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(...) I'll jump in and reply here - that 'shadow' text is from the tool John used to create the thumbnails. If anyone knows of a good tool - preferably 'freeware' <grin> - to create thumbnail images, let us know! Yesterday J3 was doing the scanning, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | WWLTC
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Hi All, Since there are clubs popping up all over the place I was wondering if a central web site for all Train clubs should be started. "World Wide LTC" We could all chip in a few buck for the URL domain name and have a jumping off point to all our (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Does ic 3.1 really works properly?
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(...) Looks like it's time for my advertisement: Download HC11 patches for the GCC-2.8.1 compiler from my web page: www.eskimo.com/~archer or from ftp.eskimo.com/u/a/archer. They're GPL'ed, so they're free. Also on my home page is a link to the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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(...) because (...) Mmmm, construction machinery fumes... [Please note: this website does not condone the inhalation of industrial waste, even in the circumstances of finding out Lego-related information.] (...) That sounds fine to me also. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Soft Opening
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John, The site looks very nice. I don't have time to look at it all but the graphics and layout is very nice. I am inspired to give PNLTC site a face lift but time is tight. Good work! I did notice something. There is text on top of some thumbnails (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MindFest: videos, photos, report
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Hi Alex, (...) Yes, only one set of wheels was in contact with the ground at a time. It scanns the ground in a grid fashion, looking for bricks to pick up. Jonathan ----- The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh Bruce, You're killin' me! As for that whirlwind, I am beginning to understand myself. Two kids will do that to you. Well if this isn't the forum for you then maybe we should petition LUGNET for a Bruce and Mark Group. I bet we could get (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Where are you guys?
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I suppose I shouldn't mention that I don't own any Adventurers? :-) Bruce (Okay, my son does, but that's like throwing your lego into a whirlwind) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: MindFest: videos, photos, report
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I have a question based on one model. It says "Anthony Fudd, who also built models for the LEGO MINDSTORMS American RoboTour, showed some very nice models. One of them was an almost holonomic robot, which had one set of wheels to drive forward and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) Sure, sounds good to me - I only got a chance to dump one out on the floor with my local four-year-old on Sunday, which does not constitute assessing or sorting in any way :-) I don't think I have any bad fences, but if I still HAVE all my (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | MindFest: videos, photos, report
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Hi all, I have made a report with a number of cool videos (and some photos) from the MindFest. Have a look at: (URL) Hautop Lund (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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I have had the same idea as well, I know it has some great parts in it! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) that (...) to (...) making (...) ways (...) Basically what you really need is a variation on a limited differential, in Legos. Such a contraption could be useful in many projects, be they wheeled or legged. Ideally, you would want it so as (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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Mike, Well, a couple THOUSAND? I don't have that kind of capital yet, but if I did, I would sell them to you! I'll see how things go! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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* Jonathan Wilson (wilsonj@xoommail.com) [991101 02:47]: (...) I believe that it only took the store a few hours after opening at 6am the day that the BBs starting being sold that they figured out that they *had* to put the limit to 1 per customer. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) Sorry, I meant set #7, its a yellow freestyle propeller with a 1x1 cylinder in the center. (...) The 2x2 red brick. I only included this because I have heard that the 2x2 bricks are growing dust in many collections. -- Scott Smallbeck (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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Greg, As much as you want. Your program is executed until it is finished, then the system interrupt routines follow, and run until they are finished. Good Luck, Gary Livick (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using ROBOLAB for FIRST LEGO League
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(An earlier version of this email was initially posted on thursday october 28th to lugnet.robotics) SLIGHTLY UPDATED FROM LAST WEEK: If your kids are using ROBOLAB in this years FIRST LEGO League, I've written a replacement for pages 27-36 in the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets - problems with red fences
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I just talked to CA Canada about these fences and they asked me to send them back, with the following information: When and where bought My name address and phone number The production number on the tub (not the set number: it's a 4-digit number (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | MA #12 G1 Advancements Begin
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Going once advancements for MA #12 have begun. Going twice will begin on Wednesday. The period between advancements will be set to 24 hrs after this time. INSTANT SALE ---...--- The instant sale period on all "open" lots (lots with no bids) will (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) Those look suspiciously like TLG numbers. I'm definitely going on the assumption that the four-digit number is the actual set number. Steve (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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[x-posted and f-upped to lugnet.promo] (...) I wouldn't describe these sets as "wretched". They are as good as any other 18-piece set LEGO has released lately. It's true they aren't very attractive for AFOL builders, but they are head-and-shoulders (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) one at the zellers on Torbay road. (...) like to e-mail me the question and write my answer on an extra copy? about the fence, I'll have to check tonight. Martin (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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* Troy Cefaratti (mnementh@sbase1.com) [991027 05:55]: (...) I would suggest a different set: 5542 Because of *drool* all those *slobber* train doors *dribble* and windows.... It's not bad in other respects either. And the seats aren't technic (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) That's pretty much my POV. And where I'm going in about 5 minutes. (...) Nope. Just a Freestyle propeller. (...) Care to elaborate? The only pieces I could have too many of would be: - the yellow 2x3 printed slope (could be altered) - the gray (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) Oh, don't get me wrong. For the vast majority of people, this IS a good deal. But I own 3 6090's already, and I think the most I paid for one was about $80. I paid around $25-30 for one and less than $60 for the other. So the prospect of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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I now have 8 pics and I still have 3 more to scan. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) That's interesting -- on the instruction sheet, there isn't much (if any visible difference between the blue in set #8, and the purple/blue in set #5. Looking at the 1+4+5+6+7+8 model, there is some apparent color difference between the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Train parts trade wanted
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I just received a lot of miscellaneous train and monorail stuff from eBay. The nice thing is a bunch of Metroliner doors and windows. The bad part is there are some mismatched pieces. There are two extra Metroliner 1x4x5 train doors with hinges on (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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I sometimes use the webspace as a fileserver/junk box, I do have a real page in the works but it is not complete and I only get an hour or so a week to work on it. The town pics you saw were of the current setup I have. It's 2x4 baseplates large. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:4.2.0.58.199910...omm.com... (...) December 4 in Chicago at the Science Museum is a Mindstorms Robotics competition. Perhaps you could dovetail on it for a Legofest. Short timeframe to make it (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) Yep, the red 1x4x2 lattice fences. I didn't notice the problems with mine until James mentioned his and I went back and looked more closely at them. But maybe you were just lucky! Kevin (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Wow! This is a good set!
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If you hate small sets, stop reading now. I love the 6420. It´s a mail-man with a bike, two letters and a mail-box. I have two of them already, and I´m going to buy more, because they are not in the catalogue for -99 (not in Sweden) and they´ll (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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Nice. Snoopy me went to check out the rest of your web page and noticed a bunch of town pictures. What are they (and is there a page using them hidden somewhere)? They look nice and have some nice ideas shown. (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) Yep, the last time I ordered, they still had them in stock... I'd be curious to know just how many OTHER castle sets they have in stock that aren't advertised in the catalogs etc... DaveE (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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jag har sett den. Det är någon sorts technic-modell, ser det ut som. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) you (...) the (...) But that´s a computer game, that has nothing to do with LEGO! (...) have (...) Then it would be sci-fi. It is science fiction to be able to live like that, but it is Space when you have airtanks. (...) Inside the ships, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) Well, this might not be very feasible, but how about a joint in the middle that bends left or right? Hence, the body is normally straight, and then bends to the left or right when turning? In terms of plausibility with Lego, you'd have to use (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Not to be a nudge or anything, but I doubt they use fans....there isn't much air up there to push around ;>) The astronaut back packs use compressed nitrogen, I believe. I don't think they use them (after the initial tests), because of the inherent (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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For those in the U.S., S@H might still have a few at $109 inc. shipping and a free McDonald set. They had some a few weeks ago. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) Well, both Space Port and Rock Raiders feature flying vehicles. They're not "space ships" in the "ordinary" form we know them, though. Space Port only have realistic looking rockets and shuttles, while Rock Raiders has small hover vehicles and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Where are you guys?
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Hey fellow Adventurers, where is everyone? I was gone over the weekend and only three posts by two people have been put up. Surely we can be more active than that. I was hoping we could pass up the space and castle people in post numbers by today (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Entertainer Offers - Makro offers
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These sets appear to be going chaep everywhere. Is Lego dumping them on the market? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Adventurers in 2000?
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(...) sure (...) Hey Julie, I won't throw one single Timmie at you. At least you tried to get some information up that no one else seems to have. I still haven't seen a scan of the above mentioned minifigs. Surely someone has them. Please help!!!!! (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Entertainer Offers - Makro offers
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Further to previous post, it turned out that the Entertainer in Camberley did not have more sets than the ones my wife saw in the window and noted down I can confirm though, that as of Friday they seemed to have reasonable stocks of these. e.g. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Level Crossing Barrier
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I've just acquired a Level Crossing(4539), along with a couple of extra sets, from a boot fair. Everything is in extremely good condition and only three items appear to be missing. These are the swing arms from the Level crossing, the little red (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) As I've heard it from some knowledgeable people, according to TLG's contract with Lucas, Star Wars *IS* Space. LEGO can't put out any "flying spaceships" other than Star Wars sets, for the entire time of the contract. (four more years?) They (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Yeah, I seem to remember red walls being used in the 200 idea book (one of the few I own)... Odd that they'd use parts that are so hard to come by... DaveE (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | BLACKTRON II MIB 1991 6981 Aerial Intruder Lego (Space)
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It is on ebay: (URL) reserve Current Price = $19 Ends Friday (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Soft Opening
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I am pleased to announce the soft opening of the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club's web site. The IP address may change and the DNS entry is not set yet, but if you'd like to view the site during this soft opening, you can find it at (URL) Kelly (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 11
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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 instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) I agree with this point 100%! The people who write letters and answer the phones over in Enfield or Billund usually don't know 99% of the finer points that über-nerds like ourselves are privy to. I'm willing to bet that his/her usage of the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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Thanks for the comments Larry and Ed. I stuck the space rocket piece on there as a quick fix, I plan on revisiting it soon. I also want to redo the fans on top with something larger than a 2x2 round plate. I also want to work on the front end a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SF Convention Robotics Demo
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Since Terry asked me over, and I hadn't noticed this group before... On October 23rd I did a robotics demo at a local SF convention in Denver Colorado. I was bummed this was on the same day as the SRS Robothon AND Mindfest, but, I made the best of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6977 Arachnoid Star Base
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(...) I just took a quick peek at Pause and you are absolutely right! Thanks for the correction. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) The Guarded Inn comes with the regular walls as well as the corner walls in red with "Wattle and Daub". I can't think of any other set in all of Lego that had plain red walls. A strange side note is that the Guarded Inn is used in an idea book (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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....and if you live in the UK the cost is £55 inc shipping. (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) Yes. Spaceport is space, but not Space. (as other people have said before) But tell me this: Would you really say if something is Space or space JUST because they have helmets and airtanks? Like in the game Episode 1 Racer, you can podrace on (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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I would estimate shipping to be $25-30. But, it is possible they have access to cheaper couriers than I do. I think it is still a good deal... and that is why I shared it. I'm sure they will flood ebay soon. Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | BURP Adventure (Re: Conclusion of the Halloween Lego Design Contest)
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(...) That is SO funny! Excellent details on the box (piece count, frowning child's face). It reminds me of those Wacky Packages stickers from the seventies. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mechanics of proxy bidding?
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(...) It seems to me that if the assumption of how the proxy works is that a proxy will be raised to exceed any newer bid, then ALL proxy bids should be raised to at least that level, not just whichever proxy bid happens to be the one the step by (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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"Tobias Möller" wrote: <snipsnip> (...) Enligt lådan så är den 35 cm hög, och det verkar stämma. Hos Stor & Liten här i Stockholm låg den på 299 spänn. Mvh, Johannes. (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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Does anyone know the approximate amount of time available for user assembler programs which "add on" to the existing 1 kHz HB interrupt? Another way of stating that is...how much time is used by the 1kHz HB ISR code? --greg ***...*** * Greg Starr, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Yes. Yes it is. I've got 3 of 'em :) Did they ever come in red? I know the corner ones came in red in the Guarded Inn, but did they ever come as actual wall sections in red? DaveE (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) Hrmmm.... tempting. You mean it would be $70 or so plus shipping but that price already reflects the removal of your VAT? If shipping on those wouldn't be so horrible it would be worth it, but I bet it'll be $20 per set. (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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It says Geep to me! Nice work. EL maroon is just about brown anyway. One nit (you *did* ask) is at the end of the high hood, if you could extend the triangular surface all the way to the top of the hood that would be better. Might be tricky to do (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Great! I was using Borland C++ 3.0 because I happened to have the diskettes around. Remember when a C++ compiler fit on 5 (five) 3.5 diskettes? I have no problem with keeping the existing filename structure. It's readable, it serves the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
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Sorry if anyone already posted this. I just saw it today. a NELUG mention (woo-hoo)! this URL is of an internal frame: (URL) from top URL to get to it propperly.) -Suz (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) I agree with your reasoning. The compiler I have decided to use (Watcom C/C++ v.11 from Powersoft) will compile from the platform I am developing on (NT 4) to the desired executing platform (DOS) and will use long file names just fine. Other (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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Hi Chris - Others will have more in-depth analysis, but I like your color scheme quite a bit. The brown merely reflects a weathered burgundy on live engines. Nice job! Ed (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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<SNIP> (...) That would be me - I like 6074 because of the sheer walls that it has. I picture in deep in northern regions that is under snow 8 months of the year. Don't get me wrong - most of the older castles are great, but the problem with 6080 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) you're (...) A flashlight is too big and heavy. A laser pointer is smaller and you´ll get a more compact design. --Tobias (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mandtal
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Hej Må jeg også være med? ;-) Er jeg den eneste fra Jylland? Christian Navn.........: Christian Lindblad Rasmussen Køn.........: M Fødselsår.........: 1968 Bopæl.........: Karup E-post.........: clr@dmi.dk Websted.........: LEGO-websted.........: (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Idea: Automatic garage
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Have you ever heard of automatic garages? Well, you drive your car onto a platform. Then, the platform starts moving around in the garage and when the computer on it finds a free parking lot, it´ll leave the car there. So, this is my idea: You drive (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How can I connect 100 photocells to my handyboard?
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Hi, For a project I'm working on, I need to track the output of one hundred (100) photocells. I don't need great accuracy on any of them, but maybe a ten-step resolution at the most. Is there a relatively standard or well-known method to gather (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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Paul Baulch wrote ... (...) Well, maybe, but if they have a Star Wars logo, and it´s printed Star Wars on the package, then... Well, I don´t know. Maybe they could think like that, but... I´ll get my answers in December. (...) I have heard that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: UK 1999 catalogue #3!
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(...) Up here in the frozen North I've only seen one catalogue this year. And we didn't get another with our bricks n pieces Christmas mag (I say our, because it's my daughter's mag really ;) Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: UK to US money transfers
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(...) Whoops, someone better enlighten me here! Offline if you don't mind, to avoid embarrassment :) Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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LOL eller MAS (Massor Av Skratt)! Så petig är jag inte ;-) (...) MAS "Stjärnkrig, avsnitt 1, Det svenska namnet är Stjärnornas krig. (...) Korrekt språkbruk är "nabooianska" ;-) Turligt nog är de ganska (...) Efternamnet är Binks. Jag vet det här, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Personal Pirates Trivia
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In fact, mail me the pics, or email me the scans, and _I'll_ put them up on _my_ site. Is that being a little over-eager? And do I give a rats? :-) Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Glen's 3rd Lego Auction - 11/1 Update
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Welcome to Glen's third assorted Lego set auction. Listed below are the sets I am selling. This e-mail is separated into three sections. First is the listing of the sets for sale and the current price. Second is a detailed list of the set containing (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Check out this auction!
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I know, I know...this is not the right group for auction announcements, but I think this one might qualify as an exception. Here is a link to an eBay auction where someone (not me) is selling 16,000 Modulex bricks: (URL) looks like a really nice and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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FWIW The LEGO shop, Bluewater, UK on Saturday had the following: RIS 1.0 RIS 1.5 DDK RDS The RDS box said it would allow connection to a PC with a future expansion kit, as we already know. They also had the Technics StarWars Battle Droid - about £20 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | My new Engine
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Hi! I finally built a decent engine that I am proud enough to show everybody. It's a model of an EMD GP35 run by the ERIE-LACKAWANNA railroad. Since I am a relatively new trainhead, I am interested in any feedback this group has. I would also like (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: walker that turns?
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I have several walkers that turn at: (URL) of the walkers turn like a treaded tank, but one uses a middle leg to "rotate" when it is time to turn. Have fun building your walker.... Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Since kids will have seen this on TV, it may be part of the current popular view of "Robots".. The link is: (URL) abstract: This Personal Satellite Assistant, or PSA, will hover in the weightlessness of space. It’s like having a buddy there to help (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Busy Bee Castle News
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Further Simon's post RE Busy Bee, I called them. It appears they are due a number of 6090 "Royal Knight's Castle" castles. They will be selling them for UKP50 (~$70 exc vat). They are due in stock in around 3-4 weeks time. See the set at (good pic) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RCX Byte Code listings
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Hi, I am looking for the most detailed version of the RCX Byte Code syntax available does anybody know where I can find such a document. If possible I would also like to find a copy of the Hitachi assembly code syntax. D Myers (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | IC&M Signal Tower [DAT]
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Here is the IC&M signal tower. 1 of these goes each side of the station, both facing the same way. It is supposed to be like the "traffic light" signal towers that you see on railroads all around the world. 0 IC&M Signal Tower 0 Author: Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | 6125 Sea Sprint 9 [DAT]
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0 6125 Sea Sprint 9 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3032.DAT 1 0 -20 -10 0 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 3633.DAT 1 0 20 -10 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 3633.DAT 1 0 30 -24 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.DAT 1 0 -30 -24 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | 6115 shark scout [DAT]
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0 6115 shark scout 0 author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3020.DAT 1 0 0 0 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3020.DAT 1 0 -30 -8 -50 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 0 30 -8 -50 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 0 30 -8 30 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | 1749 aquanauts paravane [DAT]
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Someone on RTL wanted .dat file of the aquazone sets... here they are (well some of them anyway) 0 1749 aquanauts paravane 0 author: Jonathan wilson 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3020.DAT 1 14 0 -8 30 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2419.DAT 1 0 0 -8 -40 1 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Site--Comments?
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Hi All, For the ThinkQuest 2000 contest (www.thinkquest.com or org, i forget which) I was putting together a Mindstorms site with a group of two friends. I was wondering what people on the the newsgroup/list thought of the site in its under (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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(...) It might be that it can - but you won't find any menus in RIS 1.5 program that let's you use the software for the Scout - I strongly believe this will be with a Scout version 1.5 (or 2.0 - depends). They still have to market the Scout in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA : FABULAND
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Lego Fabuland : 8286 "Mayor's House" (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) 6074 is ok but 6073 is better. it is one of the best castles (along with 6080) that TLG has ever made. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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Hi Ray and all, Just another mail about McDonalds, but this is in Holland (...) There eight basic LEGO sets and 1 DUPLO set (1614) a crocodile in the action in Holland available. All available for approx 2 USD. Greetings Nico (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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Hej Tobias! Tobias Möller skrev... (...) En "battle droid" (ursäkta användandet av engelska :) kan översättas till "stridsrobot", det är en av de nya figurerna i "Stjärnkrig, avsnitt 1, Det mörka hotet". Stridsroboten kommer i flera tusental och (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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Tobias Möller wrote in message ... (...) Space. (...) in (...) Yeah, but why would TLG necessarily use this reasoning[1]? For all we know the TLG person answering your mail might think that SW counts as Space, or even the whole company might think (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) There are probably many ways for a walker to turn. A simple one is the "triple gait cycle hexapod", which can walk both forwards and backwards, in addition to turning either way. I have made a triple gait cycle hexapod based on the Cybermaster (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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