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CAn anyone of YOu tell me how can I make a fire extinguisher robot by standard Lego Mindstorms system that has only 2 touch and 1 light sensor.Plz reply me back on my email rather as a post to the group.I prefer it that way Thank YOu all Imad Khan (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Forth vs Assembler
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(...) There are a couple of reasons to choose pbFORTH over raw assembler... 1. Assembler requires an assembler, which means downloading and configuring the GNU tools on eiher Linux or Cygwin for Win9x. Not for the faint of heart. 2. Once you get (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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I have a permanent setup in my lounge room, on the 3 doors in a "U" shape on folding legs. It's rather overcrowded, I need a fourth door I think. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
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Prior to Busy Bee finding a stash of hoppers, this set mib went for $60 to $80 US. When this little hiccup in supply gets absorbed by rtlers, the price will again creep back up to this level. So if you want one you had better make Larry a decent (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Train track
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I am interested in 9V. I would like to add some straight and curved pieces. Actually while I am thinking about it points and crossovers would be wonderful as well. ;-) If you have ones to send me does that mean they are unofficial Ldraw parts? Not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Texas Legomaniacs Unite!
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(...) At this point, I'd probably have to participate in a pretty informal capacity. I probably wouldn't participate in parts exchange, because my Lego budget is pretty limited right now, which means that I only buy sets that I really like and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Thanks. I too am a bit supprised they are doing a B-Wing but although the B-Wing did not get much screen time it has played a big role in many of the Star Wars Vidio Games that were release so therefore it is probably more recognizable to many (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FS: F1 Racer (set 8808)
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I have one Technic F1 Racer for sale, lego set number 8808. 92 pcs. (c) date on box 1994-95. Price: $10 Condition: New in sealed box. Box is in good to mint condition. Terms: Buyer pays shipping. US sales only. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Forth vs Assembler
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Since observing these Lego email broadcasts, I've been wondering what Forth was. Engineering background, not CS! Now I know, after reading Ralph Hempel's "RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning". Very cryptic by the looks! Why not use honest to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Zany Brainy Sale
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I just received a flyer about a sale ZB is having. The 6195 Aquanauts Base, (URL) and 6975 Alien Avenger, (URL) are 50% off. The Aquanauts Base is $44.99 and the Avenger is $29.99. A discount of 20% on Rock Raiders and Space Port begins on OCT 14 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set 1974 Black feather
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I am looking for the smallest of the black feathers to complete set # 1974. I am willing to buy or trade, but have very little trading stock. I only collect castle sets. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Yes, that is possible. I first saw this idea in a car that Ben Williamson made at: (URL) I tried out the same idea in two chassises at: (2 URLs) suspension made this way is a bit flimsy, but still quite adequate for a medium sized car. Fredrik (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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(...) Declaring variables (almost any number of them) in pbFORTH is like this: VARIABLE FOO Fetching and storing is like this: 23 FOO ! ( this stores the value ) FOO @ ( this fetches the value ) Values are 16 bit integers - 32 bit doubles use a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Ahhh. We don't even have that GoKart kit here in Canada (at least I haven't) seen it yet... So if you mount the 3x1 cross block on the arm to, say, a beam that moves up and down, you can get suspension fairly easily, right? I'll need to get (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) Definitely had a great time. As allways it is nice to put a name to a face. I also love just talking shop with other LEGO fans so that was great too. Glad everything worked out with your car. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: 3D geometry question
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(...) Sure. But to picture the vector as starting in the origin makes it easier to understand what I want in the paragraph below: (...) In fact, for my application, any of these solutions would suffice. (...) I think we also need some constraints on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <snipped it again!> Except I think you forgot the sleeper, or else I missed it. it's neither 12v or 4.5v so it ought to be Train Track Sleeper or Train Track Slotted Sleeper but I'm not sure which. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Yes! Excellent compromise! It's got the key stuff up front and the fact that not all parts are 4.5v specific or 9v specific comes out clearly. Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <very nice work, all of which I snipped> (...) I'll say! :-) Now say (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: General Box #3 ("minneapolis box")
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(...) These are "armless faceless" minifig bodies, missing their heads. Quite old (mid 70s??). Gary I. has a bunch which he has (1) used for architectural accents. Here's a set that has them: "texas rangers" (URL) (1) Now before you think I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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My guess is that there´ll be a Slave I because: - it´s got a good size to be build as a modell (well a smaller scaled version) - we need more of the bad guys. One TIE is not enough for playing Star Wars - it looks cool, so it´ll sell good - we´ve (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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