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Hey all, Well, pursuant to Sun Yun's heads-up about Service Merchandise, I'm posting my find of the day at a NJ Wal-Mart--it turns out they've got a ton of Insectoid ships (6919 and 6969) and 6582s on clearance. 6919 (Planetary Prowler) is $10.50, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Micro Scout
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(...) Sapevo già che il Micro Scout è molto limitato, e anche che Dennis è particolarmente infastidito (giustamente) dall'R2D2 "lobotomizzato". Però c'é chi è riuscito ad "interfacciare" il Micro Scout con l'RCX via sensore di luce, e c'è sempre la (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | crane with multitasking motor
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hi everyone. just thought I would announce my lego crane, also submitted to the mindstorms web site. I've taken lots of pictures & written a long description at (URL) is a very complex and sophisticated crane with four independent functions and two (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | IR Interface for RCX and Sony Commander RM-AV2000
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Does anybody know what kind of signal comes out of the RCX unit? What I want to try is to control the RCX unit via my Sony Commander. To read more about the Sony Commander go here. (URL) guess I'm trying to figure out if this is even possible. Can I (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Service Merchandise Sale
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Hello all, I was at a Service Merchandise in New Jersey the other day and noticed that their entire Lego section was on sale. Generally the prices were about 10% off what you would normally see at TRU. This included a lot of the newer sets like Star (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: robotic rovers
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Ian Warfield wrote: > Incidentally, has anyone tried to combine a rotation sensor and a touch sensor > on the same input? I've tried programming a sensor task routine to separate > the input signals based on RAW voltage but it's not fast enough to (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Robots Design LEGO Structures All By Themselves
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Evolution, until now the unchallenged domain of living organisms, may soon become possible for robots as well. So say computer scientists at Brandeis University, where a simple computer-based form of evolution -- nature's own design strategy -- has (...) (27 years ago, 26-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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Any motion between two hard surfaces, including sliding metal on metal (often called contact wiping), creates intermittent contact that has to be "debounced". The only switches that don't bounce are mercury-wetted contacts, such as one used to find (...) (27 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Space Shuttles in 6339 and 6544
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:37C6E2DC.6576E9...ger.net... (...) I put the stickers on mine, and if you want to have a complete fleet (I like how that rhymes), pick the current Idea book. It has stickers for number 1. Dave (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Climbing robot?
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(...) Well, my initial thought is that a simple climber is one that has an inchworm-style motion - open upper gripper, extend the upper half, close upper gripper, release lower gripper, contract body to raise lower gripper, close lower gripper, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | trying to find the sets for these pieces
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Hey all, I've got a rather obscure mission for you. In an effort to determine which sets I used to own but no longer have all the pieces for, I'm attempting to figure out which sets some of my pieces came from. I expect most of these are from the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Software builds LEGO structures..
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(URL) don't know if this has been posted to the list, but I thought it might be of intrest.. Looks like all us bot builders could be out of a job soon.. :-P "Evolution, until now the unchallenged domain of living organisms, may soon become possible (...) (27 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Collins Family back on air
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From RTL, a post by me following up to a Collins Family post. per the Collins family request I have forwarded them every email that involved both me and them that I could lay my hands on since 31 July. There were a lot, so that might just have (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Question about bad eBay buyers
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Is there a place to post info/warnings about people to avoid when auctioning/selling items? I was just wondering because I just had someone refuse to pay for an auction they won on eBay because i would not take a personal check. It says CLEARLY in (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Bricks per pound
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(...) Augh! Now I have to weigh my bricks to approximate how many I have... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
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(...) If something strikes me as sloppily done or incomplete I ignore it. My time is worth too much to me to spend it verifying that something that appears to be junk actually is. That probably means I miss out on lucky deals like yours, but I don't (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
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Scott Smallbeck (scotts@contactics.com) wrote: : I recently won a very nice lot of LEGO on Ebay for what turned out to be a : very low bid. The item description was obviously incomplete as it started : out stating there were 13 sets and then only (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: My Multiple Posts
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To All I dont know why it sent my mail multiple times, I appear to be experiencing server error. In any event, I apologize, I only meant to send it once. -Andy RIT -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 28-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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Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: : Mike Stanley wrote: : > I'd be tempted to bid but I'm afraid of being spammed daily once I get : > outbid. : SC, unlike eBay, lets you configure your level of information. If you : set to just daily report, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | OMGosh! Maybe I should auction mine...
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NOT!! Uh-uh, no way! I could see if someone had the $ why they would bid like they did. I spent the better part of the spring getting ahold of these parts.[1] Thus the Audrey II sale I had :-) [2] (URL) Parts, 42 White Spindle Railings 28 straight, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: MacNQC for 64k Macs
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Ralf, I am running the NQC tool (via MPW) on a 8MB SE/30. I'm using System 7.1 with MPW 3.4.1 (from ETO 20). It works, although things are pretty squeezed into ram. Ray Sanders rsanders@gate.net (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Wanted: Gears
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I am looking for 5-10 of each of the following: 24 tooth gears, 40 tooth gears, worm gears, and 1x4 rack gears. Email me and name your price. (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: "Interceptor" from Mad Max 1 & 2
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(...) Seat (...) "A smart feller might have a weapon down there..." Is there a big machete strapped to it too? (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | 4555 Freigth Loading Station for Sell !
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Hi, I got some sealed 4555 Freigth Loading Staion set for straigth sell at 105$US + shipping to your location. I ship internationnally. 4555 is a great item for train collectors. It comes with one train wagon, three minifigs, three containers, a (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bricks per pound
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Frank Filz (ffilz@mindspring.com) wrote: : I know this has been discussed before, but I can't find it (I suspect this : needs to go into the FAQ). What is the approximate quantity of bricks per : pound? I know it varies tremendously with the mix of (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego man
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(...) Lego fans (...) Good for you, Tom! I have to admit I generally wander in and out of TRU feeling a bit embarrassed and hoping none of the assistants will notice me spending 20 minutes eyeing up all the Lego. I'm quite open about Lego to all my (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0 - Rechargability
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I tried NiMH batteries in my RCX. It lost its firmware. I suspect the output voltage (6 x 1.2 = 7.2) is too low. You should be able to do it using an external battery pack, but I suggest you use 8 cells instead of 6. The resulting 9.6 volts shouln't (...) (27 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MacNQC for 64k Macs
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I should add a link to the docs from the MacNQC page - sorry. The general NQC 2.0 beta test page has some documentation as well as a MPW tool version of NQC that should run on 68k macs: (URL) docs are very brief - mostly just a list of differences (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Remote switching points
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(...) Pictures of some sort would help. I think it should be a web page. If you send me the pieces (pics, and the above text, maybe the rcx proggie), I'll put together a page for it on (URL) lego.gerf.org is not functional yet. I plan on adding a (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego man
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(...) HA! Never! If they ask who it's for, I say it's for ME! When I bought 32 Halloween buckets at once, several people asked me on the way out if I was a teacher, I told them "No, I'm shipping these all over the world to other Lego fans that can't (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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Or even Red ones???? (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Trade town train and priate for town and train
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If anyone is interested I am looking for the following sets: 2150 Train Station 4536 Blue Hopper Car 4547 Railroad Club Car 4551 Crocodile Engine 4554 Metro Station I am offering for trade sets from town, 9v train and Pirate, here are some of what I (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A new post
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(...) I agree. It must have taken forever to LDraw, though. --Bram (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: A new post
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Crossposted from cad.dat.models; *very* nice truck, see URL below. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Maniac Pack at Sam's
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(...) Actually those fences are now fairly common. Several of the new 3-12 Classic sets have them. They are very common in red and fairly common in yellow. A couple of the Bellville sets have them (5805 Princess Rosaline's Room has 1 or 2 in white, (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
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I recently won a very nice lot of LEGO on Ebay for what turned out to be a very low bid. The item description was obviously incomplete as it started out stating there were 13 sets and then only 6-7 were listed before the description was truncated. I (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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(...) Har! No, really...you brains good and my bad and me grammar good too! I got exactly what I wanted...a flurry of responses, in a simple endeavor to find out if the best and brightest have come up with any solutions to a part search and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: LEGO Display
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I am proud to say that I (for at least 5 minutes or so) am the high bidder on this great item. Scott (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | LEGO Display
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Not my auction, but anyone interested in buying displays might want this, I'd buy it, but I KNOW it will get too rich for my blood: (URL) Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Micro Scout
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Sentite cosa dice Dennis Clark a proposito del Micro Scout su RTL: (...) In (...) back. (...) to (...) might (...) Insomma non sembra proprio eccezionale. Che ne pensate? Ciao Giulio (27 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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