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(...) Here are thoughts on the variability in the tester issues posed. The most important sources of variability in the RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester and precautions to be taken are as follows: 1. The compressor under test itself may be (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Utah get together? Excellent!
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Jeremy... The idea of a Utah get together sounds great. Count me in. Based on your message string, I really like the name: WAFOL. Are there any other AFOLs other than you, me and Joseph around here? If you would like, I can bring my slide projector (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: 4560 train set.
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <37F785EF.6FB2B5E5@o...net.au>... (...) At least we have them in Austria, and I think I saw it in germany as well. They are arround 25% cheaper than the 4561 since the transformator is missing. Mike (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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[SNIP] Now I remember why I was wanting to commit suicide in the 6th grade. One of these post brought it back but I can't remember which one and I wouldn't say which one either if I remembered which one it was. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) also (...) but (...) the (...) an (...) Is this the standard now, or at least could we make it the standard ???? Mike (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think "limerick" and "romantic" go together very well! If you want to impress someone, that isn't the way to do it. Try just writing something several stanzas long about something interesting from everyday life. Pick a concrete image (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37f6c258.270062819@...et.com>... (...) 30 (...) Does that mean if a program would find the CW directive it can assume that every-thing in this file is compliant? E.g. the program would not have to test if possible (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | my site updated
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got front page 2000 (brag rights) foir free (hook ups) see aerotech and military . updated an all. feed back please. (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: couldn't keep myself from it ;-)
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(...) Whoa. Not so fast. My firmdl3 does the job in 44 seconds, not 53 seconds, so I think firmdl4 is a step backwards. :) Just hold on a bit while I finish packing it up. It is almost done, I promise. The new version (firmdl3) will be MPL. If you (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I think that's it (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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(...) limerick? --Bram (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Unusually busy Sunday...?
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(...) It was just a suggestion...I didn't mean to sound pretentious :) And it *is* something new...I mean, this is the first time in my life I have ever updated my website twice within two months. :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: modified 8880's?
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(...) (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Unusually busy Sunday...?
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(...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Finding Sets in Stores!
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(...) I think you got lucky. I found a few Kahukas at a Kay-Bee in February, and an Imperial Outpost (!!!) missing the rowboat at a Service Merchandise in January for $12. I did find a Skull Island at another Service Merchandise, but it was missing (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Unusually busy Sunday...?
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(...) Maybe... Here's another you might want to add for today: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Arrr, first message
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(...) I envy you horribly. I'm lucky enough to have four bluecoats and twelve redcoats...sigh. On the other hand, I use them to staff WWI-era warships' marine detachments, so they become largely insignificant for combat anyhow. But hoo-whee, if you (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Stone Tower Bridge at Wal-Mart for $30
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FYI: I was at Wal-Mart today and found Stone Tower Bridge (6089) marked down to $30. Good thing I'm tall so I could reach off the tippy tippy top. <g> Brian (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bram's Site updated: Model of the Month, Naboo Fighter, 2 airplanes, modified 8880
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I've just updated my LEGO Site: (URL) the space/Star Wars buffs: The model of the month (based on your ratings) is the Colonial Viper. I've added an N-1 Starfighter (I actually buil this, too, but I had to use gray macaronis instead of yellow) For (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: WalMart prices... (FOTW part II)
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(...) This is definitely the case. I posted a while back about Planetary Prowler (6919) at $10.50 and Celestial Stinger (6969) at $12.50, and I'd bought four of the former thinking that an incredible deal, but on Thursday I returned to the same (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Download problem
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(...) I've already got some feedback that this fix doesn't quite work, so don't bother downloading it if you haven't already. I'll post again when I think I've got something that actually works. Dave (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | couldn't keep myself from it ;-)
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Hi Kekoa, I herewith jettison fastdl. - added code to remove parity and disable complements to your stub - split up firmdl2 into nice little modules - figured out how to deal with complement-disabled packets - optimized delays, fixed numerous little (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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tim@zacktron.com (Tim Courtney) wrote in <4.2.0.58.1999092915...comm.com>: (...) Tim, how many people does it look like so far, and roughly when? I might be able to help find a spot, but depends on the number of people we'd have and how much space (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Competition for S@H?? (was Re: Want US Exclusive sets)
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:37F4C3FE.1640C1...ape.com... (...) Sounds like you should start up your own little business. Sort of like S@T (Shop at Tom's) (1) Of course it'll mean you'll have to start a webpage detailing all (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | Minifig Scale Lawn Tractor
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I don't know what I was thinking, but I had fun building this with the kids...and they love it. If your town needs a kid cutting the lawn, here's your tractor. I wish I hadn't given away all my Timmys from the great Time Twisters Purchase. Do you (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | HB for science project?
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Hello, Recently, I have been thinking about using a HandyBoard for my science project in High School. My project will involve the writing of algorithms, and I was planning on programming in C. I have been using the Basic Stamp II (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A Question,
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mtimm@usinternet.com (Mike Timm) wrote in <FIwBqy.8CI@lugnet.com>: (...) My son is about 10 months now, and he's almost Primo complete... :-) Here's some of what he does with Primo... this may help you: - shakes the ones that are rattles - puts lots (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.primo)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) bid (...) rae's (...) Rae's (...) Chris (...) her (...) do (...) I don't see any problem with revealing proxies when the are met. The only purpose of hiding the proxy is to not reveal information about bids (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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(...) Well, as you may have noticed, I've become a convert, despite my initial misgivings. [1] I appreciate your commitment to doing things the Right Way. This has become a really great place -- and furthermore, really feels like a _place_, which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <37F7CC74.A8398FA1@vfaq.com>... (...) I think every proxy system I have seen increments the previous proxy bid by one increment above any new bid (of course the bid increment on eBay is based on the previous (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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I purchased the 4561 as a first train. My only complaint is the train is too fragile for a child to play with. When the side dors are opened on the cars, they come loose from the roof hinges. I added a few peices to beef up the hinges. Mine is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BrickShelf.com updates for 10/3/99
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(...) oops: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | BrickShelf.com updates for 10/3/99
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Updates as of 10/3/99, last update was 9/15/99: [10/02/1999] 6023 (added -b1) 1952 {Tanker} 1256 Shell Gasspumps 0994 {Garden Fences} 0990 {Trees and Signs} 0951 Bulldozer 0906 {Doors and Hinges} 0521 {1xn Plates} 0520 {2x2 Plates} 0519 {2x3 Plates} (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) remember that one of them was supposed to be a funny one but I can't remember what it was called. Sounds like it would be a good one to do:) I just need the name and some of the rules for it. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | FA(eBay): Many space parts lots, plus Darth Vader
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4 gold faceted domes and holders (URL) blue solar panels (URL) Explorien space wings (URL) variety of Space parts - wings, engines, lots more (URL) windscreens and canopies w.hinge mounts (URL) Vader minifig (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) === (...) with (...) I'd say that Lugnet has been a smashing success. There have been a few bumps since I started participating this spring, but all in all it's a significant resource. The only hope in the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Mazes
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We are planning on solving a physical maze (ie cardboard or plywood.) The plan is to use LegOS to allow C (NQC) capabilities. We haven't started on the physical part yet; instead we are concentrating on developing a working algorithm for solving (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Reply to "New Star Wars LEGO"
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Snip (...) Oh I can only hope!! More classic please with lots of Storm Troopers. I just hope that whoever it was that influenced the sets from Lucas Arts is still on the job influancing TLG so that the model quality remains as high as it has been (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Anyone got a boxfront scan for 6061 and 6062?
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(...) Try here. I am not sure if these are box front or cover of instruction. (URL) this helped. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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<snipage> (...) First off Happy anniversary to LUGNET and here are to many many more!!! Unfortunatly I have not been here from the begining. I would say that I have been on LUGNET for approx. 6 months or so. As far as expectations I don't think I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Classic Space
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(...) Oh my. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say: definitely yes. Although, if you want to save them for your son, he might appreciate that too. "Turning him loose" sounds a bit frightning -- maybe wait 'til he can appreciate them. But: (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: any site of orange buckets?
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(...) (URL) Gatrelle (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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snip (...) Yes. The stickers are stupid. I cut mine off so that they were not stamp'd (...) This is just reverting to a older way of doing things. I have plenty of 1*4 bricks with printed grills on them. James Powell (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) You can work through writer's block, trust me. Putting ANYthing down on paper gets you started. Not sure most of the advice I could offer writing-wise would be of much use to a freshman in high school, so do what I suggested and talk to a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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(...) Aha -- found it! Here's that message: (URL) 'Date' header says "4 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT", which is obviously wrong, but there's another header which says "04 Oct 1998 17:13:50 CDT", which sounds right on. So if my TZ math is correct, this (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) (poem), (...) I've got writers block, I can't help it. I didn't ask for a whole poem. (...) I'm not an egocentric person, SORRY for sounding like one. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | New meaning to Computer Aided Design...
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Saw the following article... (URL) quite robotics, but an interesting application of Lego, none the less... Aloha, JR - - - - - - - - - - JR Conlin jrconlin@email.com Techno-Atheist yahooPage: jrconlin (URL) "There is no supreme software or (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Classic Space
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Is there anyone out there that wants any classic space sets/bits. I have a whole box full space bits from the mid to late 80's including 6980 6970, and goodness knows what else. I seem to have 7 crator plates and loads of grey spaceship wings(?) and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Reply to "New Star Wars LEGO"
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Where did you here that the Millenium Falcon had been confirmed for a 2000 release. I just called TLG on Friday and they told me that NO new Star Wars sets have been announced. NOTHING from the 2000 product line has been announced. They did say that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Modern Police Department
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(...) O.K. let John Vanzweitsen decide what to do with it. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Zach's third LEGO auction (update 13)
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All high bids made on or before 9/30/99 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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How come you don't mention the source of your Blue Hopper in Serious Collector listings? Is it selective amnesia? (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Modern Police Department
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(...) I guess that there coud be two or more police stations. It was very hard work to made this Police department. Rene. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Trains and Rock Raiders
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<19991003215423.34F...iwi.mail.e asynet.net>) wrote at 04:46:52 (...) Yep. Apart from the one I got out of the machine at Bluewater, I've bought the big one, the propeller one and the drilly thing with four big (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | The Nugator Company
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We have done some cleaning up on our site including fixing the image problems with Netscape (it still isn’t as pretty as ie but it works). If you come across any other problems or have any suggestions please let us know and we will see what we can (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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(...) I think I see what you're getting at but I don't see any other way to do it. You can't make the current bid $3.10 or $2.90, so it has to be $3.00. Yeah, that pretty much says, "hey! you hit it right on the dot!" but I guess you have to accept (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) I hope this gets to lugnet.people (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Unusually busy Sunday...?
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Wow, today has been unusually busy for a Sunday in terms of "spotlight" items... (URL) (8 items) Compare that to a few older Sundays... (URL) (4 items) (URL) (4 items) (URL) (6 items) (URL) (4 items) Just a random blip? Or is everyone coming inside (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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(...) I've seen numerous Lego television ads... (...) Not so sure. I've seen many a parent and kid pick up MegaBlok (sp?) sets and actually say something like, "well, these look just the same and you get twice as much for the money." Now maybe those (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 20% off at Canadian Superstore
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Canadian Superstore already have the best consistent prices on Lego around me, and now they have 20% off on all Lego and Duplo. I bought about $600 worth but there's still lots left. Emperor's Stronghold for $39.99, anyone? I assume this is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: New starwars sets.
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(...) The only set that has been officially announced (that I am aware of) is the Millennium Falcon. Hey, I just now thought of something the instant I typed that: I bet they didn't release the Falcon this year is because they want to release the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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Yeah - I like it, and my mate Chris (a non-Internet AFOL) does too. I just got my 4561 on Friday and it looks a lot better built than it does in the catalogue. I won't say it's perfect - it has it's good and bad points. The obvious bad point is the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | New starwars sets.
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Has anyone heard what the new starwars sets for the next year are going to be, like the Millennium Falcon, or Slave I? (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Shouting in Caps (was: Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.)
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(...) John, (if you're listening), Although there are (currently) no rules here about shouting in all-caps, if you do disturb the peace often enough (i.e., starting flamewars or generating visible complaints by your repeatedly posting in all-caps), (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Download problem
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I've looked at a couple of traces and it looks like the serial driver just stops receiving data after a certain point. One theory is that something happens (framing error or overflow), which then keeps the driver from relaying more information. I've (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Cookies ?
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They would be the same tins as earlier found in UK Tesco's stores then. One small difference though, the four sets we were offered were 2880, 2884, 2886, and 2849! (Duckie) Dave Till Oliver Giesen wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) Actually, a blue, black, and gray castle w/various themed figures won the blue ribbon. Moreover, how could they not know. COMMERCIALS FOR THE STAR WARS (Classic) COLLECTION AND THE ROCK RAIDERS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN RUNNING ON TV FOR THE PAST (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem)
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| | Re: New DK books on their way
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(...) (curious) Do they look like photo books or ray-traced renderings? (...) Aw, that's so mean! :-( What pieces are they, BTW? (...) Cool! Do tell! --Todd [Crossposting to lugnet.books] (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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| | any site of orange buckets?
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With Halloween fast approaching, has anyone seen any orange buckets in local stores? Also, if anyone recalls the set number for this, I sure appreciate (couldn't find on fib'snork or pause sites). Best, dan parker PNLTC (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: New Group Idea
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(...) I think Tore was only joking. (Note that he followed his comment with a B-) smiley...) --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mazes
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(...) Yes, right, apparently... -Kekoa (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Trains and Rock Raiders
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(...) software, (...) I don't know, but there is also Adventurers on the table, so I wouldn't read too much into it. There is a Rock Raiders demo playing on the TV at the Bluewater shop. didn't see any trains. Has anyone taken the plunge and got the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Rpr's big auction - 2nd announcement and 1st public update.
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Hi, it's been a while, but I'm back! This is the second announcement and first public update. As you can see, the train stuff is very popular. I decided to speed things up a little (on request of some of you :-) This means the dates in this second (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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I don't see # 2 as correct. Rae had her bid in first, so if Chris bid $2.00, Rae should have the winning bid at $2.00, NOT $2.10, because she has the earlier bid. You shouldn't increment her's OVER his hard bid, just equal to it. So if you write (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: Mazes
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(...) Yes, and that's all I'm saying until Mindfest. Right.... Some time ago, I responded to a maze thread and suggested inverting the problem to make a maze walker that worked on a simple sheet of paper. I have now built a gantry system to suspend (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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I'm currently adding proxy bidding to my bussetech.com auction system and I have some questions for the group regarding proxy bidding mechanics. When someone has a higher proxy than your bid, should their bid be increased one increment above your's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) Opps.. I mean Lucas.. not Speilburg... bad fingers.. bad fingers :( (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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(...) Hi to everyone again. I've sorted and repackaged all of the sets, add to them two duplo sets from John and Diane Cromer + several wheels and windows/doors sets (to add more play value) that I bought with money from Thomas Main ans myself, and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Oops, I meant complements, not checksums, throughout the above paragraph. After reviewing my notes, it seems that the ROM properly obeys the complement flag when receiving but not when sending. When the ROM is sending a "long" message, it (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) I really don't like programs that need user interactions for such job! Thus I tried to cast enough rays so that all the faces are being oriented correctly. Now all the std bricks are OK, without any assumption about the fact that they are (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Does anyone know anything about the RCX being used to solve maze problems? I am doing this for a school project, and I wanted to know if there is any information out there about it. Thanks, Eric (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) you should consider that there are a lot of such groups of sides in one brick! Thus, the approach described by Leonardo is better: (...) Now, my main problem is: how can I find enough time to translate and check all the bricks! I guess my (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Download problem
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(...) Can someone send me a trace of the verbose output for the failure case on an NT machine? nqc -v -d program.nqc >output Perhaps I can figure out what's going wrong with the serial port. As an aside, does anyone have a snippet of boiler-plate (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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You are seeing Judges that aren't up on what Lego has brought out as stock models, that's where the problem comes in... they probably don't know that what the kids did wasn't their own creation made from the Lego... it's sad to see that stock Lego (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: Wanted, your wanted lists.
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Always looking for 2x16 plates, especially black and grey, but will take any I can get. Also looking for minifigs, and accessories - complete or not. Of greatest interest would be grey adventurers mummy heads, grey hands from UFO leader, and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA: Trains, Castle, Space, Town, Metropark, Airport Shuttle, etc. - SeriousCollector.com
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Thanks for looking! Click here to view: (URL) Here: (URL) Alien Moon Stalker--Who says Lego didn't make an AT-AT?! $31.50 Lego Boats: 4021 Police patrol MISB $21.00 LEGO Castle - 1906 Majisto's Tower - unopened $45.00 LEGO Castle - 6008 Royal King - (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Has the world gone mad?!?
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I went to the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. In the arts & crafts pavillion, they have a section where people (mostly kids) make art out of toys. (Most of the case was Legos.) What irked me so much was that some of the sets receiving ribbons and prizes (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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Ian, A few points of thought... o The Lego Group is privately held (if I understand it correctly). There are no public traded shares and/or shareholders. That is really a shame. Shareholders meetings are a good place to sound off. o Where does TLG (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Station/Base Names (was Re: Space stations?)
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(...) It's too detailed for the discussion at hand, but I was wondering if it would be practical to use several systems. For interstellar travel, use galactic coordinates. For in-system travel, use solar coordinates. On a planet's surface, use the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) I'd guess a group from up north would be MTULUG (Mich. Tech. Univ. LUG) or UPLUG (Upper Penninsula LUG). I suppose Camp Northern could have a group, but they'd be NMULUG. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Re: Standardized Inventory File Format?
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(...) Why not adopt XML? Watching this thread, I have seen discussions about parsing such inventories in different programming languages and about the fact that it should be readable by human beings. XML is designed exactly for that. There are a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.
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(...) I guess you need to examine your motives behind posting and whether or not you want anyone to read your posts and interact with you. I'll be perfectly blunt - I won't read consistent posts in all caps. Period. If I need to I'll just killfile (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Eureka! large drive wheels!
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Hi all, Now that my falcon is done (for now...) back to the wonderful world of LEGO trains. My first project, a rebuild of my 4449 Daylight train. The real 4449 is a 4-8- 4 steam engine with Southern Pacific 'Daylight' colors. I think they first ran (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modern Police Department
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(...) I didn't think Datsville was about claiming precendence for stuff. I thought it was about a shared experiment in creating a world... What's the harm in having two police stations and more equipment than just what you did? Else I coud claim (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: An offer to purchase Blue Hopper sets #4536
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I responded with an offer to sell 5 for 240 including shipping via email. Richard LaCalamito wrote: <can I buy some hoppers, I'll pay 250 plus shipping for 5> (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.
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(...) Actually, that's not the way things work around here. (LUGNET, Usenet, and the Internet in general.) People weren't telling you things to put you down or anything -- they were just trying to help. This is a community, and although there are no (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Microfig Design Notes
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Hi all, I've been experimenting with microfig spaceships and I found a bunch of things that really improve, IMHO, the looks and playability of microfig scale vehicles: -If you are doing official models in micro like myself, modularity like for the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | REGARDING A MESSAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.
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THIS IS REGARDING A MESSAGE I POSTED 2 OR 3 DAYS AGO. I POSTED A MESSAGE IN CAPS LIKE THIS ONE. ALSO INSTEAD OF SAING THEYEAR 2000 LIKE THAT I ACCIDENTALLY TYPED 200. LATER IN THE POST I HAD IT TYPED CORRECTLY. I READ ABOUT 7 OR 8 REPLYS ANGRY AT (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Serv. Merch. sale
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Darn, that's annoying. sorry. I just flipped through the whole flyer and can't find instructions for inputting any sale code, but every page has their blaring URL... My best guess would be: FF409 that seems to be the flyer number. else call (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Download problem
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"Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:FJ0Jpv.Mvp@lugnet.com... (...) Mario, I can try to download your long program with my Windows 2000 RC2 machine. Send me a copy if you want.... Ciao Carlo (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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