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Each one of the 3** sets you want returns muliple sets on lugnet. eg: (URL) Harrison wrote in message <38171330.5000D297@o...net.au>... (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ball joints and the 8440
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(...) I'm not too happy with this steering setup, as it will only allow the front wheels to turn by a quite small angle. On the other hand, the parts included in the 8440 set can be used to make independent steering wheel suspension (you will also (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Trein set 4560
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Hallo allemaal, Heeft iemand van jullie al eens een trein set #4560 in Duitsland gekocht ? Dat is dezelfde doos als trein set #4561 Alpen Expres, maar dan zonder de transformator en regelunit. En dat klinkt mij als muziek in de oren, omdat ik (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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Additional observations: - at the start of any program, the Scout emits barcode 004 which triggers a 'steam puff' sound in the Code Pilot (if it's in record mode). The Scout seems to emit no other barcodes (but motor left, motor right, motor float (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) One other idea on that same line of thought -- the very first thing I wanted to do as soon as I got the two motors hooked together and working (which really only takes a couple of seconds) was to make the wire longer -- to put more distance (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) Last week I built a little non-robot vehicle using four of the new internally geared-down Technic 9v motors. Two of the motors were connected directly to the wheels, the other two motors served as human-cranked generators to power the motors (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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(...) Scott, if you're going to make it a straight sale. I will commit to specific pieces at a certain price. I'll even prepay. <ICS> (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA(eBay): trans space parts, space wheels, large arches in grey & black
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Trans-orange corridor walls and corners (URL) corridor walls and corners (URL) domes & canopies (URL) trans-yellow accessories (URL) grey arches, 7 kinds (URL) black arches, 6 different kinds (URL) small black space wheels (URL) space wheels in (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 4561 Railway Express for $93.57 @ kbkids
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(...) Thxs for the information i planed on getting it and that is a good price. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Any Lego User groups in Japan ?
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(...) Gilles, Try asking around in the lugnet.loc.jp (Nippon) group -- good luck! --Todd p.s. I had the opportunity to meet Jin Sato this past weekend, and he's very excited to meet more people in this group. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA(eBay): many orange and other parts lots ending Fri, going cheap!
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Star wars printed pieces (URL) Wars click hinges (URL) SW Forest Luke w. sabers (URL) Orange Star Wars engine parts (URL) large Star Wars engines (URL) orange 2x2 tiles (URL) orange parts, 4 kinds (URL) cones: green, orange, white (URL) Podracer (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Any Lego User groups in Japan ?
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Hello, Being expatriate in Tokyo, Japan, I am looking for local AFOL ? Anyone out here ? Of course, Japanese is OK ! $BEl5~$K=;$s$G$k!!!...(Busers's group$B!!!JBg?M!K$,!!M-(B $B$j$^$9!!$+!!!)(B Gilles / $B%8%k(B (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Zach's third LEGO auction (update 22) - last call
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All high bids made on or before 10/24/99 have advanced to GOING 1; those that were GOING 1/2 in the last update all have advanced to the next level. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New Web Page
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(...) Okay...I've been gone for a while! The address is... (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Okay...I've been gone for a while! The address is... (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well not exactly, I put my web page back up. It has pictures of some original space creations. Tell me what you think! Felix PS- be sure to check out the Halloween Lego Design Contest this Halloween! (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Personal Pirates Trivia
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(...) I have made a few ships with 6 mid-sections they always looked like a canoe as stated by someone else. so about four months ago i did cut the hulls apart and now have ships that look great. i used my band saw with a 1/16 wide blade and the cut (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | 4561 Railway Express for $93.57 @ kbkids
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By using the 10% off coupon at (URL) (not sure but it appears you can use this more than once) + 20% off sale + free shipping at (URL) you can get a 4561 Railway Express for $93.57. Seems like a fairly nice deal for those of us that have jumped in (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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(...) I'll say! :) I finally finished sorting, but I didn't do any counting. However, to give you an idea of what I got: my pickings don't fit in the tray from 8880. Picture the largest compartment in that tray overflowing with 33 degree slopes and (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Questions regarding a conceptual cargo elevator.
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Hello Steve, Stephen Link <slink@gte.net> wrote in article <FKBz48.3rz@lugnet.com>... (...) cargo (...) as (...) my (...) the (...) I can't offer any LEGO set references that can help you, but you may want to check out this site: (URL) is a large (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Announce: NQCIPC update
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As some of you may know, about three weeks ago I released a package called NQCIPC that provides a basic API for semaphores and intertask messaging on NQC. Originally written for NQC 1.x, it's been updated for 2.x and I'd be interested in seeing what (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: part ID please
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(...) It's from set 6970 Beta-1 Command base it came out in 1980. Steve Link (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | More Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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I vote for WAFOL as well. My absolute favorite is SLLUG but if you folks think it's difficult to use because the "Linuxers" have the .org version, ok. I decided NUTLUG was,...well, too nutty. Do we have a majority now? On our website we will need to (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: JPEG compression (was: Re: One of the Mindfest pics)
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Do the cameras offer PNG, which can do 24 bit lossless compression? KL (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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(...) Ditto. I wasn't thinking outside the square with my minifig comment. You can never have enough minifigs! Pulling them apart and making new combinations is the way to go. Doh!!! I should have thought of that before I made that comment. I'm game (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | JPEG compression (was: Re: One of the Mindfest pics)
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(...) Speaking of JPEG compression, here's a comparison of JPEG (lossy) vs. TIFF (non-lossy) for three images: (3 URLs) the last of the three pages contains several megabytes of inline images. --Todd (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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| | First batch of captioned NELUG Mindfest pic's done.
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Well the first batch of Sorted and Captioned Mindfest pic's are done. I have finished the NELUG table page and a People page with Captions so you can finally see who some of these people are. Unfortunately we still are missing a ton of people (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Free (empty) Buckets
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I have about 20 empty buckets (from old brick and freestyle sets) that need to go. If anyone local wants them we can arrange to meet at some convenient place. Otherwise, I'll have to throw most of them out. KL (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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Man that was so much fun. Unfortunately, I was too busy running my mouth to notice the free-for-all that it degenerated to at the end. I did get a bunch of slopes and tiles and of course the 5 R2D2 bodies. Next year I think I'll bring one of those (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Check out the SW website!!
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(...) It seems when they "flesh" out a fictional character they are never what you imagine. You should see some of the poor attempts at Lara Croft down here. If that's the best they can do then they haven't looked too far. She looks like Two Face's (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 8226 Mud Masher - Mini Review
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The Mud Masher was one of the first Technic sets I bought following MindStorms (after my dark age). I think it is a bit expensive for what it is, but the design is very cool. This model ranks with the very most 'playable' LEGO models of all! Build (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.reviews)
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| | lego Technic "class"
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Hey, am I the first to post here? Cool! A few weeks ago I started running a Technic building session once a week for 2 hours at my daughter's school. This is an alternative school (non-coercive academically) where parents volunteer half a day a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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Or perhaps at your front page, suggest that folks download the font and provide a link to it. That is what I did with Verdana a couple of years ago. I suspect most folks have picked up since then. It is a Great Font! Of course Papyrus looks good as (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Has anybody tried to make the Asland Plaza Hotel?
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I'm kind of curious if anybody has made it or something close to it. If so could somebody mail it to me? I need to make a hotel and I need some ideas. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ball joints and the 8440
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Antony Furneaux wrote in message ... (...) like to get this (...) have good or bad (...) IMHO, I have enjoyed the set. The steering works well (ball joints included). The only complaint I have, as usual, is the stickers. I did not put mine on. Eric (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Tutorials and materials for teaching Lego robotics
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NOTE: This discussion started in lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc when Mark Overmars in the Netherlands asked "What would we like to see added to his RcxCC (Rcx Command Center for NQC)?" But this ended up being an example of the Education-oriented questions (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) have-- (...) of (...) SOMEWHERE (...) for? (...) managed (...) It's (...) of (...) Well, I should have waited before replying. I just got another in the mail today. Unfortunately the original auction pictures (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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Mark, even though it's "Not Quite RcxCC", are you open to more 'features' in your tutorial "Programming Lego Robots using NQC" ?? (Looking for URL... mmmm..) found at: (URL) is more related to the 'Education' stuff we've been talking about (and will (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: Double echo
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(...) I think I can add auto stack stuff before the weekend. (...) I did it, it works. (...) Yes, but hopefully if you set the mode, you wont forget it too quickly! :-) Here are the new words for the next release: RCX_ECHO - a variable, initially 0 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Questions regarding a conceptual cargo elevator.
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I do not know of any set that has an abundance of worm segments. I would suggest buying the service pack 5229. There are two segments in each pack along with several gears. The pack is available at Shop at Home Lego 1-800-453-4652. This is for USA. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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(...) Hey, don't forget about JVZ II -- he managed to score at least 10, maybe 20, grey 2x2 convex-corner sloped bricks...I was drooooling at the sight of that! Me, I built a "Timmy launcher" and came home with an fair supply of dark gray 2xN (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MindFest coverage
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Jonathan Knudsen <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message (...) I was so busy I didn't get a chance to take many photos. Sorry I missed one of you Johathan (the god of Mindstorms books). For those that want a look: (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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(...) Finally someone with the guts to let everyone know about the LEGO free for all. Man was that fun. I think the two big winners were Bram and Dave. I did pretty well myself I did not count every piece before I sorted everything but I would guess (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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(...) I prolly don't count (see my last post in the nominations thread) but I like Waffle...I mean WAFOL ^_^ Kya (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) I'm currently in the Houston area (after leaving the SLC area), and I don't think the world revolves around Houston. I can't say I'd be horribly bothered if a hurricane took the Houston area off the face of the planet, along with another city (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest - Signs and Information that would be nice when presenting in public.
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(...) that (...) Todd, I think they really looked great. I have not handled them with wet hands yet but they look great. The perferations are some of the least noticable I have seen which is one of the biggest problems I have with those sheets most (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 10
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Note: I will be out of town on Saturday, so there will be no advancing that day. 1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, $50-$150 by $2, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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In (...) More correctly for OO is 4mm/ft :) Some of us model to 18.83, which is exact scale gauge OO. (16.5, 18, 18.2,18.83,19 mm are all used with 'standard' gauge track in 4 mm :)0 (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Firmware behaviour
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(...) And I always thought people would strike at the red button instinctively. Well, it's the green one. legOS will behave likewise, then - ON/OFF will work even if tasks are running. Markus. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: UK to US money transfers
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ian Bishop (<eBnuerAPvIG4EwKF@g...mon.co.uk> ) wrote at 17:45:51 (...) I don't think it's 'foil-wrapped for freshness', it's just that light doesn't pass through the metal, so no-one can tell what's inside :-) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | an interesting site, may be of use
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one of my co-workers sent me this site, might be of use to some of us here. (URL) daze (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Engine Pics
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I finished a stream engine and tender recently. I put pictures of it at (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MindFest coverage
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I have an article and a few pictures here: (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Your McDonalds sets
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I asked a manager friend of mine and was stated $1.79 each. Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life. ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:FKBMEE.Mu3@lugnet.com... (...) McD's (...) other (...) similar (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Live Robot Video
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The URL is broken (a firewall problem). The working URL is (URL) video is still on, but no robot is attached. What you see instead is a live picture of the lego room. Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New newsgroups lugnet.robotics.edu & lugnet.edu
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lugnet.robotics.edu and lugnet.edu have just been created. For background information on how these came to be, please see the following messages and related threads: (URL) <-- especially this one (URL) <-- and this one (3 URLs) new discussion groups (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.robotics.edu )------
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Welcome to lugnet.robotics.edu, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.robotics.edu (group): Learning and teaching with robotics: LEGO® robotics in the classroom; investigatory projects and project learning; project questions, (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.edu )------
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Welcome to lugnet.edu, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.edu (group): Broad educational issues and meta-topics for teachers, students, engineers, classroom volunteers, mentors, hackers, hobbyists, kids, and anyone who wants to learn (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Chaining multiple RCX's output to input
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I use two resistors in series with the motor (one between the + side of the sensor port and the + side of the motor, and the other between the - side of the motor and the - side of the sensor port). That allows the additional advantages that: - the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) Depending on the wheels/tracks your bot has, and the surface it moves on, there is often a good chance that you will experience slippage, i.e. the bot will be blocked but the wheels/tracks are still moving. Bumpers are a decent way to (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tattoine Rebel Soldier :)
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Dennett wrote in message <199910281114170010....te.net>... (...) My personal favorite is simply putting Luke's head on Darth Maul's body/cape, add yellow hands with the hood and you have Luke meets Jabba. "You will take me to Jabba now..." (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Looking for the Tine Dairy Truck (#1029), among some other items...
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Okay, since the only way LEGO makes decent-looking Town vehicles anymore is through promotional sets (*sob*), I'm looking for a #1029 Tine Dairy Truck. I'm entertaining reasonable buy/trade offers (including the immensely popular #3438 McDonald's (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: new pieces (was Re: Wot no RCX power connector?)
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Sorry ... www.legoworldshop.com --> USA (Go) --> Lego Mindstorms --> 3803 RIS Upgrade Kit --> produces: ***...*** 3803 Robotics Invention System Upgrade Kit Note: This product requires the Robotics Invention System™ Ages: 12+ Price $ 24.99 The set (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More powerful motor (was: stuff)
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(...) On Sat 16 Oct, Stephen Unwin (Me) wrote: (...) also there is short-circuit braking which will also come into play during PWM pulses (...) Forget that! (it does work but it can be simplified). Assuming a separate supply again for a more (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Double echo
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Hi Ralph, (...) Yea, no stack-hungry applications... Just to be sure, do you plan to add an automatic stack boundary alignment to HAT word? I think it could be a good solution. And memory, you are right, with Forth we have enough memory ;-> (...) (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Check out the SW website!!
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(...) with (...) LOL :) (...) I almost puked when I saw that picture. The Lucas Arts' Mara, like I said is 20x better. Just go to the JK II MOTS page on their site. She actually looks cool, but this person, well that's a whole nother story... Ryan (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Tattoine Rebel Soldier :)
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I was messing around with my SW figs, trying to make cool Rebel Soldiers. I came up with this one. It would make a good desert soldier. Tan legs, brown hips, Hoth Soldier torso, tan arms, any color hands, brown backpack(from old Imp Armada sets), (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Tattoine Rebel Soldier :)
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I was messing around with my SW figs, trying to make cool Rebel Soldiers. I came up with this one. It would make a good desert soldier. Tan legs, brown hips, Hoth Soldier torso, tan arms, any color hands, brown backpack(from old Imp Armada sets), (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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(...) I can't believe that you could just scoop armfulls of Lego into you bags!! That is incredible!! I am sooo...ooo jealous!! I'd part with vital organs for that oportunity!! ;) Now that the sillyness has worn off, maybe we'll see some more (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | antwoord van Lego Nederland (Dutch)
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Beste LEGO fan, Bedankt voor je E-mail. Wat wij u kunnen vertellen is dat in de eerste week van november de MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System in Nederland verkrijgbaar zal zijn, dit betreft de Nederlandse versie 1.5. De richtprijs voor deze LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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(...) I'd be up for fairly large quanties of several parts in the SW sets at the right price. Tiles and macaroni bricks for sure. My willing-to-pay price might be lower than some (I'm sure of it) but for popular parts like that it wouldn't matter. (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ORANGE @ THE BRICKYARD!!!
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(...) No reason for chagrin. I'm glad you had the picture, I just wanted to whine a little because I got all excited over silver macaroni bricks. :D (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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(...) If you really prefer that font, why not make the titles in that font into low-bandwith gif files? (Images of text are easy to get down to less than 2Kb.) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Idea for Parts replacement to be more efficient
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Dear LEGO, I recently ordered some replacement parts for some Playmobil Advent calendars that I have. I wrote them an email, with sets and part numbers. They emailed me back within a week , stating that they had processed my request for parts and (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There are no "tasks really, just a big loop that executes a bunch of opcodes...I'm paraphrasing here. The memory waste issue isn't that big a deal. The average distance to a boundary is 128 bytes, right. Say we allocate a 32 element data stack (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Scout secrets revealed
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(...) Looks like Eric got his batteries recharged at Mindfest! Hmmm, if we have pre-programmed abilities in the Scout, maybe we can make networks of scouts to make a distributed control system? Think of a conveyor system with a scout driving the (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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Well, how many people would like to see a SW parts store? I have the capital(SP?), and if there enough people willing to buy the parts (I might go straight sale over auction), I would consider doing it. I am pretty good at sorting, after all. Scott (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest - Signs and Information that would be nice when presenting in public.
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(...) Or you can get to know someone in the painting industry, and get canvas dropcloths for stunningly cheap, occaisionally even nicked-out-the-backdoor- for-free kind of cheap. And latex paints work just fine. That's how we cover our shields for (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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Well, I know what you can use after you build it! (URL) :) J/K. I detest that car, but you might try some of those 1x2x1 curved parts, there are a few in of the newer Town boats (1995) era, I think. It had a blue, yellow, and red one. Hmm..... You (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was just reading this article and suddenly I realized how I am so glad to have this unique opportunity to put some real faces in all the "virtual" faces I created of you in my head, so I could visualize you while we exchanged ideas. Thank (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More on the mindfest stats - updated stats
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I think I figured out perhaps how my traffic for the Mindfest pictures got so high! ---...--- ---- A Deluge of NELUG Chris: Kevin Loch brought to our attention a page of photos from the incredible NELUG (New England LEGO Users Group) display at (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Questions regarding a conceptual cargo elevator.
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(...) technic realy is. I think I'd like to explore a solution using a worm drive. Could you possibly tell me what sets I might find these components in? Thanks again, Steve (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Using ROBOLAB with FIRST LEGO League
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If your kids are using ROBOLAB in this years FIRST LEGO League, I've written a replacement for pages 27-36 in the Official FIRST LEGO League 1999 Rule Book, replacing ROBOLAB for RCX Code for Section III Practice Exercises... Its probably a little (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Nooo... the dungeon master is a grey-bearded fig in black cap, black leather jacket, black pants... and a whip. Sorry, couldn't resist! I have a used set of this castle too (my auntie found it for me in a thrift store in the UK) and it is (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I need a few of the 2x2 turntable plates, with the bottom (square) piece in red and the top (moving circular) piece in grey.. I also need the antenna from the old (early 70s) coast guard set (its a milky white color, but not as white as most white (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Mike, (...) Sorry about that, got conflicting labels from our search and decided to use both... that's why the image is there: to clarify. Chagrined, Gene @ The Brickyard (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mindfest Panel: Robotics in the Classroom
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(be warned - this is a long posting about Mindstorms in teaching) (...) Dear Ben, Thanks a lot. I liked your speech. Marcus and I were really sad that we could not come. At least I now got a little peak into one of the subjects that has my great (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Last Call for Adventure movies poll
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(...) I like that one, too. I remember getting swamped while river rafting, barely escaping with my life, lying on the shore gasping for breath and saying NOTHING was going to get me back into that river, when I heard a very polite but pathetic (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Arg. Yep, you're right. My goof. My apologies to J-Man. Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I recall this as a T.V. series, but then I remember a number of the Republic movie serials (the Rocketman was the favorite of all the neighborhood kids) as "T.V. series". All I really remember about Jungle Jim is Weismuller in khakis diving (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Last Call for Adventure movies poll
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(...) {{SNIP}} <grin> The version of this definition that I recall from some time spent hiding in Vietnam is: 'Adventure (or exploration) is the process of travelling to beautiful, exotic lands to find new and extremely messy ways of becoming dead.' (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest - Signs and Information that would be nice when presenting in public.
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(...) Yup -- but note that they -do- look better in the photos than they do in real-life, since they weren't professionally printed. Here's a webpage with more background... (URL) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: HELP with DAT files!!
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(...) No, no, no! SET LDRAWDIR=C:\LDRAW /Tore (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Last Call for Adventure movies poll
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Someone once defined adventure as someone else having a hard time a long ways away. What an adventure! :-) I have a Congo African Grey parrot. Just take the gray Lego parrot and slap some red paint on its tail feathers and thar ya go! Bruce (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: adventurers villainess
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(...) the (...) read (...) one). (...) Only made it as far as the first book in that series, which was pretty much the end of the line for me as far as Anthony goes. Bruce (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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(...) Cool! You took a picture of the SS Tan'ngrey! :) Folks, this was one cool-looking ship, IMHO, and David built it at breakneck speed (read about it on David's page :-). It looked like something carved out of an asteroid, with wings attached. It (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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Adrian Drake <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:FKBqBL.7FM@lugnet.com... (...) browns, (...) makes (...) Luke (...) Actually, I just sold a bunch of mini-figs on eBay and the Luke minifigs (both rebel pilot and tatooine varieties) sold just as (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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