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(...) My first problem is that a vast majority of the service packs you guys talk about aren't available here at all. Our parts catalogue is a disgrace. My second problem is that a vast majority of the tubs and buckets you guys talk about aren't (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip a bunch of stuff I wish existed> (...) On the note of that Star Wars bucket.. Has anyone heard anything about it? Wasn't it scheduled to be released in 2000? With all the new Star Wars stuff leaking (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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I've made a track design on Track Designer. If anybody would like to get a view of what the city sort of looks like post here or email me:) and I'll send it to ya (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | McDonald's LEGO Happy Meal program
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I was just reading about the new Happy Meal program. How many McDonald restaurants do people guess there are? 5,000? 10,000? More? Just think. Some poor LEGO employees had to recreate/copy an 18" Ronald McDonald model made entirely of LEGO bricks (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) I was thinking more along the lines of a minifig with a noose around its neck swinging from a little Lego gallows. You're right, we need to get off our cyberbutts and do something. After my visit yesterday I wrote a long letter to the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) I think there were somewhere between three and five hundred people, about a third of them children. There were a couple dozen exhibits, mostly Mindstorms-based robots. Then, there were a large number of panels (five a day?) and also a lot of (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Well for the record I have purchased 50 of the Gray Brick Packs this year along with about 10 other various service packs including Black Slopes and a number of Technic packs. If I could have a say in terms of what I would like to see in (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Well here in Canada we have our own Shop@home for the moment. I purchased about $125 worth of Technic service packs a couple months ago. As some have stated, there are many problems with service packs. Many won't buy them, because they just (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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Don't forget those of you asking for roof slopes - we need the peaks as well! There's nothing worse (well... nearly nothing <g>) than having lots of grey or tan slopes and no roof peaks to finish the %$#^%$^% roof! My top ten... 1. Train doors and (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: controlling RCX from PC?!
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(...) This isn't a fix for the slow speed you're noticing, but: what about programming the RCX to take care of the low-level moving around -- the basic motion and testing of sensors -- and then just sending higher-level commands from your program. (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: S@H airplanes
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I just ordered this set today (I missed the original post, still getting caught up). The sets were in stock. I only ordered one - I forgot all about the McDonalds freebie. -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (URL) & (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) It's hard to count pieces with frost bitten hands. As many of you think we have snow all year round, I can say this with a smile. :-) Yes, I am Canadian, but I'm faultless. I never sell any LEGO; at least not yet. <ICS> (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Last day - over 30 lots of LEGO bricks and parts on EBAY
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Hello, I currently have over 30 lots of misc parts and bricks on Ebay - ending Wednesday. Many are still with no bids or run at opening price. Click here to see the details for items listed below: (URL) LEGO Tow Cranes with hooks 20 LEGO lt-gray (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Probably the first step would be to monitor the data sent from the mouse to the computer. I mean, if it is decoded by the driver or some other file, and it cannot be understood, then this project would instantly turn a lot harder. (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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(...) native H8 machine code, and that doesn't require a huge investment in time and disk space to install and configure. As I see it, there are already many development systems out there for free that are this simple to install and use, as long as (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.0a multi-threading problem
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Hi, yes, currently, you'll have to make main() your first function. version 0.2.1 will support arbitrary starting offsets. could you report about the stability of repeated program runs? if this works fine, I'll change the ON/OFF behaviour to (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Does anyone own the 6901 Mobile Lab?
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(...) Wow, I for one have fond memories of that set. It was my first space set ever and propelled me into the vast world of outer space. Sadly... as many sets do, this one became parts to my other ships... but I remember exploring the moon's (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) Absolutely. Children benefit from adult guidance, support and assistance. With LEGO and most things, more in the beginning, less later on. It's also great quality time with your children. In my case it was my little brother, and now my nieces. (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Well, I'm not in the US, but I've purchased something on the order of 200+ service packs in the last year or so. Mostly grey brick packs. (...) I can complain too (and I have been) - but I'd rather try and work out a solution that benefits (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: IR remote using PIC16F84
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Hi Juha, There's information on cracking the Cybermaster protocol on my website including links to others who done the same for the Mindstom. CU Bert Lego robots and artificial intelligence (URL) bericht----- Van: Niinikoski Juha (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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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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