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In a message dated 10/26/1999 2:54:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gasperi@alynk.com writes: << Yea, but they want something like $150 compared to $200 for a RCX and a whole lot of parts with the RIS. >> Wrong.....$120 and that is the same price as (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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To all the people who are complaining about the lack of bulk purchases, how many people have put their money where there mouth is? How many people in the U.S. have purchased a service pack this past year? I know I have... so I can complain. If I (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 8
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Note: did avancement has begun today. 1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, $50-$150 by $2, $150 and up by $5. No proxies please! 4. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | controlling RCX from PC?!
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all, i have a little program that controls the RCX from the PC. i know other people here have done that, so... my major problem is that signal round trip time is very high - it takes about 200 - 250 ms to send ONE command to the RCX (waiting for the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Mindfest Questions
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Since I was unable to attend, I do have a couple questions about the event: How large was it? Number of exibits, presenters? How big of a role did the NELUGgers/AFOL's have in the presentation? Any speakers? And nice pictures - but could someone go (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) Hi, Don't miss the opportunity to learn Forth! It's unique environment, it's just another world. :) Here is a history of Forth: (URL) Sergey Udovenko (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | LEGO Club memebership (was: Bluewater offers)
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It's definitely worth joining. You get £5 off your entry to LEGOLAND Windsor every time you go, you get some occasional discounts, and you get club member only offers, like the new Darth Maul keychain (1). Jon. 1. Yep, Star Wars keychain 3 is out, (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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If the last link shouldn't work - try this: (URL) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Broken 8448 Shocks
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(...) Many people have mentioned broken air dampened shocks on the 8448. Is it just some of us? Or will it be most of us in time? I have heard that LEGO will replace the parts. Give them a call. Last night I also discovered both my air dampened (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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If you want my opinion, I will give it. I think 1592 is a Town set, but as a Castle-guy, since the first time I saw it, I knew I had to have it. Not all 1592s say Fish and Chips (see the German version). The stickers on the Castle walls say (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | What do you do with your lego?
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(...) I build (and play) with mine. Many creations get postponed due to lack of bricks. I take the bricks apart, but keep the design in my head. I keep an eye out for ways to accumulate the bricks I need. Buy/Sell/Trade is necessary in order to (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Book example code
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I was looking for those files last night! Great book Jonathan... Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan Knudsen Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:34 PM To: (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Various Auctions that I have running
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Duplo 2685 Water Park (URL) Duplo Building Plate (URL) Royal Drawbridge (URL) Crusisers 6493 Time Cruisers Ship (URL) Mystic Mountain TimeLab (URL) Knights 6097 Night Lords Castle (URL) Shark Attack (URL) Buckets 3027 System 601 pcs (URL) Duplo 71 (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: NELUG - Some things we learned while presenting at Mindfest
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(...) Every time I do a show I wish I had some duct tape and dared to use it on unmonitored children. This last show in Maple Valley we had a more serious problem with a child, though. Unfortunately, I wasn't thinking fast enough to prevent him from (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Double echo
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Hi Ralph, (...) Yes, it works. After fighting for a while with Cygwin32 + binutils (it's still present a bug in linker configuration), finally I got the development environment. Your makefile works fine so it was very easy to get pbFORTH compiled. (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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(...) Muhahahahaahaa! *ahem* yes. (...) Occasionally, when the student life permits. (...) Of course! (...) When I can find the time - currently I'm working on a pirate diorama, at around 64x112 studs it's got a fort, a jungle (all my green pieces (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego 236 Garage
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(...) I wasn't aware of that. I have recently come across some green bricks from 50's or 60's. It seems to be made out of cellulose acetate. Only other time I have seen green bricks from that era was in Minitalia sets. However, Minitalia green (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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Hi Rick..and everybody else :) A few people mailed me regarding the scans - well I got around doing them all - yep the new Constructopedia is over 100 pages big - so take a look here - but be quick I'll have to take them down by Sunday or Monday (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lower away!
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I was just wondering if it would be possible to make the davits that hold up the lifeboats on my ship lower and raise the lifeboats by themselves? If so, what would I need to do and buy? (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) YES! YES! YES! Exactly. Do it right or don't do it at all. Quite frankly, I considered the Service Packs littler more than a half-assed attempt at bulk ordering. (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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