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Hi, Has anyone found the "light bricks" to be of bright enough intensity to be useful as "homing beacons" on robots? I understand that they can be attached to an RCX output port much like a motor, and that their intensity can be controlled in much (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Update on the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair
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Hi All, I am in the very early stages of getting the pics up from the WWF show. There is a WWF page that is "under major consturction" posted under "Galleries" on the www.PNLTC.org page. Pls enjoy what's there, but I would rather not "tell the (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FOTW --> BSB! (SF bay area)
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Actually, David is across the bay from you in Albany, and the stores he mentions are on Solano Avenue near San Pablo Ave. Paul Sinasohn, who hasn't gotten up there to look in those used toy stores yet. (Followups to the local group) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Yet another Datsville update
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One, problem that you haven't fixed is that on the right(northbound) one way street, the stoplight is facing in the wrong direction. You would either have to have the post on the other side of the street. Ryan. ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Yet another Datsville update
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IIRC color 43 trans-dark cyan works pretty well in POV. That is the color I originally used for my car windshields when I first started using Ldraw, but then I stopped because I liked color 41 better in Ldraw. Ryan nice, pics, btw. ***...*** REPLY (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Cruise Ship
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(...) Thanks for the Links, I am building a large ship of my own, with a length of 5 feet. It will be loosely based on the cruise ships of Seabourn Cruise Line, and will feature a 4 (minifig) storey Atrium, Movie Theatre, Casino, Gym, lounge, and (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Is there a device that...?
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One manufacturer of such a device is Fascinating Electronics of Oregon. They make a device that hooks to your serial port, you send it "commands" and it answers. The board has a/d inputs digital inputs and outputs a relay output, etc. It works by (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Monthly check for MO fans
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(...) I'm not _from_ Missouri, but I live there! How close are you to Springfield? Happy Lego Day, Amos Bieler (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest Lego Users Group
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(...) What's wrong with us Missourians? I'm the only AFOL in MO that I know (I've seen traffic in .loc.us.mo.stl, though) I live in Springfield which is pretty far south in the state, but I still consider myself in the Midwest. Over and out, Amos (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | anatomy of a switch track
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I have pics and explanation of the process of opening the bottom of the switch track and removing those pesky detants(sp?). It is found under the "articles" section of the www.PNLTC.org page. SteveB (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 6444
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In lugnet.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes (...) Thanks for the Tips Chris, by the way the 9 was a typo (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Yet another Datsville update
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It actually is color 41. Looks like a problem with l3p color definition. Anyone done a good tr. lt. blue in POV? -John Van Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FI3zBq.LBE@lugnet.com... (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest Lego Users Group
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(...) Yeah, well that was definitely the idea BUT perhaps TLG would choose to ignore. Would prolly have to contact their sharks first... (...) Well, then I think we are infringing on Todd's property. I purposely *didn't* put studs on it, but I (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
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| | Re: Yet another Datsville update
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John VanZwieten: Nice with a new update, but ... It looks like I messed up the colour of the windscreen on my mail van. It should be transparent light blue (41) and not transparent dark blue (33). - It's not a spaceship you know. Play well, Jacob (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float!
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Mark and Simon, Well, if I were you I would open those sets. Get an exacto knife and open them carefully along a side. Build them and keep them separate from your other Lego bricks...definitely run the wagon around the tracks a few times :) (...) (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 9 Technic sets for sale
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(27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 12 Town Sets for sale
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12 Town Sets for sale (URL) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: FT/FS : 6492 6338 6544 6336 3678 8030 (Town, Technic & Fabuland)
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the fabuland set is now sold Scott-A wrote in message ... (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Yet another Datsville update
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I finally got POV to work again, so check out the latest at (2 URLs) . The overhead image map can only be viewed at the geocities site. I updated the POV file download, too, so anyone who would like to take a crack at their own renderings, go for (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Next NELUG meeting
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Hello All, Just had another MindFest meeting at MIT. Here's the latest: All NELUGers interested in the upcoming MindFest event are officially invited to meet at the MIT Media Lab. (Building E15) Specifically, in the Epistemology & Learning Group's (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | FA eBay: Adventurers Promo & Pirates
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Currently on eBay until 19-Sep-99, all are new in sealed box/polybag: Non-US Adventurers: 1182 Raft of Johnse and 1183 King Pharaoh the 3rd from Germany (URL) opening bid 2541 Adventurer's Buggy and 2542 Adventurer's Mini Plane Shell Promos from (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: NQC 2 Request
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Dave, I like the finite coltrol of the motors myself but can understand the request. It may encourage the "younger" programmers to use the language. Does adding the commands go against your move to get closer to the API? The user could always create (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 6444
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(...) The windmill blade? It appears in Classic 3+ sets in red at least, it is supposed to be a flower... (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: wanted: 1x3x2 and 1x2x2 blue-framed windows
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Yes Chris, Unfortunately the 1x3x2 window only came in the 7760 Train Set, so that's a double whammy (only one set had them, and that set was a train system set). I wish I had some (I could use about 1000 of them), but I don't have a single one in (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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(...) Yes, exactly. In fact, I'm in the midst of building a robot vehicle which uses this for collision detection, instead of having some sort of feeler/bumper system. (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float!
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Hi Simon, I had the same thrill when I openned the only set I won in that auction. A brand new sealed 147 Refrigerated Rail Wagon from 1973. Now I have the same problem that I'm sure Gary had, do I open it or don't I. Mark H. (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Co-workers
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It pays to let your addiction be well-known among your co-workers. One of mine was moving, and in the process of doing so he turned up three crater plates, a T road plate, and some sort of landing baseplate. He had no use for them, and so now (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cool classic space pics
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(...) The URL is now: (URL) looks like several sets have had their set number changed, so the Pause DB will need to be updated. (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Microbuilder
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(...) Yes and yes, but I'm not using Netscape on the system which runs Windows 95. I wouldn't trust the Windows system to access the internet. Fredrik (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Microbuilder
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37DFACE8.B73191A7@x...il.com>... (...) internet explorer or (...) much, Fredrik. -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NQC 2 Request
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Why not just use a macro instead of expanding the language? (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Microbuilder
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, Jonathan, but I personally probably never will install it. I have tried a 1/2 dozen times over the last few years and it always hoses something up. I was holding off on sounds too, but finally relented and installed (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Request for opinions on additional nelug.org functionality and LUGNET posting procedures
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(...) Sure, if you want to put the work into making it. I don't know how heavily used it would be, but I don't think your effort would be wasted. (...) I'm not sure "filling" is the right word -- it's not like these are high-traffic groups (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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Well, we've had a couple of days to mull this over. Some good suggestions have been made, but my vote is to go the Ziplock bag route for non returnable items... return the rest and send the remaining money directly to Selçuk. But to a certain (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another McD rip off...
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D Garcia wrote in message ... (...) Interestingly, this seller may not know about Lego S@H, let alone much about Lego itself. If anyone wishes to check this seller's (many!) other auctions, they will find that it's for McDonald's merchandise, not (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 6444
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(...) This set looks ok, especially as it includes the windmill piece which has never appeared in any other set (that I know of) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Microbuilder
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(...) Get shockwave. You are running windows 95/98, arent you? You are using internet explorer or netscape, arent you? get the plugin and find out what you are missing -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest Lego Users Group
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Stylistically it is neat. And it's a cool design exercise. However it pretty clearly violates trade dress IMHO. So I vote for a variant on the first one. Perhaps putting studs on some faces of the bricks the way LUGNET did? (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
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| | Re: Request for opinions on additional nelug.org functionality and LUGNET posting procedures
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(...) to (...) I guess having it tied to dues is a possibility but I am trying to avoid having $$$ tied to anything at the moment although $ support is welcome of course. As long as costs don't increase and the amount of time to maintain the site (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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