gray arms with black hands and dark gray legs with black waist. Of course I am not offering as much for these as the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego Garage verkoop
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Alles is tweede-hands, maar Elvira is m.i. een zeer betrouwbare bouwster. Ik heb al veel van haar gekocht :-) Zo ver ik weet is het alle soorten Lego vanaf +/- 1978 tot heden, veel miniland, maar ook van alles anders. Prijzen lopen uiteen van 50% (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | [MN] 26 New Auctions posted to BRICKS @ Guided Inn
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In an effort to get some traffic flowing to Mike's site (and save myself some money on eBay posting fees) I've posted a new batch of auctions to the (URL) Auction site. The site is still in Beta, but the only way to find out if it works is to use (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 13V ~ port on 12V transformer
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(...) who (...) tranformer (...) Your dad is correct. I'm not exactly sure why that port is provided except for testing or troubleshooting the transformer. 13V is also true of transformers here in the States. I've heard that 13V is used because (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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In lugnet.trains, John R. Clark writes: <snipped interesting idea> (...) transformer (...) The transformer in the wall socket adapter probably won't be bothered too terribly, as it's only a 17% reduction in voltage. The motors don't try and suck (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MacNQC in beta test
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MacNQC is a GUI based version of NQC for the Macintosh. You can read more about it here: (URL) course, you can also find it from the main NQC site: (URL) Baum (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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(...) I was snipped right after I was born. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake builds bodies -11 different ways. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | eBay: 6077 Knight's Procession, 6591 Nitro Dragsters
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I've got two sets up on eBay, with pics and details: 6077 Knight's Procession, complete with instructions, no box. (URL) Nitro Dragsters, all pieces, no instructions nor box. (URL) are always welcome, and thanks for looking! Adam bwappo@ee.net (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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(...) Thanks! (...) For the starry backgrounds I used the "Galaxy" library (I think it's called a library, maybe plug-in is a better term). I don't have the URL handy, but I'm sure someone can tell you where to find all the cool libraries for (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Bwappo's trading page has moved!
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Yep, Bwappo's Lego Piece Trading page has moved! And to celebrate the move, I will be making some major updates over the next few days. Take a peek at: (URL) to all of you who have helped me find the many pieces I've needed, and to all who have (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: r/c servos and firmware
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(...) That's not the type of stepper motor I'm talking about. I've seen the type you're describing, and they have the advantage that you can drive them with really slow pulses if you want. They're essentially just 3-phase AC motors. The kind of (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Store idea - not an ad
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(...) You my not get much trade like this. Non-US people would pay nearly as much in shipping as they would get in cash or trade, which kinda rules us out, and even people from the US would get more selling it on eBay (where the buyer normally pays (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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(...) Ooh ooh: Lego Palm[Pilot] case. (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Help needed with opto-interrupter rotation sensor
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Hello, I am new to the area of homebrew Lego sensors and electronics. However, I wanted to build my own opto-interrupter based rotation sensor using an emitter dectector pair. I have been trying to setup my circuit like the one proposed by Malcolm (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) (snipped for brevity) Sorry to come in late on the discussion, everybody, but I have a citation that I think might be helpful if we *are* going to set up a mail campaign. Bear, John Send This Jerk the Bedbug Letter : How Companies, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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Okay, how's this for an idea: Most electronic stores stock a kind of universal power converter. These have several output settings, including 9v and 7.5 volt. If you use the 7.5 volt setting, the train never gets enough power to derail on curves. (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Update (Re: Next NELUG meeting and an E-mail Issue.)
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(...) As all NELUG Members should be aware, I solved this problem by setting up a mailing list that all members can use to contact the group. The mailing address for the list was sent out in a mail message last week. If you did not get this message (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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