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=>From: Steve Moffat <smoffat@hcitech.com> =>... => If you have an abnormal foot size why do you need to buy =>twice as many shoes as those who do not? ... in the case where you have different-sized feet (e.g. size-10 left, and size-12 right). The (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here is an Idea. If you know where you are sort of, then you can program an object into memory at a certian distance(a wall perhaps). Once the robot hits something, it checks to see if it is about at the distance programmed into it. If it is, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Firmware behaviour
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Markus L. Noga wrote in message <3818325F.AAF6DDFD@noga.de>... (...) You may find it reassuring to know that the Stop button on the Mindstorms remote is outlined in red, not green. It stops all programs and motors, but does not turn off the RCX. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Tobias Möller skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Observera frågetecknet! Jag undrade om du var med i "Föreningen För Bevarandet Av Svenskans Renhet", inte för att jag vet om den finns... -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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(...) Sounds like TLG has bought Tyco's molds... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) I thought this was true of all printed sloped bricks? I had actually assumed that the printing process would be fould somehow by the rough surface. (...) brick (...) present (...) Is it possible the (C)LEGO has been removed because the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | RE: lego Technic "class"
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If you have an abnormal foot size why do you need to buy twice as many shoes as those who do not? I could understand if you had an abnormal foot or something which would create an odd wear pattern on a certain part of the shoe but would just a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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I checked out the low-end modelling market (Wal-Mart) and saw these scales: automobile -- 1:24 and 1:25 sci-fi -- 1:48 (O scale) military aircraft -- 1:72 1:48 naval (special on RMS Titanic :-P) -- 1:570 So, taking that and some great stuff from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I got my "Amazing Animals" and "Fabulous Figures" books today... I'll post a fuller review later, but breifly, - Each has about instructions for about 20 models - The images are ray-traced and very good quality. The studs even have 'LEGO' on them - (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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| | McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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This is interesting. The printed slopes (3x2 33º) in the McDonald's sets are slightly modified from the standard form. The most noticeable difference is that the sloped & printed surface is smooth, instead of matte. Looking inside the bricks, I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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(...) Do you think that you need a ticket to get a prize? Or do you need a kid to get a ticket to get the prize? And will I be able to live with the guilt if I get a ticket and some kid doesn't? >:) I have to commend Stuart on his eyesight though - (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Model of the Month
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(...) Thanks! I'm very happy with the model and the picture. Of course, that was the only time L3P has ever worked for me. :) I think most of us can guess which two or three are in the lead. :) (...) So, uh, vote for my model and get $1000!! Yeah, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) 4mm/ft? Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness in the name of accuracy. So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 . What does the 18.83 mean? Is this in any way related to the 28mm wargaming scale? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) These are from S@H. They were apparently running out of the other one, and brought these in to be a suitable alternative when the others ran out. eric (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess)
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FKDMK8.38p@lugnet.com... (...) guessing (...) but (...) Nice job on the internals. How did you come up with the idea for the ramp? A few nits: The lower green slope beneath the ramp is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) Generally not. I've built robotic platforms that use a pair of motors to drive the wheels so that the robot can move "straight" or turn in place. I've found that the motors typically have large variations in speed that make the robot veer to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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Warning: Negativity follows. (...) Hmm. Well, lest anyone think I was off my rocker when I said that getting these things could be hit or miss... I went to a McDonald's last night. I was there for one thing and one thing only- Lego sets. I cased the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) Where can you get this set? I got the one from S@H, mistakenly thinking it had real windows.... (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Slave1 .dat posted
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I posted my best guess at Slave 1 in cad.dat.models.sets. Take a look and feel free to give feedback. Jeff Stemble also posted a .dat of the same thing, with more internal work. -John Van (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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(...) Be careful with that -- few good fonts are freely redistributable. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) i think so too. All I can think is that folks must want the crazy colors. Chris (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) Why so much interest in these? They look like junk to me. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3819E516.24240036@gate.net>... (...) This must be franchise dependent as the two McD's I have queried so far priced them at $1.69 plus tax. When a Hamburger Happy Meal costs $1.99 it is hard to buy these w/o the food. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) I had a chance to play with Todd's creation for awhile. It was really cool! (The best part was the 20-foot control tether that he made so that it could be operated from a balcony high above.) I thought the controller was cool too -- to get the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Robotics demo
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Hiya all, While it was a bummer not going to Mindfest, what I did do was a robotics demo at a local SF convention in Denver. I had 6 robots there with me. Four DIY types (one used LEGO pneumatics for a scoop) a Parallax BoE-Bot and a Mindstorms kit. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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An otto and a diesel are different things. An otto is not reversible without a lot of thought about how to get the spark timing right. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RELEASE: LegoSim -- another LegOS Simulator
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Cool! I'll add this to the HOWTO when I do the 0.2.0 update. Are there any plans on the horizon for either emuLegOS or LegOSim to update to 0.2.0 anytime soon? Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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I got ten each of #1 and #2 today at 99 cents. I suspect it IS franchise dependent. I hope to complete a set of 10 each of all 8 and I will be allocating some of the ten to my factorees, one complete set each. I doubt I will have any left for non (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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I agree with you but I would hasten to point out that we nevertheless should help protect the brand if we can. TLG may well throw the baby out with the bathwater and come after Kev in a misguided attempt to shut others down. We know well that there (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 10
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No updates during the weekend!!! Welcome to Diana's train auction Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box. b = used with box and instructions. u = used with (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) true. (...) What do you mean my "monitor quality?" I think "observe activity" would be a better choice of words. It also allows them the opportunity to use the resource themselves. It would take them an enormous effort and expense to create an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Next meeting of the Northern Virginia Lego Train Club
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Oops, I forgot to post this to Lugnet.trains! Anyways, here it is: (...) Jeff NOVALTC Website: < (URL) > (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) Actually, are the two images at the bottom of this page new????? I think the new combined (EP1 and original) Star Wars Lego logo is new. The actual minifig scale sets for star wars appear to be 7144 and I can't read the other number... What I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | more on McDonalds promo sets
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I went to two McDonalds today. At the first one I bought a happy meal. When I got outside to the car, I looked inside the bag and boy was I happy. They put two #1s in the bag. The second McDs sold me another #1 for a dollar. The second store had a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess) [DAT]
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(...) Well, Here it is, complete with some internals and a ramp. I am 95% sure on all colors and exterior pieces, except for the ramp and the Dark Gray 1x3s. Jeff "Mmmm!! Strawberry Soda!" 0 7144 Boba Fett's Slave 1 0 Name: Slave1.dat 0 Author: Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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I got more of the low-down from staff in the Ottakar shop today. The rose is indeed the Charles Rennie McIntosh version referred to previously. DK and Lego are running the show, so the lassie didn't know what the free gifts were to be, though she (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) Do you have scans of the UK LEGO club magazine? Mark L (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | RE: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) yeah it's been in the Danish Lego catalog since July - I'm sure it must be in the Dutch catalog at www.brickshelf.com too - mainly an expansion set to the Cybermaster. regards Jesper mailto:jesperkj@vip....bercity.dk (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BayLUG Train Gathering...
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Oops, I replied to the wrong message. Well, now's a good time to break the news. I'm going to try to reserve a room at the Newark library for December 4, for an auxiliary BAYLUG meeting for those who can't make it on Nov 27. It is smaller and older (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Movies List Postponed Until Monday
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Thanks to everyone contributing suggestions for my list of greatest Adventure movies, but the list will have to be postponed until Monday. I have just gotten too many suggestions to digest them all by day's end. I need one more weekend with the VCR (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) The catalouge the picture appears in is the LEGO Club magazine. There is no LEGO S@H catalouge in the UK. I do have the 1999 Holiday Catalouge (got it in the mail yesterdaY0 and there is the new LEGOLand game ($29,95, item #2200552), new LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) No, the 8450 is a different set that has been shown on the LEGO website since the new site was launched recently. -- Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BayLUG Train Gathering...
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Zonker, What hours should I reserve the Newark library for? It should be December 4, right? /Eric/ (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) version of CyberMaster 8482? If so, sorry for the false alarm... --Todd (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) But wait! -- there *is* a page of new images, buried behind the other ones! (URL) to lugnet.technic] (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Vem har renderat minifig-skelettet?
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Det kan ha varit Anton Raves som haft det i sitt POV-ray bibliotek.... Här är adressen till hans sida: (URL)För några månader sedan hittade jag ett pov-rayad bild på ett (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Lite tjat...
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Ännu en akronym jag måste lära mig... Vad betyder den? (...) Nja, men legogubbe går väl bra? Om man måste nämna någon annan figur-sort, så... Äh, jag börjar låta som nån grammatik-polis. Det var bara nåt jag kom på, jag har alltid sagt legogubbe, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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Count me in, especially some of the dark blue parts from the sub. and click hinges. lots. Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Three eBay Castle Auctions ending tonight
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I have three castle lots up on eBay ending tonight: 6078 - (URL) - (URL) - (URL) and 6044 are new in sealed box, 6078 is used but in good shape. It is missing one black antenna and has two black 1x3 plates substituted for brown plates. Mike - (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess)
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(...) Gah! Teaches me not to upload something! I did this a couple days ago, but forgot. :) Oh, well, I'll update it with some things you noticed that I didn't. Be back soon! Jeff "Mmmm!! Strawberry Soda!" (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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It look like I need to read the Star Wars group more often... I was way late... Chet (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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Don´t forget the street-racing. I wonder how many minifigs that get killed each year because of those races... --Tobias (...) that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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A big harbour with huge tankers and smaller recreational boats would be great. Then, you´d be able to buy extra bridges and extra boats. For example, the big set come with one tanker, two small boats, and some piers, along with a crane. Then as (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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Howdy Gang, I had not seen anybody else post this...so here goes. The Airline promotion set #1775 is nice, very nice..... What I found most interesting was the copyright date (1994,1995). So this sets is an good oldie.... For those of you who track (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | First Lego 2000 Sighting
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I'm not trying to steal anybody elses claim, however this is the first I have seen of Lego 2000... It was posted on RTL and I thought all of us on LUGNET would be interested, very interested: Subject: preview 2000 From: "Stephan Kalms" (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Double echo
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(...) Yes, but I don't like to duplicate variables that already present too... Sergey (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Lite tjat...
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Tobias Möller skrev i meddelandet ... (...) FFBASR? Vi måste nog differentiera mellan typerna: Maxifig: Gamla legofigurerna (överkropp, armar, huvud + vanliga bitar) Minifig: Nuvarande små gubbar (och även något äldre modell utan armar) Technifig: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Paradisa question
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This has happened to me too, but in my case, a sheet of stickers were missing >:-( --Tobias (...) I (...) can (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Actually, its a woman wearing lea... On second thought, let's not go there. :) Jeff "C'mon Sister. Let's whip him into shape." (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Running stepper loop at specified (varying) frequency?
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Greg: You can run assembly from within Interactive C, so if IC isn't fast enough for you, you can build in something that is. However, IC will execute pretty quickly in terms of how fast steppers run, so it could be that IC will work for you as-is? (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed reviving my HB
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Igor: Sounds like you have two problems, with the LCD being a separate one from the sync errors. For communicating with the board via IC.exe, try changing your port settings to 9600/8 data/no parity/1 stop/Xon/Xoff/FIFO buffers enabled. I don't have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess) [DAT]
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I'm pretty sure I've got the outer surfaces of this one accurately, but I didn't even hazard a guess as to the internals. See the technic beam with what looks like a friction peg near where the door should be? I'm guessing that somehow allows the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Building tip Created my own Lego Design Paper
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I'm sure some of you here have figured this out, but I thought I'd pass on this info anyways. I was able to create by own Lego design paper (Like graph paper) on Excel, so here's how. For a top view, set the rows and columns as follows; Row Height = (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: "Improved" Web site!
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Peter Callaway wrote in message ... (...) Nothing (...) organs (...) Would you believe I was outside the building making a phonecall when this happened without prior notice ... When the NELUG guys later told me what had happened and saw I was about (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) While I certainly agree with the above, it can't be assumed that the Euro sellers got the scans from Kevin's site. They may well have created the scans themselves. As anyone who knows a thing or two about the pirated software underground, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Oh, you've seen my picture somewhere? ;) (...) Mwahahahaha! Now, Change your character's class to "Priest of DM"! Jeff "What are these, Javelins of Maximum Damage!?" - Stated by one of my players after the sixth kobold rolled a 6 on a six (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Partial Update to Box Page
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(...) Ditto, I never received General Box #1 either and I am crossed off. I am declaring this box LOST. I heard from John K in early September asking me for my address so he could mail GB#1 to me and that was the end of that, no email responses (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | New Look for LBFR
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The Chief had nothing better to do this week so he redid the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service website. Please have a look and let me know what you think. Thanks, Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SW Part Straight Sale - WAS: (Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read)
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(...) I don't want to sound negative, but... Are you proposing a straight price per part?!!?? I'm certianly interested in a few particular parts from 7150, but at a straight price per part I'm certain that a WHOLE LOT of other people would be (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | It's WAFOL! (Was: More Utah Legomaniacs group name voting)
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(...) Looks like we have a unanimous vote for WAFOL. (...) I think that'd be cool. I've been doing some research on the woed, but the most I've been able to come up with is that it's the mountain range along the east side of the Great Salt Lake, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Announce: NQCIPC update
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Brian, this looks very useful; I'll try it out soon! NQCIPC made perfect sense to me, but I have had my Nerd Merit Badge for a long time. People who have never done anything with multitasking before will not recognize other related words like (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Heretic! :-, (...) What kind of factors would affect your decision? i.e. Would you rathe rlive in an apartment in the Houston area instead of the SLC area? I've always kinda liked Austin myself, I might eventually retire near there and work (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | FA: 37 Luscious Lego Lots on SeriousCollector.com - TRAIN BONANZA! Many G2
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Thanks for looking! Many lots Going TWICE. Click here to check 'em out: (URL) here: (URL) Description Currently 2556 Shell Model Team F1 Ferrari MISB $60.00 8062 Technic Universal Set with Storage Case NIB $60.00 8857 Technic Street Chopper (used) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: New Engine Pics
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Hi, It's a cool loco Dwayne. I like the Also see: (URL) related links from there. Since these were taken I have moved the front set of drivers back one lug. There are also other train pics on Baylug, at (URL) pick from the left menu. Mark (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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Great detailed explanations! If I simplify things, the throttle on a steam engine controls Torque. To set a certain speed with a certain load, a certain torque is needed. The speed regulator (governor) is a device that controls the applied torque so (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SW Part Straight Sale - WAS: (Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read)
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I think that you will find that having one set price for all of the pieces in a set will not work very well. Some pieces will not sell, and you'll lose money on some pieces that would have sold for more. For example: Mini-figs mostly went for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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I recently did this, purchasing the sets at AMES when they had their buy one, get one half price sale. It went quite well. I am planning on doing it again the next time there is a sale ;) Also, discussion had leaned towards buying a larger ammount (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to 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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(...) OK, I guess they aren't really that bad -- and I didn't really mean to suggest that they looked "bad" at all -- I just meant that they looked better in the photos, because the pixels blurred together more nicely. It was an inexpensive 600x600 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class" ( About Motors )
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Todd, the stuff with the motors is Very interesting. A friend has two small motors/generators with cranks that he bought at some expensive educational materials store for about $25 I think. They run small pilot lamps well, and can do the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Battle droids on Ebay - Dutch
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Start at $0.01 No Reserve 3 Day auction 2 Lots: (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Partial Update to Box Page
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i never got General Box #1 and you have me crossed off. In fact, no one has even contacted me about it, I'm still wondering where it is.... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: adventurers villainess
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(...) the (...) my (...) me (...) Where in Texas did he move? I live in College Station. You know the home of Texas A&M? Gag.... (...) He is one of the world's greatest masters of the pun. (...) school"- (...) I have to agree with everyone you put (...) (25 years ago, 29-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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(...) that (...) found a print shop to make them up on such short notice... eric (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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While we're at it, let's check my A-Wing build from the X-wing set: Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FKBzA5.493@lugnet.com... (...) schematics (...) John: 31 (...) John: 16 (...) John: 19 (...) right! I'll have to remember (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RELEASE: LegoSim -- another LegOS Simulator
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RELEASE: LegoSim A UNIX-based Simulator for LegOS with an Applet-GUI LegoSim is (yet another) simulator for LegOS. URL: (URL) another simulator? At the time the project started, there was no other simulator. Once Emulegos was announced, we did not (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: SW Part Straight Sale - WAS: (Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read)
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Scott Edward Sanburn wrote: I did some calculations, it would be between .15 to .20 (USD) a part (This includes cost, tax, and a small percentage for profit), plus a small amount for shipping, which I have not yet figured out. Is this a viable price (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: adventurers villainess
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(...) mark ~ reading through the other posts, i remembered that it was "On A Pale Horse" that i had read some years ago... it was quite good, but i generally have a hard time getting into such series. i think i started reading something else in (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | The Rarest LEGO Bricks? Half Circle Macaroni Bricks.
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Well, just when I thought I've seen it all...... Yesterday I received a LEGO package (of pieces and parts packs from the 1950's) from a gentleman in Denmark. And among them was something that really startled me. It was a parts pack from 1956 that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) On the contrary, I have been able to shut down an illegal auction by reporting it to eBay. They DO take action, especially if you threaten to report them to the legal department of the company that is getting screwed (which I did... both (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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(...) Sorry Larry, not true. The throttle controls the pressure in the steam chest (Ideally), which controls the speed. (in fact, it does regulate pressure, but also regulates volume) What you are suggesting is done on some engines (corliss mill (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | FS/FT 6921 Monorail Accessory
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I've picked this little set up on my summer trip to Scotland (in the back of a little shop). It's a nice little set (MIB) but I have no need for it. I am into castle though, and if anyone wants to swap it, let me know! -- pn By the way ... I have an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Running stepper loop at specified (varying) frequency?
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I am hoping to control some stepper motors with the Handy Board; I will be wanting to control position vs time. Therefore I will be wanting to send out the step control waveforms at varying times (to modulate velocity). Can this be done from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Pardoes
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Pardoes is the mascotte/cartoon figure of the Dutch 'Efteling' theme park. Besides the rides, fairytale atmosphere and splendid styling is a high asset of this park. (URL) Main wrote in message <3819A4FE.8E7F7926@a...te.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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(...) Working from memory and I could be wrong. But I doubt it. Review. Reciprocating steam engines function by admitting pressurised steam into a chamber (the cylinder) where it expands, doing work against the walls. One of the walls (the piston (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | WDW Pleasure Island Adventurers Club
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Has anyone else been to the Adventurers' Club in Pleasure Island, WDW, Orlando? It is by far my favorite place to go. I managed to get dragged on stage once during a show there and drunkenly tried to explain what a flow meter was. Reviews anyone?? (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: A question for Huw
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(...) Thanks for clearing that up. Let us know when you post it on your site. Mark L (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Help needed reviving my HB
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Hi HBoarders! Can anybody help me with making my HB run? Following the instructions from the assembly manual, there were no problems until installing the memory. Before it, the serial communication worked fine with hbdl downloading the pcode, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: FOTW - I find out today I had a FOTW 6 months ago! - I found I bought a 493, a 918 and a 497 withou
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(...) FOTW typically means "Find of the Week" FOTM would be "Find of the Month" FOTY is the ever-so-rare "Find of the Year" And on, and on, etc... Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: LegOS newbie wants more info.
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(...) I'd suggest just browsing the source. It's nicely written, so it's quite easy to understand. Most demos that I've seen are for an older version of LegOS, anyway, and require porting. The API reference is available on the website, and I think (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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