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(...) Count me in. I'm ditching the Tcl interface - it's just too damn goofy! A standard firmware downloader would be great - especially if it ran on all platforms. As far As I know, Dave Baum is the only guy here who has got a downloader for the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Dutch Auction Experiences
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Scott-A wrote in message ... (...) ended (...) You should get a feedback point from each person who bought a Supercar (whether they will all leave feedback or not is something else). Dutch auctions have their drawbacks, but, all in all, they are (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: High praise for TLG after seeing 4288 bucket for first time
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They actually did that a few years ago. The FreeStyle 'big red bucket' 4128 came with a dark gray brick seperator. This bucket has several macaroni bricks, two yellow baseplates, six of the large fence pieces and some other interesting parts. Oh, it (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: High praise for TLG after seeing 4288 bucket for first time
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(...) This (...) already (...) Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in article (...) Thanks for the very kind offer. I have several already, in both green and silver. :) I was really thinking of the kid who gets this bucket and doesn't yet have (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) If there's interest in a stand-alone firmware downloader running on the Mac, please let me know. I can certainly add the approriate quad-speed stuff into NQC, and can also make a stand-alone version if Mac users are using pbFORTH or something (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I've got a great R/C track vehicle that I want to use as a robot chassis, problem is the 1 Amp motors. I was going to use Kam's suggestion, but then I saw the Sonar schematics. I noticed that the sonar schematics have power coming from the motor (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) have in (...) not the (...) I agree - a discussion group for teaching would be a very good thing. One of the highlights of my NQC workshops was when one kid excitedly ran up to me anxious to show me how he changed the program in the "exercise" (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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(...) Ahah! Now *that* is interesting to me. Obviously (as the legOS HOWTO maintainer), a gcc replacement doesn't really interest me, unless you have a reliable solaris->h8300 cross-compiler, in which case maybe we can talk :) However, I think I (as (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Sharp GP2D02 with out expansion board
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Gary, Cool! Could you tell me how you wired it up? I'm a real beginner here and don't know exactly what you mean on that web page by: "This example assumes that port PA5 on the Handy Board was connected to the input of the GP2D02 detector and that (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | #7835 Train: Manual Level Crossing, on Ebay, NIB and other NIB sets
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All sets are new/sealed in box: ---...--- #7835 Manual Level Crossing, 1985, NIB (URL) Dark Dragon's Den, 1993 NIB (URL) Model Team: Blue Fury, 1995 NIB (URL) Unitron: Crater Cruiser, '95 NIB (URL) Unitron: Star Hawk II, '95 NIB (URL) RACE: Indy (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Lego in the Onion!
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(URL) "News in Brief" item. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) More than it seems, I would guess. Just shipping would be negligable. However, there would be more costs - the production time lost to remove a mold from a molder, and again to re-install it; the lost throughput by taking down a machine to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is this true???
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(...) No shots to fire. :) You posted in the perfect place -- the only thing I'd suggest beyond lugnet.general is crossposting to lugnet.service & lugnet.general, with followups set to one or the other...but it's hardly worth mentioning. --Todd (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mindfest photos (was Re: Mindfest Questions)
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(...) Workin' on this right now. There's a lot. Won't get done tonight. Probably will put stuff up tomorrow evening. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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So how much does it cost to ship some molds to Enfield? Build On! John Matthews Ray Sanders <rsanders@gate.net> wrote in message news:3815C171.E7E205...ate.net... (...) bricks are (...) hurdle (...) that (...) problem (...) have (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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Terry wrote (...) I'd like to participate in this too. I'm an engineer that has two kids in grade 2 and another starting K in two years. So I want to get things moving in the right direction up here too! Todd, how about it? A group for educators (or (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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(...) Ummmm, Jesper. I think it's OK to post scans of a few pages like you did last week. The art direction for the new Constructopedia is great and your scans helped show that. Posting the whole Constructopedia is probably in contravention of (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mechanical Motion Models
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(...) Interesting site. Too bad the imagery isn't a little larger. <ICS> (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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I will be teaching several 5th to 8th grade students how to build Lego-based Robots and how to program them in RcxCODE and NQC. We're located in Rural Vermont (!tm) in the NorthEast U.S. I was privileged to get to MindFest on Sunday at MIT, and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Lugnet Roll-call
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Name: Peter James CALLAWAY Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 and active Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia (tune in for the Olympics!) E-mail Address: pcallaway@bmcl.com.au LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Lego Jacket, Tote Bag and Keychain
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Hey Guys, I just acquired several nifty items from a Lego employee I contacted through Email. I bought a Lego leather jacket, Lego tote bag and Silver Brick keychain from them. Was the silver brick keychain released to the public? Also, does anyone (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) Absolutely not! I think the fact that all of us so-called adults were wearing our inner child on our sleeves was part of the reason we were able to connect with the actual children on such an equal footing. I am always impressed by a child who (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Double echo
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Sergey wrote: <Discussion of ECHO_ON ECHO_OFF snipped> (...) Personally, this is a BIG advantage. Users who do not have access to Tcl now have to deal with double respose characters. A simple ECHO_OFF at the beginning of their script and they now (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Dutch Shell Lego sets
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I can still offer the complete range of Special Shell sets now available in Holland. These are the sets and the prices (excl shipping): Shell Pump station $18.50 Carwash $15.50 Shell Tanker Truck $9.25 Shell Select Shop $15.50 Ferrrari F1 Truck (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Scanning S@H catalogs is a B#$*^ !
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <380F7F92.B921ECC1@n...pe.com>... (...) Stellar job by the way. I hope the effort doesn't discourage you from ding it again. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mechanical Motion Models
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I came across the following link (URL) I thought may be useful to Technic and Mindstorms builders who are trying to incorporate various motion mechanisms into their models. A wide range of mechanisms are included including the less common ones such (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | McDonalds Info
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Hey, just thought you guys would like to see the new sets. (Probably old news by now). Promo starts October 28 I think... See happytoy.com for pics of all the sets (Under What's Next) and Lego has a subpage (URL) Weston (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) Not that childlike is bad. :) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) I would like to second this comment. I have never seen such a gifted and cognizant group of children in a single place in my life. John V.Z. III alone was incredible! I actually didn't see any examples of the horrible behavior that is being (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Desperation sets in!!
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Does anyone have two of the large spoked wheels from the 390-series sets that they would sell or trade for? I have 5 coming in a 390, but I need 2 others. I'll buy an entire set, but if anyone has them, please e-mail me at bearitone@my-deja.com And (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) I want it to be clear that the vast majority of the kids there were _awesome_. Very intelligent and mature. A lot of the "problem" people were in fact the so-called grown-ups. (...) There were keynotes. I was too sleepy for the main one, (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) Cool. From hearing some of the rants about the childrens' behavior, I'm kinda glad I didn't have to deal with that stress concerning my models. If I came, I definitely would have brought a bunch.... (...) Nifty! (...) Were there any individual (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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The Sunday caps are up! KL (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) too. (...) just (...) I (...) I would go for a 1000 2x6's at $0.06 @ piece ($60) if they were all black. :?) Ok, seriously, if they were a mix of black, blue, and yellow. I don't need red and white at the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Here is my list 1.light grey 1 x 2 x 2 train windows 2.light grey 1 x 2 x 4 train windows 3.light grey train doors with the red white and blue striping 4.black 1 x 2 corrugated bricks 5.grey train wagon bases (both sizes + drop down base) (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) If this happens use a minifig that has not been available for ages but that people want more of (a pirate fig for example) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is this true???
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(...) to (...) here. (...) I know for a fact that light blue is ONLY available from Billund. The model shop actually had a hard time getting them, from what I hear. (Well, not as hard as I have, I am sure.) (...) I would have to say no, because they (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Launch of new site: SimiLego
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(...) You bring up a good point, Kevin. What sort of layout is suitable for display purposes as well as accessibility? I think that in general you do not want to arrange your display tables more than 5 feet in depth. This allows for 2.5 feet access (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Is this true???
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*** Todd I hope this post is in the right place. If not please don't hit me to hard. ;-) I've been looking through a service pack flyer I got in one of my boxes from S@H. It is not for the states but for Europe. I even called S@H to find out if I (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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<snip Mindfest facts> (...) I also plan on doing this. I have permission from Kevin Loch and Matthew Miller to use their pics along with my own plus others that people might let me use. Needless to say this is a lot of pics to go through. Hopefully (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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