| | Motor/generator efficency (was Re: Micro Scout can run off its own motor)
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(...) I saw this when Lego was showing off mindstorms here in Syd. THEY (lego) claimed the setup was almost 100% efficent. i.e. one rotation of generator = one rotation of motor. Have you got the wires hooked up the right way? (assuming there is A (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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What is the gear marked 2.5 /5.0 that comes with the Motor kit ? The gear looks lie a 24 tooth, but is white and a bit thicker, and has a grey hub inside that turns. As far as I can tell, the point is if the gear jams/binds or the object trys (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX 1.5 kit still ships RCX 1.0 - no hardware changes
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Recently I asked LEGO Mindstorms Technical Support if I there was an upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5, and they said there was ($25, available Oct 15/99) However, I was still uncertain if there were any physical or hardware changes in the RCX itself. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) okay everyone, i've taken my page out of frames, sorry to bring it up. still though what do u think of my page? Alex "I HATE FRAMES! DIE FRAMES, DIE!!!...!!!" Roode (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Mc Donald's Lego
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Ditto in Plainwell - they (McD's) usually only have a box/case of one or two different toys/junk at hand, though are good at searching for any (having two boys, they don't usually want the same toy). Steve Bliss wrote: (clip..) (...) Now all this (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Datsville: Safe House [DAT]
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Before Datsville's first spies move in they are going to need a safe house. 0 Untitled 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -80 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -160 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -240 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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Earle wrote in message ... (...) To the best of my knowledge, the orange Lego first came out in 1998 in the Halloween buckets, which were a Target exclusive: (URL) this year, orange parts have come out in several Star Wars sets like the 7130 Snow (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) I can see this argument more than the others. It would have been nice for there to be a way to give a URL which specifies a frameset with given contents. Hmm. Maybe I'll implement that for my pages which use frames. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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(...) How close are you to the commuter rail? Or, alternately, anyone want to share a car ride from Harvard or Kenmore Square? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Lego thermos bottle
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The thermos bottle (Thermos is a brand name: "vacuum bottle" is the generic term) is actually a baby's bottle from Belville sets. Cool! Kevin (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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