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I'd also suspect this, having worked at a company that manufactured optical encoders, most of these things are sinusoidal. That is far from a bad thing though. If you build two of these and get them 90 degrees apart so you are seeing both a sine and (...) (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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(...) Actually, you can get the lights to project pretty far by placing one of those silver headlight dishes around the light bulb. This works great for the light on the front of a steam train. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Yesterday I was talking to a manager at one McDonalds who mentioned that you can actually *buy* the 18" high Ronald McDonald models that are one of the prizes. While as a prize it is valued as $25, to purchase it costs $55. It is preassembled. You (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | NorthWestfest reminder etc.
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First, it may be worth your while taking another quick look at (URL) Now, listen verry carrefully, I weel say zis only wurnce: In case anyone is having problems reading the graphics on the web page, my address is: 11, Smithy Walk Wheelock Sandbach. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: LEGO trains...The Future of Model Railroading?
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(...) Agreed. (...) Perhaps, but somehow I find decals an excusable exception. They have so many applications <sorry> other than trains. Think Joe Davenport and his farm, etc things. I don't think that they lesson the purity concept in the same way (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Larry Pieniazek (<383ABCCC.767908F9@...ager.net>) wrote at 16:11:56 (...) And nickel oxide conducts electricity :-) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What's the biggest/best spare piece you ever got in a set?
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(...) So far it has happened with 3 of my sets :) Julie (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wireless Robots
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I'm not : ) The laptop gets the ethernet card and it in turn interfaces with the RCX... Vlad Dumitrescu wrote in message ... (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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(...) radioshack.ca Canada doesn't ship outside Canada. I couldn't find the book in the catalog at radioshack.com - I must be dumb but I couldn't find how to make a search in the catalog so I had to look at the list of the 161 available books and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I need a Propeller
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There is a 3 inch prop in Set #8412, but it does not move a lot of air. I was going to send a picture to you, but I could not get through your "spamtrap". -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Elsner" <spamtrap02@lowpoly.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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