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(...) What I've always wondered about the Basic Stamp is why anyone would want to use Basic to program an microcontroller. I love Basic but when coding for a robot I want to take full advantage of the hardware, and that means programming it in Forth (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What is the latest status of Setzilla (500 Sets) Auction
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(...) I have received all sets from that auction, some from Todd and some from Chris. eric (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I'd like to use NCQ with my new Robolab challenge set... but the CD with V1.5 I received does not include spirit.ocx. Anyone know how to get this? Couldn't find on Lego's site. Dave -- Dave Crabbe, Faculty Nova Scotia Community College, Canada (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Ghosts?
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(...) No reason to cancel - your message is correct. The Time Cruiser sets did come with ghosts, and they had legs rather than bricks for feet. Raymond Flournoy posted a memorable message about this in r.t.l about a year or two ago which is worth (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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It's been a while since I bought anything through shop@home, and thus have a question. Last night I bought some train track for my christmas layout, which I was planning on setting up over thanksgiving weekend. Now, the order guy said that it'd be (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie
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(...) The track is flexible enough that you can adjust the alignment - and if you're trying to mount everything down to baseplates you're going to have to get creative in the corners anyway... John1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Adventures of the Legoland Coast Guard Cutter
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(...) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What is the exact meaning of MIB?
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(...) What effect, if any, does it have on the bricks themselves? What about overly long soaking, like if you forget and soak them for an entire day? (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Musing on Tiberius Flint
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The Eternal Champion does Lego! Very nice, bravo, hip-hip-hooray. Always pursue those creative demons. One never knows what rabbit hole they will lead you down, but it is the journey, and not the destination (not that a single seasick sailor will (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah, I agree. Besides, why should smokers who are buyers care if someone proudly promotes the fact that he is not sending out smelly Lego bricks? Smoking sucks. The smell sucks. It seeps into everything it touches and makes it suck. No stinky (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | What is a "Rock Monster" worth?
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I recently bought a "Rock Raiders" set with a rock monster in it. I have found someone who wants to buy or trade for it, what is the consensus about the relative value of this piece? All replies appreciated. (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: com1 port settings to download pcode.hb.s19
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I did the test in the hyperTerminal and i couldn't get the com1 port. Do you know how can i enable this port in windows nt? (...) don't (...) don't (...) i (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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(...) A more precise definition of what I mean by "Lego fan" in this context would be someone who wants to build robots, but not get down to the "workshop floor" with the soldering iron, the screwdriver and the such... It doesn't mean there aren't (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Anyone using motors, etc. in Castle creations?
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(...) If you put enough lights in parallel, they will start to dim. Since we have no ideal power sources, all power sources will put out a lower voltage as the load increases. Batteries are pretty good, and can dump their energy pretty quick. A (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ghosts?
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(...) Actually not odd. :-) I thought wrong (being at work and not being able to look sometimes causes mistakes) the one I got was actually from 6497 - Twisted Time Train. Sorry, Eric K. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Dan Moquin writes: <SNIP> (...) Whoops didn't see Joel's reply. PS How do you cancel messages. Dan M. (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ghosts?
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(...) THAT'S IT!!! THE DACTA SET! Yep... Now I remember-- it came with 2 of each fig: Willa the witch, the king, the fright knights knight, the bat lord, the royal knights knight, the skeleton, and the GHOST! Woohoo! My mind can be at rest! Thanks, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) out (...) What about the Time Cruisers sets, they had ghosts in them, although I don't know about the legs!! Dan M. (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie
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(...) Wouldn't that throw off the alignment of the rest of the track in other places by being a stud off? Is there a way to get around this? (I'm thinking specifically of situations where the entire layout is mounted on baseplates). Steve Martin (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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Jeremy, The Basic Stamp is extremely popular. There is a huge user base and a lot of software ideas published. The BasicX is fairly new ... the BX-24 (BS-2 pin compatible device) has only been released for about a month ... so the user base is quite (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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