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I had to register to bid on this. I just realised that as it is a new site, all the good names are still up for grabs. I just had to pick No1. (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Anders Isaksson wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ...] (...) that (...) we (...) This is very interesting as I am in Sweden right now and we had this very conversation (among myself, two of my American co-workers and three of my Swedish (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego dagli USA
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Per quelli di voi che mi hanno chiesto come ottenere un Mindstorms (Simone, Enrico, Sergio, Antonio, ecc), la nostra trasferta americana può essere una buona occasione. Se ve lo portiamo noi dagli USA potete risparmiare 80 o 90 dollari rispetto a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) let (...) Don't worry too much about the weight. I'll fly with a small hand luggage containing everything I need to survive some days in the Boston area (and a small "creature" to show at the MindFest :-) ), and I'll take the largest case I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Unable to unzip (or bunzip2) legOS-990330.tar.bz2
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Has anyone else had a problem downloading and unzipping the current snapshot (legOS-990330.tar.bz2)? This was from the URL: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Tesco's are selling those bisuits...
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Ha Ha. They only have to sell them in one shop in the UK for 28 days at that price to do this. Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote in message news:MPG.122bc1dec6b...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | FA : SOCCER & ZNAP $0.01 Start & NR (EBAY)
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All have a start price of $0.01. All have no reserve. RARE MISP Lego Soccer Starter Pitch Plates (URL) RARE MISP LEGO Soccer Players + Bonus (URL) LEGO MISB Soccer Field Accessories (URL) LEGO ZNAP #3571 (inc Technic motor). (URL) LEGO ZNAP #3552 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Orange Buckets(was Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2)
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Aw, so it ws you who cleaned out the area of the Orange buckets. :-) Tom In lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, Scott Smallbeck writes: <snip> FYI (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | Re: Macintosh IR cable
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(...) If you have access to Fry's or something similar, just get a cable there. I didn't keep the wrapper, but it's just a standard 8-pin Mac connector to D-25 modem connector cable. It's $10 and works fine with the Wintel tower, at least with NQC. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) You can still get keybounce on rubber buttons. Perhaps there is a special design that would eliminate keybounce entirely, but in my experience some degree of debouncing is still required. I believe the transition is a more gradual one since (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The four types of markets (was Re: Reverse (buyer's) auction for train windows and other parts
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(...) wrote: (...) I would call both of these "standard" auctions simply because it's the buyers who outbid each other. This is true even for auctions where all the buyers bid at the same time (which I call "closed silent" auctions) because the bids (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Minifig box #1 shipping status
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I will be mailing out the box tomorrow morn, should make it down to Texas by Friday or Sat. We're pirate deprived here, so we dug into the pirate stash - don't worry- we left some. Taken: 1 red shoulder pad, 1 yellow shoulder pad, 2 green vested (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Robotics
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Hi All Anyone else in Perth got a Mindstorms kit ? If so any interest in sharing ideas etc ? Reghards Brian (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | FA (Bricks): Yellow Technic piece lot
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Another test lot arrives on Mike's new site! I just posted a lot of 81 Technic pieces, all yellow, including beams, half beams, liftarms, triangles, forklift forks, double and single angle beams, 1x2's with cross holes, and more. Check it out at: (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 5571 mods - Ideas?
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After starting on a trailer for my 5571, I realized that an 18-20 stud wide trailer just won't cut it. I'm going to need a 22-24 stud wide 96-104 studs long) in order to properly fit the 2556 Shell Ferrari or other Technic cars on there. But (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
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It's about a 10 min ride from my house :) It's a pretty small store, actually, a very, very small store. I'm not the greatest at measurements, but I would guess the store is only 30 feet wide, maybe less. As of today they haven't been running any (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
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(...) [...] I'm 99% sure I'm going to this. Is anyone else planning on doing so? If so, could you email me and we could arrange a way to identify ourselves etc to be able to meet face-to-face. *sigh* Crystal Lake is like a 40 mile drive from (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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| | RCX Image Uploader Wins Contest
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Hmmm - I just got emailed that I won the "Best Lightweight Use" of the TclTk programming language in a contest sponsored by Scriptics (URL) Here's the URL from Scriptics and if you follow the link to me on that page it'll take you right to my (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Hello, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37C2B37A.EF723928@u...ch.edu>... (...) baseplates with (...) 1975. I (...) style (...) I'm not (...) old (...) (or (...) My hat's off to you Gary. You've answered my question and then some. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) The actual source of bounce is NOT the arc just before contact. It actually is the bouncing of the contact due to the action of the spring in the contact! Well, if you were switching a really high voltage through a small switch, you would get (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Battle Bots
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In case anyone's still interested, it looks like these web sites are responding again (no longer overloaded) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: When should an auction end...
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(...) Not a false memory, check out: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Great RCX sensor page
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Nick Taylor <ntaylor@iname.com> wrote in message news:37C2D4DC.D849F7...ame.com... (...) A great find Nick. Some interesting stuff all right. I really like the "Temperature of Cold Beer" data point in his table. Mike G. (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New review site going up...
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(...) Go here for the RTL format document: (URL) joshua (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Wal Mart specials
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the duplo set (the 8 pcs one) looks discounted... ($2 per box) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: TV Remote Control
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It is my understanding that the 8-in-1 version from X-10 should be able to work with Mindstorms, as it is a learning remote (although you probably have to use the regular remote to program it). The more common 6-in-1 isn't capable of learning, and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: trying to guess the stud spacing by measuring bricks
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(...) No slur taken! (-: Actually, what I think happened is this: - Some company (it was in England somewhere, right?) stated making bricks, using a nice round number standard like 5/16 inch or 8 millimeters - LEGO bought the rights (or the company (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) I think it also removes the need to eliminate "keybounce", the annoying thing that happens with real switches due to dirt on the contact surfaces and tiny arcs (sparks) just before initial contact. Regardless, it seems to me that I'll do (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TV Remote Control
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My x10 remote (x10 powerhouse 6 in 1 remote control) does RF and IR. It is a multifunction unit to control x10 and the TV/VCR/Tapedeck/etc by IR. It won't work with the mindstorms unit though, -Phil (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cookie from banner GIF
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(...) OK, got it. Now, where did Barbara's page disappear to? --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: TV Remote Control
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=>From: STARRWARSS@aol.com =>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:21:09 EDT => =>I got a X-10 Remote control which I was hoping I could use for a =>replacement of the Mindstorm version. If you're talking about the "Active-Home" X-10 (www.x10.com) remote (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | TV Remote Control
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I got a X-10 Remote control which I was hoping I could use for a replacement of the Mindstorm version. Just finished up my version of MIBO and want to test it out without doing any programs and whatnot. Any input? I thought a while back someone did (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell : Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with : the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Six-wide windshields
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I am also looking for six-wide windshields (I knew I'd forget something). -Caleb Langer (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Wanted: Fire Sets and Pieces
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I am looking for the following sets: 6571 Flame Fighters (1994) 6340 Hook and Ladder (1994) 6336 Launch Response Unit (1995) 6614 Launch Evac 1 (1995) 6389 Fire Control Center (1991?) I am also looking for fire minifigs made during or after 1994, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) on (...) hmmm... maybe I'll just get a site at Xoom. Importing pics is a real bother. They just won't fit. They come out huge and when you try to scale them down they become all distorted. If you check my site you will see what I mean. they (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) As you may guess, cost is the driving factor. In one project for a desk fan (it's the Brookstone Battery Operated Desk Fan in case you care) the rubber switch for three buttons and custom molding cost 8 cents! per switch in quantity 20,000. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Crusade Ship
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(...) Allright! You got the poster to work! Look like a nice model but I haven't seen the show so I can't tell you if it's accurate (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Mos Espa Problem :-0
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Here's a copy of a letter my wife encouraged my son to dictate to LEGO after he complained about the Mos Espa Podrace Set. We are trying to teach our boys to be assertive consumers...in other words "Don't complain to me, complain to the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Crusade Ship [DAT]
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This ship looks kinda like the techno-mages' ships from the show crusade. This is my first post so please exuse it if it doesn't look exactly like the ship. 0 Model exported from LeoCAD 0 Original name: CrusadeS1.lcd 0 STEP 1 0 120.00 -8.00 100.00 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | RE: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) Many "buttons" in today's electronic devices are designed that way. Check your TV remote control, your key-chain remote control for your garage door opener or car alarm, the buttons on your phone etc. It eliminates the need for a physical (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MindFest
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(...) Devo ringraziare infinitamente Mario che mi ha portato sulla retta via convincendomi (con poca difficolta` invero...) a fargli compagnia in questa piacevole pazzia. Ciao. Marco. P.S. E a quanto vedo e` riuscito nell'intento anche con suo (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) hehe I must admit I started this whole gas price thing, but what was snipped in the process was how expensive European gas is. I am glad that I don't have to pay taxes on petroleum products like Europe does cuz that would deflate my Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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Hi Dave & Robert, Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:FGzv17.4G8@lugnet.com... (...) bricks. (...) the (...) one of (...) I like this idea. I think we could use the rest of the digits to identify the piece more accurately. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) Wow. That's pretty darn disappointing. I even bought extra touch sensors to use in multiplexed designs (but I haven't made the multiplexer yet). I guess I'll have to build some of my own touch sensors... I wonder why LEGO designed the touch (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Conversion between LDU, inches and millimeters
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(...) The inch was redefined some time ago to make it equal 2.54 centimeters exactly. It used to be slightly larger, but it was close enough that it didn't really make any difference when they changed it. (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: trying to guess the stud spacing by measuring bricks
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Thanks Robert! That did the trick. It had been awhile since I had read your earlier post and I completely forgot about the standard gap. Thanks, Adam Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:FGzt2q.1op@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: trying to guess the stud spacing by measuring bricks
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I know you went several hundred studs in length if I recall, but is there any chance that the stud center spacing is actually intended to be 8.000 mm ??? This is not intended as a slur against your measurement technique, but an honest question. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Baseball mini-figs?
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(...) it (...) promotion (...) No very Cool! I bet if you could get 9 of'em together they could beat the Sox. :) (...) cap. (...) David, Are you planning on comming to the NELUG meeting next week? If you are can you bring it. Or if you have a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [Parts Request] Minifig Pirate Sword
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Hi Sproat, No, but I have started making sketches for the horse. I pulled one apart a few days ago. Wasn't able to get the head to come apart, but at least I can see the internals of the body. I'll post it to the parts tracker once I decide whether (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New web site!
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Well, gee, we're not advocating that you give up, just that Homestead may not be the place to get fancy... We'd all love to see your creations. As to how to cancel, you might try reading the FAQ at the site. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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(...) I like this system, but just want to comment that it's not a complete substitute for the part numbers that LEGO molds on the bottom of the bricks. Another issue is that there are an awful lot of parts that don't fall into the category of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Wal Mart specials
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(...) Let me guess -- no other toy stores in Milpitas? I don't live in your area, but WAL-MART is a national chain and I've heard that they apply different pricing policies in each store based on conditions in each store's local market. If a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Wal Mart specials
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I went by the Wal Mart in Milpitas today and I couldn't find ANYTHING that was marked down. Even the stuff on the *clearance* aisle looked like it was full price. Anybody know what's up? Fred - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fred Yokel 2635 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Has anyone purchased the Suprise Bag from S@H?
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(...) But it's supposed to be a surprise! ;-s --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Baseball mini-figs?
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(...) No way! Cool! (...) GIF, GIF! :) Is it *really* a LEGO® minifig? Did it come in LEGO packaging? I'm hoping it's not, but is there any chance it's a clone? --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | trying to guess the stud spacing by measuring bricks
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(...) The reason your approach doesn't work is because all LEGO parts are deliberately manufactured with a very tiny gap allowance on each contact-surface dimension. If this weren't the case, the bricks would not fit well when dirty or marred. It (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Conversion between LDU, inches and millimeters
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(...) This surprises me. *Exactly* 25.4 mm / inch? I thought that the conversion rate was kind of one of those irrational numbers (1) that had digits trailing off into infinity or, failing that, Imelda Marcos' shoe closet. :-, (...) *This* is cool. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Conversion between LDU, inches and millimeters
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(...) Conversion constants are much more relevant to the stud pitch than the brick height or width, because brick heights and widths are subject to the error caused by the fact that LEGO always designs elements so there will be tiny gaps when (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Q:Best approach to line tracking
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(...) just program your robot to turn the opposite way as the sensor that goes off the line. i made a line tracker with one light sensor that had treads instead of wheels. when it got off the line, it started roving back and forth (more and more (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cookie from banner GIF
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(...) Another ramification of my switchover is that the link in the Cool Lego Site page (#83) is also obsolete. It should point to the link above. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) Sounds good to me. I would love to buy dozens of doors and windows, but I only need a few to complete some projects. And besides, I don't have the money. Russell (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) even (...) stuff (...) You have a point there! I really don't want to sour people especially here on Lugnet! Maybe I should just give up on it. How do I cancel my account? Thanks for all the help! Blake (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Has anyone purchased the Suprise Bag from S@H?
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Scott Smallbeck wrote in message ... . I am curious to hear what other have received in their Suprise (...) I ordered one several months ago, and received: 1 fire chief 6407 1 clips and trans pieces (this was an older pack. Now the clips and trans (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2
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"ectal" <ectal@speakeasy.org> wrote in message news:37C241B3.41AFDE...asy.org... (...) These would work well for me too. Downtown would work well too. Good bus access from just about anywhere. I probably won't go if its out in the 'burbs somewhere. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | Re: Lego Birthday party supplies
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I live in the Seattle area and there is a store called Party Universe that carries LEGO party supplies. (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Has anyone purchased the Suprise Bag from S@H?
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I am putting an order together for S@H and am thinking about buying a Suprise Bag. I am curious to hear what other have received in their Suprise Bags. Thanks, Scott (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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(...) Wow. Good for them! (and us :-) I would have opened mine too, but am glad that someone put it into good terms. Maybe this is something for the FAQ for those that aren't electronics' newbies? (...) <snip> (...) Very good. (...) <snip> (...) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Birthday party supplies
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Hi all, I hope you can help me. I am looking for the lego birthday party stuff and i know they make it cuz i have seen it at the lego place in the mall of america. but since i live no were near it i was hoping someone on here might know where i can (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Transitional piece construction
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(...) I'm not 100% pure. So I would use sticker edges between rail joints to insulate. Or just mount the track one stud apart, that makes a fine gap. (...) Why? You just need two switches back to back, like so (bad ascii art) A2---\ (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) I'll agree that it sounds to good to be true, but I want to have my hopes dashed along with the rest of you. Which leads to the question: Is this hypothetical offer open to everyone, or just trainheads? James (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) Right. Homestead may be great for making certain kinds of canned things but it's not much for general purpose creation. Yahoo/Geo or Xoom may give you more control. Depends on how much effort you want to put in. Right now, you've got less than (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Legofest? Call for more info
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Jason, Please sort out your e-mail -it always bounces! See below This is a MIME-encapsulated message --UAA21753.935437918....cix.co.uk The original message was received at Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:51:58 +0100 (BST) from root@localhost ----- The following (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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If something comes of this, probably makes sense to consolidate all the orders/requests/wishes into one. Either we do it independently or Christer does. Since I communicated with him offline about a much larger (3 orders of magnitude) request, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Transitional piece construction
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How would you connect 2 different LTC layouts together when the way the transformers and therefore power distribution is different? If you did a straight connection then one group would control the others trains. The solution I thought of was to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) Sorry, I ment that at homestead every thing is drag and drop, I could not even figure out how to import the button in the first place. I'm new to this stuff and I don't know much about it. (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | My apologies (was Re: Lego Pager)
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(...) My apologies. This thread veered way off topic, and I forgot to set the f-up away from this group. [f-up set to lugnet.admin.general] -Tom McD. when replying, more insidious mobsters used spamcake instead of cement. (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | KAPAs Auction - Update
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24 hours to go for going 1 and some more bids came in. Also got some better information on shipments. A 2kg (somewhat around 4 pounds) pack to the US is supposed to be 5.00 - 10.00 USD. Here are all sets sorted by theme (all sets are in sealed boxes (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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(...) profundities... (...) you (...) You said you wouldn't tell!!! >:-( ;-) Dang! I could have been the world's fastest Lego sorter! :-) -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake is photosensitive. (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks! I'm looking forward to hearing about yours when you've got it built, what you changed and how it works. One of the best things about this (doing LEGO work on the Internet) is seeing different people do the same thing in different ways! (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am interested in the following. Sorry, but I don't know the part numbers. 1 pair of red train doors 2 pairs of black train doors 2 pairs of yellow train windows 2 pairs of black train windows Russell (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) back... (...) at (...) I checked it out this morning and the rear wheels are pretty much centered with the rear hosebed / equipment box area. The engine looks "off" because the tires are just too small. It's a pity there isn't either a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New web site!
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Hmmm... there seems to have been a slight mistake... That should probably have read: (URL) for buttons, just check out (URL) will give you the exact line of html code that you need to insert into your html file, and also will show you a horde of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | [Parts Request] Minifig Pirate Sword
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Hey all, Has anyone started work on the Minifig Pirate Sword? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) Perhaps because you didn't point followups to another group. That's usually why. But announce is only for (from the header of the group) CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.announce (group): General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) Yes, it's one of those rubber things. Cybermaster's touch sensors come with a translucent housing, so you can see the inards quite nicely. There's a resistor across the two contacts, too. Tilman -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) Try using the resource at this URL (URL) by looking in the TRAINS subcategory, most of the parts are there....) There is a resource that lets you look up parts by number but I can't recall what the URL for that is. Hope that is of some help (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | New web site!
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Hi all I'd like to announce first web page @ www.homestead.com/ge...ocars/home . There's not much to see because it's still under construction since I have only had it for a day or so. I have tried to add a lugnet button to my site but I'm having (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Is it possible to move this discussion solely to the debate area? Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> To: lugnet.general@lugnet.com <lugnet.general@lugnet.com> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:38 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [LDAO] New beta version available
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(...) (Apologies in advance for the jw-esque question...) I've been out of touch for the past three weeks, but a quick review of the ng's don't show anything new for LDAO. Has this version (2.10 beta announced 1999-06-29) been released yet? Whoops, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) I agree as well and that is probably one of the reasons many people dislike Americans. We rarely take a Global view and are for the most part more concerned about ourselves and rarely think outside of the bounds of the USA. That being said (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Macintosh IR cable
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Hello, I just talked to Pitsco LEGO DACTA. I was curious about the IR tower they sell, because it comes with a Macintosh cable. It turns out that the cable is available separately, item 4119830, for $15. This item is not listed in the catalog (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <37c15dc5.5818575@lu...et.com>... (...) Boy, are you being robbed, we only have to pay ca: 1.05 USD/liter ;-( (And how much does a new Volvo cost for you?) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: POV-RAY question
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Scott R Dennett skrev i meddelandet <199908231819070990....te.net>... (...) Not exactly headlights and such, but I made some experiments around Christmas last year. You're welcome to take a look, and if you want I'll try to find the POV-source for (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The fabulous - Building Idea Book #1
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <37C2C299.C1D9616A@u...ch.edu>... (...) Swedish! Unfortunately not mint at all, and missing some pages :-( -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) But it IS true, and that's why the 6 input mux at: (URL) has some problems. Find out for yourself by putting a meter across a touch sensor. The resistance changes from about 1K to 470R when pressed depending on how hard it is pressed. Michael (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) I'm interested too, but is it possible to get a short discription of the parts noted here above. I can only track the numbers 4182,4033 back !! Most of my doors have *NO* number on it, and when they does,its marked on the RIGHT HAND door,not (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) gradually depress the sensor. There is not a sharp cutoff like there is with a typical contact switch. I tried building a touch sensor multiplexor, but I was unable to reliably get even 3 to work because the minimum resistance is quite large (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Obj.: r/c servos
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To add more to all those servo information, I've build a servo controller which use the printer connector on the PC. It doesn't use any electronic, everything is made by software (Delphi 3.0) It is quite usefull to try this at home since you'll (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) If that were true, then the following multi-touch-sensor adapters would not work: (2 URLs) Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13 (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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