 | | Re: MIT Mindfest was(Re: GMLUG.ORG is up!!)
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(...) Well, I do really want to come to this event, *but* ...I'm afraid I don't have the money to make a trip out to MA in addition to my planned trips places in January and over spring break. I was under the original misconception that MIT was in (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | More WWF pics on PNLTC site
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Hi All, Come see the two new sub pages from the latest PNLTC show (WWF) in the Seattle area. The new sub pages are Wild West and City Europa. These are shot with a Kodak 260 dig-cam. The pics are stunning (even at half their native resolution). (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | OptoIsolators
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Regarding the serial port isolator (opto-isolators are good for this) you might see if www.blackbox.com has something along those lines. You could also look up parts similar to the 4N33 to see if you could use something like that in a design. Not (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Picture of Legofest
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.04.99092...ne.co.uk>, Liam Parnell <liamp@ukonline.co.uk> writes (...) There's not enough shelves or Lego :-) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Interesting set variation noted over in RTL for 493 Space Command Center
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(...) Thanks Todd! A long bit of research on Deja.com also turned up most of the info I was looking for. Pretty cool to read messages from four years ago. But do the boxes for the first version show the do-it-yourself craters? And are those grey (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 1x6x2 arched window
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Should have gon on cad.dat.parts. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: New pics of the finished commuter train
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(...) BOB and my TGV use yellow round cross section rubber bands. later, James Mathis (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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I also hAve warwick castle, which is HUGE. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Datsville sports car
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(...) Where can we see it? --Bram (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Using 12V supply with Exp Board (2nd posting)
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Hi all, This is a second posting of the question I posted up several days ago. So I apologize in advance for any inconvenience if you've already got my first posting. Anyways, I am currently using the 9.6V supply voltage on the HB and hoping to step (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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(...) LOL :) (...) No prob. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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(...) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Patience -- how long will *THAT* take?!? :-, Thanks for the quick reply, Tim! Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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(...) The immediate response is from me bein online when I got the mail :) - and I'm not responsible for the server... And yeah, sometimes I wish I wasn't the person :) -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) out (...) how the (...) stable (...) If this is a space station, gravity isn't necessarily a concern. Connections could be weak if the station was assembled in orbit and stayed in orbit. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Question on Colors for MLCad!
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(...) colors go (...) 0-15, 32-47, and 255-511 are LDraw-supported colors. There are a number of other colors < 100 supported by LDLite (check the documentation). LDLite also supports the COLOR meta command by which the user can custom define any (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome in new LCAD programs
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(...) You beat me too it, Steve :) I was also going to recommend supporting the COLOR meta command. I also suggest you support all the other LDLite colors. (I think most of them are between 17 and 31) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Collecting links
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(...) (URL) much in the way of traditional boats, though. If I ever build any traditional boats (as opposed to hydroplanes and hover-crafts), I'll put them there too. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) You could also make an airlock module that completes the airlock, thereby converting any door into an exit. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) I've got a couple ideas (in my head only) for a fly-in bay. If I have time, I'll LDraw them. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Suggestions for developers of LCAD programs
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(...) code. Thanks for the info. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders plates for us castle builders?
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(...) the (...) It is identical (except for color) to the baseplate in 5986 Amazon Ancient Ruins. You can see a picture of it at: (URL) ok. I haven't tried using it in a castle, but that's at least partly because my castles are much bigger. James (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney writes: {SNIP} (...) Thank you, sir. Always nice (1) to get immediate feed-back from a responsible person and (2) not have to -be- that person <grin>. Cheers, Roger (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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(...) I can't get through either. Knowing the reliability of Hugin, it should only be a temporary thing. Sorry for the inconvenience, try to be patient :) -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Saving BMPs of an MPD using LDLite, LDAO
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(...) Okay... LDAO isn't sending the parameters to LDLite. I noticed this by changing the LDAO background color to cyan, but still getting white in LDLite. Here's from my ldraw.ini : [LDraw Tool] Internal=False RequiresFile=True RunInBAT=False (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | DYA Shopping is AWESOME!
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I don't know nor do I *care* how Emmanuel does it, but I can recommend DYA shopping ((URL) to *everyone* wholeheartedly... for $122 (US, including shipping) I received (after just over 2 weeks) a brand new, mint condition, unopened 5571... not that (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders plates for us castle builders?
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(...) (the Rock Raiders Baseplate is the same as the big Amazon Adventurer set) have given different layouts, but it looked to me like the (...) It is a large plate with a valley of sorts running between two equal size "mountains". Each has a "pit" (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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(...) Greetings... Same problem here, from behind a firewall, which I thought might be the problem. I need to inspect the FAQ and keep getting a path failure. Cordially, Roger (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Insectoids - better than I thought, Rock Raiders - disappointment
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(...) crusher, (...) You know, out of all the "Space" and sub-related themes that have come out since the Exploriens I have not really fallen in love with the general theme, but the parts, oh how I love the parts. When I throw 'em all together and (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?
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Has anyone else been having problems lately getting to ldraw.org ? Pinging risulp1. and rishp1.risoe.dk (the DNS servers) times out. Please please please let this be temporary...! Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
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SO this is the piece you were referring to, James: (...) This is a bit ambiguous, and I read it to mean that TLG *publicized* and explained the rationale in catalogs in Europe but not in the US, not that the younger and less experienced builders (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Rock Raiders plates for us castle builders?
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Has anyone who is an avid castle builder taken a look at the Rock Raiders bases. Seems to me you could dramatically change the tone of a castle by throwing it on the grey baseplate versus the greens from the past few years. The green bases from the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | New page up!
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Hello, All! I've just put up my new page, which, as some people like Bob Fay would know, I've been working on-and-off on for a couple months. Please check it out at (URL) Nelson (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Computer Serial Port Optoisolator
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This is somewhat off subject, but I am looking for a circuit schematic that will show how to build a serial port optoisolator for my computer. The problem I am having is that once in a while I wire a circuit wrong and end up putting 115V onto the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Insectoids - better than I thought, Rock Raiders - disappointment
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(...) Well, i dunno. I like the shape, and the wierd flashy laser brickonium thingy. It just looks cool okay??? I really want to like the (...) the (...) Alex "flashy, zappy thing etc.: buy it all now at spam r us" Roode (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: 6 x 22 train base plate
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Thanks for that Mark, after sifting through the bag of parts I found ALL of the parts to build the complete engine including the 4.5v motor. Mark Harrison <harro1@one.net.au> wrote in message news:37E8A401.C057E3....net.au... (...) red (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Picture of Legofest
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You will find it at: (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Saving BMPs of an MPD using LDLite, LDAO
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Hey all, I think I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what. What I want to do is to make a BMP image of an MPD file (using LDAO to make choosing the viewing angle easier.) My MPD file is in my LDRAW\MODELS dir. The only "0 STEP" is at (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Interesting set variation noted over in RTL for 493 Space Command Center
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(...) A couple people were just noting the same thing in the .space group about five days ago...it comes up from time to time...here's the other thread, with a bit more info: (URL) to lugnet.space] (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bass
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(...) page (...) stuck. I really like how you did the feet, they look like how they do in the game. Where did you get those brown slopes? Greg "Um, yeah, that too." Majewski (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Datsville sports car [DAT]
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Hey all, It's my fictional _Exxagyrate X59_ by Integral Motors. It's a cozy 2-seater "Speed Racer"-esque drive-around-town-Sunday car. You can check out the new dent-resistant doors, or look under the hood if you want. I'm sure there's a cargo space (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
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(...) Oh, I think you may be misinterpreting. The quote says "LEGO publicized the fact that these sets are intended for younger, less-experienced builders in their catalogs in Europe, but not in the U.S. The lack of explanation has turned off a (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Space is fantastic......
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(...) I have remodeled the Beacon Tracer into a version with a lower wheel base. Picture a red, black, & transparent chartreuse space vehicle with lunar rover tires, the car body is a plate-height off of the ground, with a large antenna cruising (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Interesting set variation noted over in RTL for 493 Space Command Center
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(...) Well, for me, it did help that I looked at the picture in Pause first... (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Zach third LEGO auction (update 8) - Metro Station, Rebel Hunter, Ice Sat V...
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All high bids made on or before 9/20/99 have advanced to GOING 1; those that were GOING 1/2 in the last update all have advanced to the next level. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for another (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Bass
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(...) Oops! Thanks for the correction, Matt. Josh Spaulding (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
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(...) less (...) our (...) European (...) Actually, THIS ( (URL) ) is where I got it from. Read the whole vignette and see if you understand where I'm coming from. (...) It is a shame and that is why I say they should re-release specific items, such (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Interesting set variation noted over in RTL for 493 Space Command Center
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...craters built of bricks... That was me that posted that on RTL, and now I feel a little silly. I should have recognized those as craters. Duh. Guess I let my imagination run away with itself! Pretty weird "craters" though. Still looking for (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Bass
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(...) That's because it's (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Space is fantastic......
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It was great fun--except that I had to design the giant space tyre, which was a pain. It made me really want an MCM bad, and I finally got one this year. -John Van Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bass
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(...) Proto (...) it'll (...) The link doesn't seem to be working. I get a Tripod prompt that says the page doesn't exist.. Greg "" Majewski (URL) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
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(...) They're just rumors, at this point. Any info you've seen here is all we've seen. And as for chat -- not that I know of. There may be an IRC channel or two at any given moment. LUGnet works pretty well -- we're generally chatty here. PS: Your (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
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(...) Well, according to Mike Timm, he's seen some set names from the proposed castle line that will be coming out in 2000... He says that the names appear to suggest a more european style castle theme, rather than a Ninja one, but he hasn't seen (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
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I jave heard allot of rumors here and on some other sites that lego is going to either re-introduce the old knight sets(not fright knight), or make a whole new line, is this true or does anyone have any idea. Also, is there any lego chat room on the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | An idea to try
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Ben Fleskes idea: (...) the (...) I was curious what it would take to actually build such a thing and here is what I came up with using Track Designer. Requirements: 60 Straight Track 9 Cross Track 72 Curved Track Area: 9'2" x 5'1" Picture of (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Halloween buckets in 1999?
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(...) Castle Monorail ? Sounds like something with Disney connotations I suppose :) Ray (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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(...) Yep... it's the whole Star Trek holodeck lego fantasy-- just dreaming what you could make out of infinite bricks, all assembled as you dictated... you just have the computer build what you imagine... Rather like the underground goblin kingdom (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle
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In article <FIItvM.MnK@lugnet.com>, Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> writes (...) Where have you *been* the last few months? Check this out: (URL) scroll down to the lego. Last time I looked, they still had 8880s, plus other goodies. (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Technic Shuttle
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I ordered (and received) 2 of them (8880's). Mint in Box. In the past I also ordered the 5571, and recently the 8485. These guys are good, even though their web site could use lots of polish. (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 25th Anniversary Silver Buckets available at Service Merchandise
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Check out: (URL) is their listed price, but it looks like they're still available. My last find of one of these was in a going-ou-of-business sale for a Service Merchandise in Atlanta, GA last April. Good luck! Ed (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New pics of the finished commuter train
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Thanks for all the kind words. James I have had my EP2 together for at least a year and haven't fatigued the rubberbands yet. This includes the PDX GATs and the current Toy store layout. Are you using the black square cross section ones or the round (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bass
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(...) Okay, finally got around to uploading a scan: (URL) not exactly a masterpiece, but if you like that sort of thing, maybe it'll inspire you... Josh Spaulding (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: next BayLUG meeting
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(URL) was selling the train controllers for $20, $22.20 with shipping - that included the unit, AC adapter, and track wire. I only got one, since I already have 5 ;-) Check it out, they may have more. They'd be handy for some custom wiring - open (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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(...) Hmm. Hadn't considered that, really. It's a serious style choice. I know what I'd probably go with(1), but I suspect everyone has their preferences for how their walls look. :/ (...) I had in mind no real style requirements - I think it would (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | 12v trains & track / 4.5v track
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The two main sets consist of the train, track and engine driver only, i.e. no passengers, loads, platforms, road vehicles, etc. The speed regulators are available at no extra cost if required (240VAC @ 50/60Hz), but they will obviously increase (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lugnet Roll-call
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(...) Does the NOVALTC have a web page yet? If/when it does, could you drop me a note so I can add it to the GMLUG regional organizations links page? Thanks (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Space is fantastic......
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Awesome! I bet coding those MCM´s in Ldraw was hard work.... --Tobias (...) the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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(...) <snippage of significant quantities> (...) Neat. You can do stuff like that? I will confess my virtual lego experience is slim to the point of non-existant. By archived as seperate .dats, I meant available as images wherever mediedatville (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Is S@H the best place to get an infusion of Gray Bricks?
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(...) I (...) buckets (...) Thanks I just ordered 20 of the packs today and plan on ordering some more probably each month for quite some time. I have started a large SW project that is going to start with a B-Wing hanger bay and expand from there (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.service)
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| | 1x6x2 arched window [DAT]
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Purists beware--this is pretty much a CAD only piece, unless you're willing to hack up a couple of antennae.... Note: color 16, for ease of import.... Brian (bbq) Sauls (I need a real job--I've got too much time on my hands) 0 0 Arched window 0 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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(...) Yeah, I'm inclined to agree... but it could vary from castle to castle, too. I think I'd rather see castles without the castle siding too... less realistic to have windows every foot. Here's another question... how thick should they be? should (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | Red Axles
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Finalmente in Italia i kit technic '99 (8448, 8446, 8445, 8444). Piccola annotazione: i nuovi assi di color rosso sono proprio belli...... Si, lo so, da buon ingegnere avrei dovuto commentare le ruote dentate Z20 e Z12...... (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New Ideas for Jambalaya - anyone interested?
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(...) Paul says: To follow the rules in strict order, you would owe just the train window. (...) I think you take out the rule you used to trade with (in this case , Rule 1) then put in a new one. Paul, who has to fly to Ireland 2 days after (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: the Datsville PD
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Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:37EA1E66.B75714...ail.com... (...) Nice job on this. I added a dk. gray floor, and moved the parking lot to the side with the large windows. It looks good added to the town. -John Van (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Interesting set variation noted over in RTL for 493 Space Command Center
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Take a look at: (URL) shows the set using a crater baseplate, while the instruction scans show a plain grey baseplate with craters built of bricks. Are there any other sets which have such a wide difference? Does anyone know when this change took (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Is S@H the best place to get an infusion of Gray Bricks?
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(...) Definately service packs. I've picked up ~200 of them over the last year, and have used all but a few hundred (maybe as many as a thousand - hard to say) another good source is (predicatably enough) various castle sets. These are good for the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.service)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FIIyyu.8KK@lugnet.com... (...) support (...) will (...) centered (...) Castle (...) remember (...) constant (...) change (...) added. (...) are (...) build (...) the (...) seperate (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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Good answer..... Allan and GBR both got it right! 1x1 and 2x2 quarter circle (macaroni) are correct. The Sloped bricks first came out a few years later (1958) when TLG finally got the binding brick solution (tubes), otherwise sloped bricks would not (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) very (...) Hmm, now that you mention it, mine sticks a bit too. "Snug" or "tight" would be appropriate terms for the M3 pocket doors. But that's because they're pocket types, the basic design concept that we both used. You've completely (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lets get a datsville castle going
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(...) sections (...) big (...) I like the idea of a modular castle. A couple possibilities spring to mind: 1:For exteriors, use a standard like was found in the early castle sets. I would be inclined to suggest a bigger standard, since I found those (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle
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(...) DYA is www.dya-shopping.com. See the following posts: -> (2 URLs) goes straight to the Offers page (Lego is about 2/3 of the way down the page). -> (URL) comprehensive!] :: paul (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Listening to IR via NQC
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I know that NQC can send IR messages; can it -- or any other command-line program -- listen to the IR port and dump any incoming messages to a file (or stdout)? (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | NQC mentioned in Swedish technical weekly!
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Hello! When reading this week's 'Ny Teknik' (New Technic), a weekly magazine for engineers, I found a short note about NQC. The article is about Lego Mindstorms, which is just about to be released here in Sweden, and the last part of the article (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) True. Some cargo wouldn't need to be hauled aboard, just connected. Like fuels for example. (...) Agreed. They should be built to accomodate whatever they house. (...) Sounds good. What do y'all think? Should there should be at least three (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Wohoo!!! Sorted it all!
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(...) a bunch of Freestyle buckets and other sets amounting to 5500 pieces. Still need to finish sorting the minifigs and accessories. Total time was probably about 10-12 hours, maybe a little less (it was done mostly in three evenings). I find the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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(...) The macaroni brick, and the 1x1 brick (the latter assuming that the tubes include the 1xX pins). -gbr (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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I'm going to guess slopes.. normal and inverted, especially corners. (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) Actually, the door in my system tends to stick too much, making it hard to open and close. Especially when the door is located in the middle of a model, and is somewhat hard to get at. I'd like to see a standard docking port that's slimmer (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New pics of the finished commuter train
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(...) Steve, MAX is beautiful! Very well done. Wish I could have scheduled my trip to Seattle later just to see MAX! Go for brick springs for the coupler! As BOB proved at the WWF show, the LEGO rubber bands can fatigue and break: very bad. Very (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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(...) See, there's a reason I bought 19 6444s.... Good thing KB Toys realized that $9.99 was the wrong price for them, I might have bought even more... (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Duane Hess Temporarily Off-line
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This is just a note to let everyone know that I will be temporarily off-line starting October 8th while I make another employment change. If you have any concerns, send them to my E-mail after that time, and I will respond as soon as I can. - Duane (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LEGO Riddle.......
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Well, it's a slow day in my brain, so I can't be sure... but here is my guess: 1. The common piece would be the basic 1x1 2. The rare pieces might be the 'macaroni' bricks. I think that's what they're called. I'm thinking of the ones that are (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Divers (was: Lugnet Roll-call)
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(...) Really? I love Divers, but I was disappointed by the set designs. Not that the models were bad, they were very good. There was too much repetition between the sets. Too many nearly-identical submersibles. Too many SPUD[1] rafts. Almost every (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Make your own Castle Minifig Ideas
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(...) I shamelessly steal from other themes all the time. There are at least a dozen pirates that have been pardoned and re-christened as peasants. If you look carefully at my mess hall cook, you will notice that he's a (rather scruffy and unshaven) (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | LEGO Riddle.......
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It's a slow day on LUGNET today, so I'll ask a LEGO Riddle.... What pieces are we.........???...??? We're two different LEGO Bricks, and we basically haven't changed since LEGO came out in the mid 1950's (1955 or 1956). Our only real change (besides (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: OVER 1 AMP
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Dear Paul, I have an H-bridge that I designed to run big motors. It runs at two amps continuous, and three amps intermittantly. It uses 5 volts for logic from your Handyboard, and 12 volts from a gel cell to run the motors. It also has an analog (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle
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I have a confirm report from a toy shop in the UK that there are some 600 left in the Warehouse in Lego Denmark!!!! -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Robert Munafo (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle
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(...) Who or what is "DYA"? They can't possibly still have 8880 (a 1994 set) in stock. - Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13 (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: OVER 1 AMP
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(...) www.yahoo.com, search for "H Bridge", trust me, lots of hits will comeup. Look for the 4QD pages, they talk a lot about H Bridge designs. If you aren't comfortable with electronic design, don't bother though... (...) This IS an H Bridge. Its a (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Where is Ben Fleskes?
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Where the hell is Ben? I need to contact him. I've E-mailed him a couple of times but no response. Maybe my messages arn't getting through. Ben, if you're out there, I'm afraid I can't give you my address so you can't send me the money for my Han (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Standardized Inventory File Format?
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(...) It doesn't do much good if the use of commas makes it so the columns don't line up. You want these inventory files to be easy to read by humans, and that means the columns need to line up! If we use commas as delimeters, we also need to add (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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