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OK, when I originally posted, I had two points. One point was in response to the person who seemed angry with eBay for not ending the auction - and I went about saying why I don't think its in eBay's place to end that auction. Secondly, I said I (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McDonald's LEGO Happy Meal program
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(...) It is much higher than you think. McDonalds has over 25,000 "restaurants." (...) These "poor employees" are probably the people who work in the Enfield model shop that most people think is a dream job. Ha ha ha ha! Not the kind of dream they (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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John Matthews wrote in message ... (...) Thanks, John, I went through a whole bunch of fonts, and the Papyrus font looked really cool, and I didn't even stop to think if others could see it. Eventually, I'll have to redo the page... that'll be fun! (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: ebay: all 8 McD sets + Duplo set dutch 100
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(...) previous (...) I looked up some of the other items they had up for sale. 33 out of 36 of their auctiond have been for special McD's stuff. They can only be a member of MCD's, mgr or someone who can get the stock ahead of time in large (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Ideas for New VW Bug in Lego
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Hey- I had an idea to make one of the new VW Bugs out of Legos. I'm thinking of perhaps Minifig scale, or larger. Does anyone have any suggestions on what parts might be useful? Particularly for the curvy top? Thanks, Cole (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Live Robot Video
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Trying that URL and no luck. any particular time? -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ebay: all 8 McD sets + Duplo set dutch 100
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(...) deal (...) I was curious how this person obtained 100 sets (that's enough for 900 happy meals!). It sounds like McDonalds is being ripped off most of all. To be able to have that large of a quantity, I'm thinking that the seller has an "in" in (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: ebay: all 8 McD sets + Duplo set dutch 100
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(...) And maybe ripping McD's off as well. Unless he paid for them all at his store... (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) Bought it the day it was released to stores - had a minifig. Returned it 2 hours later because it sucked, along with the minifig. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) Well, I do mean to sound harsh. You're wrong. Period. So wrong, in fact, that I must believe you're simply ignorant of the realities of copyright issues. It's either that or you believe that just because someone's doing something wrong and (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Lego (...) a (...) came (...) Thats very possible - I think I worded that badly ("by the time the next three games were released, mini-figs were the chosen premium" would have been better). I think its safe (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) I'm willing to cover the DOS port since I'm working on a DOS->RCX comm project already. I already have my HP LX200 doing minimal comm with the RCX with hopes of having it ride alongside as a computational component. -Wes Matchett (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) I think it is inappropriate and very likely to have an adverse effect on TLG's tolerance of brickshelf.com (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) Matt, I think your right on the order of things, I bought LEGO Island soon after it first came out and it had the mail-in offer in it. A while later I started seeing the boxes labeled "Minifig Inside". Later I started seeing the ones labeled (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest thanks
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On that same note, if any one has extra R2-D2 heads or legs I could use them :) KL (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | RE: Live Robot Video
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Wow. Nice wall of pieces :) And a whole bunch of very nice tread/locomotion setups. Enjoyed the mindless entertainment for a while... -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) I'll start by pulling the 4x code into the NQC source base. That should make it trivial to build a stand-alone command line based downloader for Win32 (95/nt/98), Linux, Solaris, and Mac 68k/ppc under MPW. We could also get Win3.1 and DOS (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Super Value Pack at Wal-Mart
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I had not seen this before so I thought I would mention it here... Today my wife purchased for me a Wal-Mart Super Value Pack. The shrinkwrapped bundle includes a blue, Technic-style carrying case, an (allegedly) exclusive Rock Raiders Crew set (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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(...) I was considering writing an RCX bytecode simulator. If I get some free time I'll throw something together. Considering the last simulator I wrote was for an ARM 7111 with about a dozen on-chip peripherals, modeling the RCX bytecode (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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I see Times New Roman. I have a lot of fonts, but not Papyrus LET. John Matthews John DiRienzo <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message news:FKAEL6.Mx5@lugnet.com... (...) webpage (...) my (...) want (...) different. (...) some (...) and (...) had (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: Live Robot Video
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Thanks everyone who helped me test. We had 10 people at one point watching video. I hope to have something more permanent soon. I cut the video size back a bit and need to build a more sturdy robot (obvious to anyone who watched). Thanks again! Rich (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8226 Mud Masher - Mini Review
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(...) I was pretty impressed with 8226. Normally I don't expect much from the Tech-Play line - especially with such a small set - but I really liked the steering mechanism. Very clever. Dave (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Mindfest thanks
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(...) Wow, I'm flattered! :) Nice to meet you too, Todd, although you probably spent more time talking to my mom than talking to me because I was so busy scrounging for pieces.[1] :) --Bram 1) which reminds me: I seem to have a bunch of incomplete (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: HELP with DAT files!!
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(...) This sounds like you're running LDLite but it's not finding the part files. Several things you might want to check: - Make sure that the path which LDraw is installed into doesn't contain any spaces. - Make sure that your LDRAW environment (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: HELP with DAT files!!
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(...) That's because LDraw is a command line driven DOS program. To see how to open a DAT in LDraw, take a look at: (URL)Also, I can't get the DAT files to open automatically (...) If you want to be able to open a DAT file just by clicking on it, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | FA(eBay): grey & black plates, minifigs, fences, airplane parts
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Airplane parts from 6543 Sail & Fly Marina (x2) and other sets (URL) lattice fences (URL) Town minifigs (URL) black 2xn plates (URL) large grey plates (URL) grey plates incl 1x10,2x10 (URL) Email: kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com Web page: (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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Your analysis is completely wrong. Selling scan CD's is clearly illegal and asking for trouble. public distribution of ANY instruction or catalog scan (regardless of age) is an infringement of copyright. The fact that TLG has passively allowed my (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) of (...) I don't intend to sound harsh, either, but... Well, I have not heard your issues with the trademark/domain clause - or if I have, I forgot. Still, I don't think TLG is going to close the brickshelf (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | HELP with DAT files!!
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Can someone please help me figure out what I am doing wrong? I can't seem to get my DAT files to open. I have downloaded LDRAW and files and installed them. But I have had no luck opening the files. I am using Win95. I just get a blank white screen. (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | RE: Live Robot Video
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Try the page now please. I updated the links to get around the firewall problem. Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Miller Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:05 PM To: (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Live Robot Video
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(...) Not getting through to the e20141aea.inetcam.com site linked on that page. :( (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) I'm not sure this is correct. I know I purchased the game when it first came out, long before they had any other games, and it included a minifig. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Live Robot Video
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Doh! Firewall problems. Try (URL) to see live video (I hope). Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Rich Thompson Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 9:42 PM To: (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) I don't mean to be harsh, but this attitude is very likely to make TLG reconsider their very liberal fair-use policy. I've got issues with the trademark/domain clause, which I'm sure you've all heard. But I think the copyright part is (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ebay: all 8 McD sets + Duplo set dutch 100
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(...) Hubby is looking up to see if McD's has a headquarters web site. I'm sending them that Ebay address. Some Mgr is making some extra money and ripping off some poor kids, or adults!!! Jodi (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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Sorry for another late response. Awhile back I started scanning old Mania magazines, and learned something about this Lego Island game. Lego Island was the first Lego video game. When it was first released, it included a comic, which I thought was (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Live Robot Video
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I am playing with Live Robot Video tonight (Oct 27). If you want to help me test this out, follow this link: (URL) is only an experiment, so your mileage may vary. BTW, I am using an Emerson 900MHZ wireless camera running on batteries. A totally (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms
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(...) Yes, you do need a PC to program the RCX brick. (That can be a intel-based PC, or a Mac, or whatever.) Some of the newer stuff like the Scout brick don't require a PC, but then, they're not very exciting. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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Sorry for the late reply, but... I don't think it is illegal to buy or sell CDs with Lego instructions scans - I've bought six such CDs from various sources. Unlike video tapes which all have the FBI warning and software which always has the user (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | ebay: all 8 McD sets + Duplo set dutch 100
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Someone has put up a dutch auction of 100 sets of the happy meal toys including the Duplo.(Which they state is very hard to find. Duh! They aren't available at the restaurants yet.) Opening bid is $16.00. Probably a good deal if you don't have the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Mindstorms
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Heya all ! I have only one question. Do I need PC if I buy some LEGO Mindstorms kit ? 'couse it was mentioned on Lugnet that I don't need PC for it. Thanks ! e-mail: virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk Rene (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What type of metail are LEGO 9V tracks made of?
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(...) Whatever it is Lego got it right. It is the most trouble free rail I have ever worked with in model railroading. High chrome/nickel steel is my guess. - Jim -- (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | speech recognition with hb
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We are attempting to incorperate a speech recognition board with the hb. We have the hb controlling an rc car. We also have the speech reconition board controlling the hb. Here is the problem, the microphone for the speech recognition kit is on the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Not necessarily the handyboard....
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(...) Of course, if you *really* felt that bad about "pimping," you could've sent that privately and not to the whole list...wink, wink :-) I saw the price of your boards. One word: HOBBIEST I say to heck with the expense of boards, nearly anything (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: S@H airplanes
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(...) a (...) catalog. I managed to get a freebie even with ordering 1775. Of course, I didn't have a catalog in front of me (I stated that to the S@H rep, but it didn't matter). 2 1775s, 2 3438s, a large gray baseplate and two T-junction road (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego in the Onion!
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(...) PLEASE Please please tell me that it was Barney he got!!!!! (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) I ment issues in general, but the prelude to this discussion was someones desire to discuss educational issues beyond the Mindfest event. From my point of view and my area of interests the robotics threads are structured fine. But if I think (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | RE: Double echo
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(...) Yes, it should. The issue is that you never really know if the stack will blast through the 256 byte boundary, unless HAT checks it. You generally allocate small stacks, so HAT could be modified to FORCE the data stack to start at the boundary (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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Actual multiplexing? Or just a touch and a light on each input (since that is all I can find in the NQC tutorial?) Again, curious (though a little frustrated since it will cost ~$40 to copy the floor pattern I need.) Luis (...) ###...### Profanity (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) In fact the rotation sensors work much better for this, because they will easily tell you when you stopped in any direction. It is much more complex to build a bumper which surrounds the RCX and can detect hits from most any direction. I did (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NorthWestFest page is now up
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(...) I found the real URL by taking the fake V3-URL and decapitalizing the word "LEGO" on a hunch. It worked out. Those V3 URL's aren't worth messing with anyway. --Todd (27 years ago, 28-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, your point about handyboard is well taken. And there are many real-world reasons why successful groups grow to cover many allied topics. The WEB is about "not having to know where everything is, to use it". Lots of people connect to Websites, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: 64K UPGRADE
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Yes, you can upgrade your HB to 64K and then use Interactive C on it. After the reset HB operates in a 32KB mode that is compatible with the original HB memory mapping. Your C code, however, shouldn't use the PD5/SS pin on the HC11 as it s used to (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | mecha from virtual-on
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I've been reviewing some great mech designs on lugnet of recent. I'd like to get some info on making workable joints for arms and legs. With the advent of the clik-hinge (a god send in my view) i think a lot has been solved. I was thinking back to (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NorthWestFest page is now up
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Todd Lehman (<FKAFMn.1zy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 00:49:35 (...) Thanks Todd. It works for me, but it's my page :-) Possibly something to do with proxy servers? I dunno, I'm certainly no expert. It should work, once they've got the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sproat's "day in the life" (LOL)
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ROFLOL :D I LOVED Artilery D2. A bit tongue-in-cheek there. I hate it when toy companies take a particularly lame character (not that R2 is lame) from a sci-fi movie and kit them out with the mega-constructo-deat...-packorama just to sell it to the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2 random html questions
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First, is "&" legal in text in HTML? or is "&" preferred? I'm pretty sure all browsers I've ever seen render it correctly.... Second, the "NOSHADE" attribute of the HR element is listed as depreciated. Ok, that's all well and good, but: what's (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: NorthWestFest page is now up
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(...) I got a 404 error trying to load that URL. But it looks like the real URL is: (URL) this helps someone... --Todd (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Your McDonalds sets
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In lugnet.market.shopping, thou, Maggie Cambron (mcambron@pacbell.net), hast wrytted... (...) Heh I wonder if Legophiles will flock to McDonalds like the Beanie Baby lovers. Funny story from my housemate: He was helping his sister move into a new (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Some Small Stuff Wanted
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I am looking for some small lego items, and wanted to know if anyone would consider selling any of these: a black bandanna, one or two "$100" money tiles, the parts to put together an Imperial Guard admiral (the guy with the two- cornered hat with a (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | NorthWestFest page is now up
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Yes folks! Roll up, roll up! Form an orderly queue to sign up for the next UK LEGOfest. All you have to do is (URL) :-) The page will be updated and re-publicised fairly regularly over the next month or so. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: What would you put in a starwars accessories?
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(...) Bounty Hunter:Boba Fett IG-88 Bossk Denger 4-LOM Zuckuss, all with guns These too(5)STORMTROOPERS!!!!!!!! with blasters (5)Rebel Pilots with troop carrier and some ladders so they can get into ther ships (5)TIE pilots with ? (5)Hoth ground (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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On this past discussion of fonts, I began to wonder... I looked at the page of common MS fonts, and the main font on my webpage is not listed. Its called Papyrus LET, and the other font I use a lot is Comic Sans MS (which is fairly common, I (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: What would you put in a starwars accessories?
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(...) Fifteen stormtroopers. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Check out the SW website!!
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(...) Yeah, this one doesn't seem to have "shimmery" hair. (As do a lot of characters in Zahn's SW books, according to his description. A master of evocative prose, that Timothy Zahn.) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) Why, if you're keeping track of motion? I mean, if you suddenly stop, it's probably safe to assume you've hit something. :) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) Yes, plus two touch sensors to implement bumpers. Otherwise, you won't know when you hit an obstacle. That leads to sensor multiplexing, as described in the NQC tutorial. I ended up doing some filtering on the raw multiplexed input, to (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Model team tie question
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(...) That is the TIE Interceptor. Nope, those appear to be 3 of the old style smaller wings in black per wing. The giveaway is the front of the wings are only one dot wide. Joel Kuester (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Model team tie question
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(...) Another good question is why are they carrying 71-- series numbers? Model team models are 55-- series. And don't bite back and say "'cause they're star wars". Think, the droid developers kit, clearly star wars, has a 91-- series number, just (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | What would you put in a starwars accessories?
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What would you put in a starwars classic accessories pack? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | What type of metail are LEGO 9V tracks made of?
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I was just reading some model railroad information that discussed the various metals used to create track. Does anyone know what LEGO track is made of? -- Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Check out the SW website!!
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(URL) out this page, and tell me that whoever came up with that is a pathetic person and not fit to be have anything to do with Star Wars. I mean Dark Forces II MOTS Mara looks like 20X better than that and she was comuter designed. Couldn't they (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Not necessarily the handyboard....
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(...) <blatant self-promotion> I work for ComputerBoards, Inc., a company that makes high quality yet inexpensive expansion cards for Intel platforms. We have just about anything you could need for analog or digital I/O, serial communications, GPIB, (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Model team tie question
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Which fighter is this supposed to represent? Are those black starwars wings i see on this model? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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So what are you guys thinking about then (sensor wise?) If I understand you correctly, then you are trying to mount two rotation sensors and one light sensor? Just curious- I'm working on a similar problem, but am choosing to go with floor marking (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GP2D05 (correction)
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I apologize for the previous mail on the GP2D05 subject. The information I gave was base on my careless assumption (duhh) which was also wrong. Once again, I am sorry for any inconvenience. =o( Rob (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) Lego (minifig) scale is much closer to O scale (1:48) which makes a 1x4 brick 5 feet long and a minifig a sizable 6ft 6in. If it is agreed that 5ft 8in is a more reasonable height for the average human than the scale is closer to 1:42 which (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Saucers *could* be okay...
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(...) Im not afraid of the saucers at all, especially if it has bottom versions of them... I would love to find ways to use them in my ships, but so far the saucers from UFO were terribly colored and hideously decaled. The Falcon's saucers would at (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) They actually replaced the spring with a little cylinder. I was able to make a non firing cannon fire but due to the type of spring I put in it the cannon is hard to fire. When it does fire ,watch out, as the 1x1 goes ZZZIIIIPPP across the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NZ spares stock buyout? (was Some disturbing news
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(...) It's too late. My Lego source said that it was too expensive to ship them over, so they were sold off in NZ, or as she put it "liquidated" (Arg! I had nightmares of a technicoloured Lego soup!!). I trust Lego NZ did not "liquidate" the way (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GP2D05
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I am using the GP2D02 which is also identical to the GP2D05 except that on the GP2D05 you can manually set the threshole using the built-in trimpot. I am using Barry Brouillet driver for interfacing to the Handyboard/w expansion board and it works (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Firmware behaviour
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(...) The on/off button is always operational. It makes a great NO! STOP THAT! button when your robot is tearing itself apart accidentally. :) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) In your mind, which issues brought up by/at MindFest are the most important ones to carry on (that aren't covered already yet by online groups), or which would you most like to see covered? (...) Interesting. I wonder if that answer assumes (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) I have a copy but no scanner :( The logo says Arctic, and it's got a mountain in the background - it's all very stylised so that really is about all there is too it! I think the minifigs mentioned (orange and holding Crystals) are actually (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Not necessarily the handyboard....
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I have an old 486 laptop and a few motors and sensors lying around...Does anyone know of a DSP board or some other device I could use to interface the motors and sensors to the laptop for real- time data aquistion? (I already have my handyboard (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) I'd love to see something based on this. (It's something I'm working on too, actually.) My sense is that small imprecisions will quickly add up to large errors, making this method difficult. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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(...) The SW sets would be great as they have the better colours (greys, browns, etc). Although what will you do with 500 Darth Maul's or Luke's?!?!? I'm personally after lt. and dk. grey plates and bricks and slopes, so the red bucket doesn't (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Double echo
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(...) Standalone loader would be nice. (...) Well, the most important, of course, is the stack bug. BTW, what about multitasker? How many cells would you recommend to allocate? Should be it checked by HAT word or not? (...) Sure, I would like to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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(...) These things are commercially avaible already, my uncle has one. If I remember correctly, it was made by Husqvarna. The major drawback is that the solar power driven one is +/- Hfl 8000 ($4000). One with batteries is half as expensive. Really (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4559 Cargo Railway
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(...) Correction the link above leads to a nice design for an AMT 2000 locomotive. The Genesis is taller and would probably look better with the tall club car design. - Jim ___ (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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| | Firmware behaviour
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Hi all, does the ON/OFF Button work while a program is running with the standard firmware? Or do you need to press RUN to stop it first? Markus. (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4559 Cargo Railway
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In lugnet.reviews, Joseph Gonzalez writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> I agree! That is why I bought two of them. The kits can be used to make a reasonable "superliner like" passenger train. For the cars 4547 (club car) is a good (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: legOS limitation
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Hi Colin, (...) The one task per priority level requirement is gone at least since March. There is a priority chain mechanism now, with round-robin scheduling within a priority level. (...) Yes, a task won't die while higher-priority tasks are (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mindfest thanks
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(...) Bram, it was great honor to meet you finally -- I've been a great admirer of your LDraw work for as long as you've been doing it. Seeing those two trucks in person was also quite a mind-filler! :) --Todd (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: LEGO Club memebership (was: Bluewater offers)
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Sorry, I didn't explain too well - Keychains are _not_ available from TLG UK, unless you're a club member. In other words, you can call LEGO in Wrexham to order current service packs, replacements for broken or missing parts (even from non current (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Personal Pirates Trivia
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Is this possible using hull sections from the 'Flying Time Vessel' ? They seem to be abundantly available now and then at attractive prices. Ray (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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