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The problem with programming the built-in IR in the Palm is that one needs to access and control the hardware directly. You can't use the normal programming interfaces for controlling the IR. This requires an in-depth knowledge of IR protocol and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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Arjen Gerstel <a.gerstel@inter.nl.net> wrote in message news:FL3F92.CrE@lugnet.com... (...) As you may already know, I keep a set of pages devoted to homemade sensors and alike for the RCX at (URL) . I've posted quite a few homebrew sensor projects (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Shopping - Zany brainy on 7 has several 8480 Space Shuttles
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In case anyone is interested. I think that they are at full price. I had not seen any of these in a store (other than S@H and DYA, of course) in quite a while. Will (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: Curved Bridge Prototype Built
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Adrian Egli: (...) Looks good. What about stability? It looks like there could be some problems unless there is a firm connection to some straight sections of bridge. (...) and a short description? I would like to add it to my bridge page. Play (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another 2000 Rant
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(...) Same reason there was stuff called Royal Knights, Dark Forest, Etc.: Sub-themes. ;) (...) Nitpick Time!! These are *not* Jurassic Park sets. The best book tie-in would be Sir Arthur Conan Doyles' "The Lost World". :) Jeff "What was with the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Use PC's IR port instead of IR tower?
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The basic difference between PCs/PalmPilots/WinCE IR ports and the RCX is a different physical transmission/modulation protocol. In the PC etc case the commonly used format is described by the IrDa standard (www.irda.org) where seperate IR pulses (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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In lugnet.loc.us.mo, Levering A. Reynolds writes: <snipped previous post> (...) Do you ever make it to Columbia? I visit relatives in that city at least once or twice a year. Space is always a problem, isn't it? While living in an apartment I had (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Help on upgrading MS 1.0 to 1.5
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Could someone explain the upgrade process? Where I am, none of the retailers have Mindstorms 1.5 in it (which is fine with me, since all the advice here is that you're better off buying 1.0 and then upgrading to 1.5). However, at all the places I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | I'm going to be at the Construction Site on the 20th
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In case anyone's interested, I'm planning on being at The Construction Site on NOV 20 between 10:00 and 10:30. My parents and I are going to be driving to FL for Thanksgiving, and I was able to convince them to stop in Waltham so I could see the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: What the...?
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(...) Looking at the pics, I kinda doubt it. The T-Rex doesn't have any spinal ridges like on the Dragon tail. It might not have a moveable tail, either. Personally, I don't care. In fact, I'll only be slightly dissapointed if the tail drags on the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Two Han heads?
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Nice try hoping, John, but if you were to study the catalogs as much as I do, you'd realize that all it is is TLC's common trick of using one picture, and when they get bored of using it they just mirror it. On some sets it's easy to notice 'cause (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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Steve Barile: (...) If you mean the "International" part in the title seriously, I would count Billund (and possibly Windsor and Carlsbad) as the obvious locations. (...) I can come these dates - possibly even if it is in the USA. (...) Cool. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Arctic is Town (was: Re: My Analysis of the 2000 Sets)
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(...) year (...) Where did this come from? I haven't seen anything that says "Futbol" in the catalog, and frankly, I don't think Lego would be dumb enough to refer to the soccer sets this way in the US. It would create way to much confusion. Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Cybermaster???
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Rachel Kingston (<FL38zC.LDy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 14:16:24 (...) The following comments are aimed at the products as they come out of the box: The Cybermaster unit has three sensor ports, two built in motors, and one motor (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Um... Barbarians of Bull (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Help Needed
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Hello all, I have two set that i can't find on Lugnet These are Number 060 on the box, it's blue from the 1960's, And box number 5, it an white box. With a striped flag logo I will see if i can get some scans More info, bix 060 has Lego System on (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) <sigh> Oh how I wish. At least we can make a decent barbarian horde. (Polybag, polybag, come on polybag.) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Castle? Huzzah!
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(...) Nope, different baseplate. James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO name change
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(...) Well, if we really want an acronym, (I think LEGO is fine) I guess that since the "the" is lowercase then it could just be "LC" Often times in acronyms the "the"s and "and"s and such are left out. TLC just has too many other meanings. T-Boz, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO name change
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Being a LEGO Fellow at MIT, I receive an employee magazine. It was stated to all employees. I have seen the change implemented in a few areas, but undoubtedly it will take time. note: the "the" is lowercase in the Lego Company. If looking for a new (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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