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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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| | FA (eBay): doors and windows
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These are doors and windows from 10 copies of the "doors and windows" service pack. I've regrouped them into larger quantities of each kind of window or door. So, if what you want is multiple pairs of "glass doors", without having to buy yet more (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay): pool+driveway baseplates from 4293, yellow plates, space wings, black bricks
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2 "pool and driveway" baseplates from 4293 (URL) black 4x8 triangular plates (space wings) (URL) Yellow plates (mostly larger) (URL) bulk black lego pieces (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: KB Toys Sale
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(...) I was at a KB today, and didn't see any sign announcing a sale. However, it was before I read this group, so I didn't know to ask a salesperson about the ToyWorks sale. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Todd, you've made the big time!
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(...) Wow, that's exciting news! I'll have to pick up a copy on the way home tonight. (...) Not as far as I'm aware, no. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) It would be your choice, and no-one would pass judgement upon you either way. I don't think that both systems are mutually exclusive, and I think each has its uses. (...) The names that I know probably make profit, but I don't believe that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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OK, great information and websites... Till I get to KMart (need to do a budget) APPROX how much do the 3700 and 3701 Cost?? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Todd, you've made the big time!
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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Lugnet was mentioned in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly! There is a full page article about Lego going into the 21st century with new, sophisticated Lego bricks. They give a few RIS related (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego thermos bottle
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Look at this: (URL) did the thermos bottle (is that the right name?) came from? I never saw one! Paulo (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | layout of Datsville
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John, I have a suggestion. I think we need to make all of Datsville's streets two-way. three reasons for this are. 1. My fire trucks, if they were any ordinary traffic are on a one-way dead end street. 2. We have dead end one way streets. That (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RILYBOT 2 building instructions
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I have just put instructions for building RILYBOT-2, the symmetrical three-legged robot that several people saw at the Golden Ticket event, on my web page at: (URL) photos and description of the completed model are here: (URL) didn't include the NQC (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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