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Sproat probably announced this back in July. But if you haven't seen it, you've GOT to see his entries for his "day in the life" page (meeting Mark Hammill and the bug-eyed doctor pages). (URL) finally got around to reading the whole storylines this (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New S@H catalog is a disappointment (to me)
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(...) That's typical of S@H catalogs -- if it came out this year, it's still new. I wonder if they use a bigger mailing list for the holiday catalog than they do for the quarterly catalogs? That would provide some small rationalization for (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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(...) Sounds like I may need to make a run on RCX units if I want some for use with train layouts etc where I want them running on wall power rather than battery power. Any idea why TLG has removed the power jack? (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Your McDonalds sets
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(...) Unless things change much from normal Happy Meal toy distribution: McDonald's always claims there wil be a different set each week, and usually has a marker in the stores showing which one it's supposed to be. BUT, not every McD's follows this (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Latest Update for The Toy Aid to the Turkish Eartquake Children
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Hi friends, Larry kindly offered me to host the pictures that I've taken and I think they will be up and running when Larry finds time to do that. Here is a copy of the message that I've sent to Larry. It describes the latest and final situation (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Shopping experiences
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I'll start watching more carefully. What do you guys want me to look for? There's not much among the current sets that appeals to me at present, apart from Star Wars, and I'm well satisfied (broke) at present. Despite a great deal of effort up and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 8001 Battledroid in UK
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(...) Would one of the British cats who bought that model please post some contact info for stores in the UK (email addresses would be great!) that might send us over here in the States one of them? I really want one, and I'm not a patient man. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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(...) Yeah, it's odd to finally see people in person-- I think I had the same reaction when I met Todd, but then again, I don't think anyone could have shown up and filled my 'image' of him... Most people I just don't really get an image for... As (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Lost set
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Hi all you boat lovers, I almost had dream come true recently, winning a good example of lego set 4030 in an auction in Canada. I advised the seller to send the set by airmail which he says he did on the 16th September but the set never arrived. I (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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(...) I'd like to see a linux version. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) scale (...) on (...) Cool! Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Nautilus
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) my (...) Definitely cool. And I can't use a lego cannon to blow a hole in a wet paper bag, let alone sink anything. Highly over-rated weapons. Having had shooting cannons only, until I recently scored some (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Minifig Modification
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(...) All hail Shaka the Mighty! Hey Bruce what are you going to be using the transfer paper for? Let me hear your ideas, because if they could be implemented and save me the trouble of painting I am all for it. More later.... Mark L (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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(...) Thanks for the ideas Craig. Any ideas on straw skirts? LMK Mark L (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) <snip> (...) So, we have three "ö" s when we get together...:-) My father had been in Germany for several years as a worker in 1960s, but I don't think it is related with that..:-) Selçuk (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mumble, mumble, Lego reps and shopping experiences
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Howdy, Well without causing too much trouble i hope, i say that once you've been into one toy's r us, you've been to them all. Prices are the same, range is the same (although one might be better stocked in quantity than another). The one i frequent (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | GP2D05
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Hi Anybody got the GP2DO5 IR module working with the Handyboard (without expansion board) using IC ? I always seem to get a Logic "1" from the detector even if there are no obstacles in front of the detector. Any hints will be greatly appreciated. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lower away!
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(...) I would make the davits from a "4262 Technic Plate 1 x 6 with Holes" ('!'), two "4263 Technic Plate 1 x 4 with Holes" ('/', '-'), and two "4274 Technic Pin 1/2" ('o') each: o-- / o ! ! Hinge them with a "3673 Technic Pin" at the bottom, and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Using alternate part lib in POV?
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(...) You would have to write a program to do that, Anton's library uses a different scale and I guess another CS too (and probably there are some parts that have their centers at a different place). Leonardo (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) This is a brilliant insight. I am not a "teacher" by trade (I also have the title "Engineer" tattooed across my cranium) but I have had many opportunities to teach small classes on various topics. It took me awhile to discover that trying to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Your McDonalds sets
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How are they made available? One per happy meal? A different one each week, or randomly? Anyone fancy getting me a set? :-) Huw (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Glen's 3rd Lego Auction - 10/27 Update
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Welcome to Glen's third assorted Lego set auction. Listed below are the sets I am selling. This e-mail is separated into three sections. First is the listing of the sets for sale and the current price. Second is a detailed list of the set containing (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Whither Terry Keller?
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(...) Hello Jeremy, Attention: I have a new E-Mail address (see header) On September 10th I've submitted a new part to jjmemorial@geocities.com 12 days later Terry send me a confirmation that he had received the submission. He also said that he had (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3hfjd41b0.fsf@....uio.no... (...) It is 350mm high and has a surprisingly high number of parts. I have not counted, but I would estimate something in the order of 150-200. As I (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) kinda (...) I would like to second this. Although it may have sounded like we were ravaged by a bunch of brats it was really only a couple of kids causing 90% of the "Kid" problem. Most of the kids there were extremely mature, intelligent, and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tine Dairy Truck in Norway?
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Jeremy Dailey <jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:FK9D07.CyH@lugnet.com... (...) They were only ever available by mail-order, I believe, and the promotion has I ended I am told. You're more likely to get one from a Norwegian AFOL here. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FK838r.Fq5@lugnet.com... (...) Less than 2% of my sets are unopened. Less than 30% remain made up. (...) Yes, particularly promotional sets. (...) What else? (...) My ceative activity (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Pirates, Castle, Blacktron, Police, Ice Planet 2002, M Ton and Space for sale
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I have now added this information online Look under the Big Sale Sign: (URL) reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Using alternate part lib in POV?
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All, Just wondering if there was a way to force POV to use Anton's part library while rendering a model converted with L3P? It'd be nice to have smooth curves on cones and such. Thanks, Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) few, the proud...the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Some interesting Stats on Mindfest photo pages
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Troy, Thanks so much for this. This is incredible. <snip some rather impressive stats> (...) WOW!!! That is just too cool. (...) Thanks again to Troy for some great work. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ***** MLCad V1.5 Released *****
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Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in <FK3oFF.Fs7@lugnet.com>: (...) Michael, Just wanted to say that MLCad has been absolutely incredible! I really appreciate all your hard work. Keep it up! Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) few, the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why basic bricks are cheap in US (was Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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Where I said 'classic' I meant 'basic', sorry. Eric (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tine Dairy Truck in Norway?
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Does anyone know what it takes to purchase a Tine Dairy truck over in Norway (if they're still available)? I have a co-worker that might be headed over that way in a few weeks for some business, and am curious if it'll be easy or not... Thanks! (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Dutch Auction Experiences
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(...) Thanks for the information. I acquired some 8480 Space Shuttles from a hobby shop going out of business for $112.53 each. I wanted to try a Dutch Auction, but I haven't seen if they were profitable or not. I had an overseas buyer backout on (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: controlling RCX from PC?!
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(...) I agree with your conclusion (separating 'driving' from 'navigating'), but there is a slight difference between the RCX and Pathfinder: the latter had videocameras, allowing it to see much further and also understand better the environment. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) are (...) hurdle (...) that (...) problem (...) have (...) Perhaps we are approaching the problem wrong when we try to to get them to notice us by using a dollar ammount or a piece count as an attractive minimum order (as has been discussed (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Anyone got pictures of the new technic pieces?
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Some new parts at (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Anyone got pictures of the new technic pieces?
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I normally use the technic element registry when i am looking for parts pics but that does not have any of the cool new parts (such as the double pin piece for example) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Liam Parnell writes (...) I agree. My most recent creation (see earlier post 'large space/military vehicle, web site at (URL) the way it does as much by the constraints made by the bricks I had available as it does to my concept (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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Todd, Dave, Ralph, OK!! This can work. I like the simple .edu (I was just grumbling, avoiding the Educator noun...) We're all learners and teachers. I'm out the door to work on Mindstorms with my Grandchildren! Be back this PM.... Todd, who can (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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(...) That sounds interesting. I tend to model inanimate objects like most people. (...) Yes, I am always amazed at those models which use 1000's of the same bricks, and seeing folks say they bought dozens of buckets just to get the right number of (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: controlling RCX from PC?!
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nik heger wrote in message ... (...) Remember the NASA Pathfinder? Signal round-trip was about 30 minutes! Still, they did some interesting research. Try to put more decision-making capabilities in the RCX itself and let the PC handle its behaviour (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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There has been much discussion lately about the ordering of bulk parts. One of the suggestions was to set up a mechanism to purchase currently available sets in large quantities and then part them out. While this solution does not solve all the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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Dear RcxCC users, I am running out of ideas of what to add to Rcx Command Center. So I like to ask you what you like to see next. Please be as specific as you can. In particular, I have heard a number of people making remarks about tools for (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Why basic bricks are cheap in US (was Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3815C171.E7E205BE@gate.net>... (...) I think you may be right for at least some of the 'special' pieces. For example, the technic pieces are produced in Swiss mainly. BUT, there's also another reason why basic brick (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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(...) Sorry, I probably spelled out the sentence wrongly. I meant to say that someone had bought the set in the UK, and I really don't know anything more about the availablilty of the set. (...) I've already seen some scans of the new parts, so that (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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(...) Yup that´s the one. (...) Was ? not any longer ? I don´t know about here. It´s a special preview/presale for Vedes toy stores. I asked to see their catalogue, to see the other new sets, but TLG hasn´t released a "sales"-catalogue for the shops (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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(...) This is the 8001, right? (URL) I learned that this was available (some places) in the UK for approx £20 as well. I find this price a tad expensive. I mean, the 8001 doesn't really seem to have that many parts. Perhaps twice as many parts as a (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Mumble, mumble, Lego reps and shopping experiences
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Hi all, It would be useful to me at least for some Sydneysider to indicate where the better Lego shopping is. I mean, Toys'r'Us by Moore Park is the best I've seen, and that was not very good compared to Wellington (NZ) where I lived last year. Is (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Desperation sets in!!
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Hi Paul, I have two of the spocked wheels you are looking for. just Email me an address and there yours. Jeffrey Baldwin Heatwaaave@aol.com (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Some news, thoughts and questions
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After a week offline, I found over 300 posts from LUGNET/StarWars in my email. So please excuse if I repeat old "news". The Battledroid is available in Germany for 59.99 DM at all Vedes stores. The release for the other 2 droids is Feb.2000. I just (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Servo 16 pgm +SPI on HC11
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I have to admit that I have not actually finished the project, work commitments meant that it was shelved for a while. The easiest way to communicate to the HC11 is to use the software from the HB website that allows you to use one of the pins on (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego Creator soft ware
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No Train wheels yep! that could be a problem thanks for the info. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.games)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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It's 8 1/2 x 11 , one sheet, folds up and could be put into (...) discovered (...) They only seem to come in some of the larger sets now days.... (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Some interesting Stats on Mindfest photo pages
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As some of you may know, I recently resized Mathew Miller's Mindfest photos and hosted them on my site. I just went over the log statistics and found them rather interesting. Daily Totals for troy.simplenet.com: Kilobytes Date Clients Hits Page Hits (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Double echo
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(...) I also think that standardisation is not a primary goal in our case ;) I still can't see a real necessity to have it as switchable feature, but having these ECHO_ON / ECHO_OFF available it's better then nothing. Would be nice to have them in a (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Datsville is filling up!
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Lars C. Hassing wrote in message ... (...) You can grab a new beta v1.2 Win32 L3P32 at (URL) has room for 2000 different parts (DAT files). Be sure to try out the new STUDS flag in the POV-file to reduce rendering time during the test renderings. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Debugging
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I am developing a course at SJSU using the handyboard as the microcontroller for a competition being held at the end of the semester. This new course have us build the handyboard from scratch and go through the debugging process. I have help some (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | EXPLANATION FROM DYA
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Hi Legofans, I give you explanation concerning the prices on DYA website. I suppose you live in different countries. In France and European Community, on account of customs laws, we pay the price with the french tax: it's the price T.T.C. (all (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | EXPLANATION FROM DYA
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Hi Legofans, I give you explanation concerning the prices on DYA website. I suppose you live in different countries. In France and European Community, on account of customs laws, we pay the price with the french tax: it's the price T.T.C. (all (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | EXPLANATION FROM DYA
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Hi Legofans, I give you explanation concerning the prices on DYA website. I suppose you live in different countries. In France and European Community, on account of customs laws, we pay the price with the french tax: it's the price T.T.C. (all (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Mythical creatures was:Re: Pricing and stuff
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(...) I've seen them too...Even talked to them down here in Vic.Unfortunately, you can't always believe what they say :-(, as I was told that this year we would probably be getting an Aus only range [Although there is still time] by a Lego rep at (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | 8001 Battledroid in UK
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In case anyone is interested, I have just purchased an 8001 Battledroid in Toys 'R Us in Aberdeen for GBP 19.99. I guess that means that they are now generally available in the UK. Having just assembled the model I just have to ask "when are TLC (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: BT2 *mostly* bites (Was: Picture of Falcon?)
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(...) I actually used to have a grey ball cap with the Space logo on it that I bought at a skate shop for $25. It was really cool, I have NO idea what happened to it though =/ Kya (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Blue Steep Sloped Corners
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Richard Marchetti wrote in message ... (...) or (...) as (...) I'm not a space fan, but it could be this one: (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5918 Scorpion Tracker
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(...) I enjoyed the model so much I bought two of them!!! (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: NELUG - Some things we learned while presenting at Mindfest
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(...) I sincerely hope that you set him straight? Bratty kids usually grow up to be adult jerks. 'Course, in this situation the dad is probably as much if not more to blame than the kid... (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego in the Onion!
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(...) Whahahahaha! I received both the Lego and Lincoln Log ultimatums when I was a kid. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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(...) As of now, it doesn't seem like there is a whole lot of interest in the event. I know it would *really* help if I knew how many people we were dealing with in GMLUG and especially how many live in Chicago. Chicago maniacs are not notorious for (...) (27 years ago, 27-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, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Who says you have to have bought the incredibly CRAPPY current service packs to have the right to complain about lack of bulk purchases? What on earth would the mostly stupid, over-priced poor selection packs do for me if I needed 1,000 tiles (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) 1. Pitchforks 2. Gray macaroni bricks 3. White macaroni bricks 4. Black macaroni bricks 5. Green macaroni bricks 6. White 1x2 tiles 7. Black 1x2 tiles 8. Red 1x2 tiles 9. Green 1x2 tiles 10. Yellow 1x2 tiles 11. Blue 1x2 tiles and so on... (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA(eBay): train platforms, tan baseplates and parts, MT windscreens, more...
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4 train/dock platforms (URL) thick green bases 12x24x1 (URL) tan baseplates 16x32 (URL) Model Team 5x10x3 windscreens (URL) TAN parts w. clips or pins (URL) black 3x2 angled bricks (URL) tan 1x4x3 thinwalls (URL) black 1x4x3 thinwalls (URL) Email: (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) I was moved and motivated too -- and had a great time overall. (And I didn't even get to see half of everything!) (...) Hmm, so there was no panel "by educators, for educators" to discuss meta-topics? How about workshops? I missed the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | I've donated my body to sensors
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I was really inspired by the Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinsen and Mike Petrich who talked about using Galvanic Skin Response sensors. This is the measurement of skin resistance and how it changes with emotional state. I've started to experiment (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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Well, what I think (hope!) Richard means is... well... to start from scratch: The subsumption architecture is a way of thinking about programming robots. The idea is that you program lots of very small, simple modules that take simple inputs and (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Blue Steep Sloped Corners
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I apologize if this is inappropriately posted to the wrong category. But I was wondering if anyone can identify the set that contains Ble Steep Sloped Corner pieces. These are approximately 2x2 at the base and 3 high, or 2x2x3. I could use about (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Expansion Board and Smooth PWM
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Bill, after unzipping the files, copy all the downloaded drivers into your interactive C Libs directory. These drivers must reside in this directory (drive:\IC\Libs) in order for IC to load them at startup. You will be asked if you want to replace (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) I don't see how this is relative to the question asked? The fact that I have not ordered any parts packs proves that TLG does not offer anything that I wish to purchase. It does not determine if I have a right to complain about it or not. If (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RCX 1.0 availablilty
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This is a message I posted on RTL: Here is what I have observed so far: The RCX's in the plain 1.0 boxes all have power jacks. The RCX's in the 1.0 boxes with 1.5 upgrade stickers also have the jacks The RCX's in the 1.5 boxes do not have power (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: motor current trick
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A couple of easy things that you can do to increase the current capabilities of the motor drivers are: (1) replace the L293Ds with SN754410 chips (available from Acroname), and (2) piggyback one H-bridge chip on top of the other to handle almost (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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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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| | motor current trick
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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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