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Well, remember how I said 99%??? It's the 1 percent chance that gets you every time. Our trip was canceled. Drat. I was really looking forward to exchanging lies with you guys... Sorry about that, everyone. If it's any consolation, I think I'm going (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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Its the web version of a carboot sale! Will they give a discount for a big order? Lego Technic 8266 Blue Flash VS Arachnophob - still not worth it at £2 OK. Who bought all the rock raiders? For the micro motor: 10 Lego Technic 'Space Shuttle (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I don't know of the top of my head. But I've just placed a modest order (2 shuttles, plus some wild west stuff). I don't care about Karma - you'll work out why in a moment. I expect them to honour the deal. Because in my spare time, when I'm (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Dennis Bosman's LEGO Trucks and Construction Machinery
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Humina humina humina! Dennis's trucks are the most amazing LEGO models I've ever seen in my entire life! (IMHO, these beat out anything made even by professional LEGO model builders...) If you haven't been to Dennis's site yet, ya gotta check it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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Hi all, I have been trying to use the IR beam + light detector to simulate an IR proximity sensor, as suggested by many. However, I don't seem to succeed, no matter what I try. I wonder if anyone on the list has experienced problems before getting (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MyFamily coupon
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(...) Rose, Click here to shop at myfamily.com (URL) Rich (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Right now (MLCAD 1.5), you can right-click a view, and change *that window* to one of the standard views. But you can't add new view-definitions, like "upside down" or "right-front-below" (aka, pit-crew view angle). LDAO allows these types of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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NQC uses the firmware only to the extent that you need to be able to point to it for download. Choose Download Firmware to find out what file it wants to download (I think it's spirit.oxc), then copy that file from the CD to your hard drive for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BayLUG Gathering: 15-car Metroliner! fred@drbmar.com (Fred Yokel), bloss@enter.net, mbates@sd.rss.rockwell.com, willc@halcyon.com, laygoman@earthlink.net, steveb@codenet.net, david@graham167.freeserve.co.uk
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(...) I want to correct the spelling: Eric with a 'c' please. I believe 'Erik Wilson' is spelled with a 'k', however. I also want to add that Roger Rothhaar brought his excellent space ships which most others have probably already seen but they were (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I too have brought the Dinsmore compass. Mine is the Digital version (4 o/c o/p's corresponding to N,S,E,W) I am going to try using Gasperi's (sp?) general purpose analog interface and try summing the compass O/P's to get reading between the 4 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Would there be any way to cancel this if they decide not to honor their price? I'm ordering from the US, and with the cost of shipping, I'll get ten for the price of three! Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi all, Got a dumb question: Is there a way to download the firmware to the RCX without using the lego mindstorms CD? I run NT 4.0 and can't install/use the new 1.5 CD. Since I plan on using NQC, I didn't think not being able to use the CD would be (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MyFamily coupon
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When I went to this site it says that it is e web site for creating your own webpage. Do you have to do this? Is there any way around it? Rose Steve Martin wrote in message ... (...) you (...) and a (...) in (...) the (...) "Phase (...) your (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Taylor series should converge quite rapidly. After 2 or 3 terms, the error is usually neglectable (depending or your demands, of course: this should be fine for up to a few decimals) For those not familiar with the Taylor expansion, I've added a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) years... (...) is (...) guesses (...) KB) (...) year (...) continent. (...) So, us Left Coasters have to wait an extra week? How dare they! The nerve! What an insult! OOoooOOOooooo....oh...I wasn't going to buy any until there was a sale, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) It works okay for me - it must be your computer feeling guilty :) I did the 3 Shuttle Order as well. Silly £10 minumum! But I also mailed them back saying that if it was an error that I wouldn't hold them to it. I would have felt too guilty I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 600 dpi scans of 2000 Catalog Insets
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I posted this to lugnet.starwars, but I just realized it wasn't very obvious, so I'm posting it again. Anyway, here it is: Okay, I have scanned in the insets for the Millenium Falcon, B-Wing, and A-Wing. You can see them here: < (URL) > They show (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Parlano di noi anche qui (URL) l'altro dicono di aver combattuto con Todd per "ages" per togliere le localizzazioni sotto uk. Chissa` che a noi non dia piu` retta? Dovremmo spiegargli che le province italiane sono molto meno significative (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) ......... ......... Why doesent anyone know how to make a door! I need some doors on this ship now........ ok better question "HOW DO I MAKE DOORS IN SPACE FOR LIKE A SPACE BASE" there.....& all I got is a bunch of red,m blue, yellow, green, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | FA: two 9 volt train motors (#5300)
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These are not sealed #5300, but the same thing-- brand new, never been used motors INCLUDING side attachments. A good deal at $38, compared to S@H's $55. Check out: (URL) and click on trains. Thanks, John (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 sets should appear this weekend
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(...) Just checked my calendar. I captured the first day I saw the new sets last year - Dec. 14th, Redwood City Toys R Us. Based on the rollouts of various sets, it seems to take about a week for new sets to make their way across the continent. So (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:40:52 GMT, Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities... (...) I think they may have noticed, now cannot connect to the server, on 2 different connections..... (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:40:52 GMT, Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities... (...) I'd just noticed, that looking for these 1857's....wish me luck! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: I've got it finally !
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(...) Welcome Stupid questions? There are no such things! I think this community is one of the few which accepts that the same question is asked over and over again. Jacob (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1857s for sick squid each
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On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:09:01 GMT, Steve Anderson uttered the following profundities... (...) Might just be worth checking out the old web-site, to see if they have any there! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove? Final Answer
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Push a Technic Bush onto a regular antenna as far as it will go, then just try to get it off. Unfortunately, I've done this with 8 antennae for a spider walker, and I'm not sure if I'll ever get all 8 off. -John Van Rick Kujawa (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FS: Parts from 6097 - Night Lord's castle
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Hello, I have a bunch of Night Lord's Castles that I am breaking up for parts. Rather than me list parts and prices, if there are parts from this set that you would like, please let me know what piece, how many, and at what price, and we'll see what (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Mindstorms in Italia!!
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Ho visto lo spot!!! Lo trovo stupendo e la cosa più bella è che sembra la pubblicità di un prodotto "da grandi" (forse qualcosa si muove: vedi thread "limiti di età"). A Roma ho cominciato la ricerca ma nessuna sà niente, lo scambiano per (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) order and was charged until I realized there was more so I made a second order: 6190 £2.00 6769 £3.50 6982 £2.50 6765 £1.60 7171 £6.00 7141 £1.50 Shipping £3. Only one of each. Somebody at the Entertainer has made a boo-boo :-) Wonder whether (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Get $15 off a$40 order at toysrus.com
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Mark Herzberg wrote in message ... (...) you (...) Your total bill will be for the regular amount, however, the next page will show billing info and on this page you will find the deduct. If you follow the link to TRU a banner will show up at the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New newsgroups for Fun Projects & Group Activities
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A new topic hierarchy dedicated to fun projects and group activities has just been created with five new newsgroups: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.fun (hierarchy): LEGO-centered projects and group activities for amusement, learning, or awareness: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.party)
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Welcome to lugnet.fun.party, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.fun.party (group): LEGO-themed celebration: birthday party games, party favors, decorations, cake toppers, party planning, etc. lugnet.fun.* (hierarchy): LEGO-centered (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.party)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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Welcome to lugnet.fun.holiday, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.fun.holiday (group): LEGO-centered holiday-specific projects: Halloween cookies, Christmas ornaments, Valentine's Day postcards, etc. lugnet.fun.* (hierarchy): (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.gaming)
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Welcome to lugnet.fun.gaming, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.fun.gaming (group): LEGO-centered gaming: puzzles, building challenges, role-playing games, strategy games, treasure hunts, etc. lugnet.fun.* (hierarchy): LEGO-centered (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.gaming)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Welcome to lugnet.fun.crafts, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.fun.crafts (group): LEGO-centered crafts: package reuse, functional sculptures, gifts, aquarium decor, picture frames, jewelry, clocks, magnets, bookmarks, scrapbooks, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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Welcome to lugnet.fun.community, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.fun.community (group): LEGO-centered community activities (passing along the cheer and spirit of LEGO fun): organized public events, fund-raisers, group modeling, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Unknown Old LEGO Pieces....
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Recently I came across some old LEGO bricks that I never even knew existed (the 4 types of "macaroni" bricks). Now there may be another, but I don't have more than a diagram on a box. Has anyone ever heard of the following bricks: a 2x12 and a 2x14 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color Line Promotional sets 1955 and 2149
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I have received a few orders, but I have room for more orders. I will leaving for the trip with Color Line Friday evening. I must have received any new orders before that. Just some words about the price. A used 2149 has been auctioned for 56 USD; (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FOTD (Day or Decade? You Decide)
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Hello, Wahoo! Went to my Aunt's house for Thanksgiving. And raided her attic. Found one medium sized box full of Lego, including: 6080 King's Castle 4021 Police Patrol 6540 Pier Police 6375 Trans Air Carrier 6257 Castaway's Raft Plus a few small (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: swept wings
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(...) Cool! But things like this should go into .cad.dat.ideas. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) Aha! I don't remember that pain, but that sounds about right! That would certainly explain why that double-tube plate made parts connected to it so difficult to pull apart! :-( --Todd [followups to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands] (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) I believe that would take care of the problem. CSTUD.DAT wouldn't be recognized by LDraw and LEdit as anything special--these two programs recognize files named stud*.dat as special files; LDraw substitutes stu2*.dat when the fast draw option (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: servo program, addendum
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Dear ? The initialization function is: enable_expbd_servos(1); per the latest library routines see handyboard web site. Bart Schrijver. ___...___ Reply Separator ___...___ Subject: servo program Author: Non-HP-dab8rs-85 (dab8rs_85@yahoo.com) at (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: WooHoo!!
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) submodels. (...) in (...) After reading this it ocurred to me that the two rail cars in 4561 have stickers on them (T3254 on the passenger car and T3569 on the vehicle car). Since the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
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(...) remotely (...) of (...) I saw a page somewhere (somebody post if you know) of a design that used the property that if you push in horizontally from the side on the magnets, they decouple. I built a version of this and it worked very well. This (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) I'd say, brickwise, Tyco's biggest problem is they didn't round off the edges of the bricks. You thought it hurt to step on *LEGO* bricks? Those Tyco pieces were doubly painful. Also, the lack of rounding made it hard to pry the pieces apart. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Silver bricks
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(...) I remember as a kid there was a special LEGO set that came in a Samsonite briefcase. This was in Canada, so I don't know if they were also available in the US. I'm sure a glance through the old catalogues will elucidate what set that was. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: servo program
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Here's a simple program that will make a servo move as the knob on the Handyboard is turned: int i; void main() { init_expbd_servos(1); while(1) { i= knob(); i = (i*10)+1000; printf("val %d\n",i); msleep(20L); servo0 = i; } } (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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If you are quick The Entertainer have missed out a zero: (URL) 60 (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Unified UK Lego Web Page/Community?
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(...) It's mine - you can't have it!! :-0 (...) I mean a version 3 compliant frame. Tables were just too difficult for what I want to create. (...) I'll create a working mock-up to demostrate what I mean. (...) Sounds good but that would take ages (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: servo program
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Dear ?: First off, your program contains an infinite loop; statement return(0); will never be reached. Also you told it that main does not return a value, yet you used e return in the end. This will generate a compiler error for sure. I belief the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: BayLUG Gathering: 15-car Metroliner! fred@drbmar.com (Fred Yokel), bloss@enter.net, mbates@sd.rss.rockwell.com, willc@halcyon.com, laygoman@earthlink.net, steveb@codenet.net, david@graham167.freeserve.co.uk
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Hi, Sounds very cool! Sorry we were not around. Will there be pics on the Baylug site? Also, anybody have any white 2x4s they can spare? Thanks, mark (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 2000 sets should appear this weekend
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(...) Hey! Does this mean only at these Lego stores in Florida? Any educated guesses about regular stores for the rest of the States? (TRU, Walmart, Target, and KB) Man I can't wait for these sets! I gotta get a Boba Fett!! Chris (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Silver bricks
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(...) Yes, Mike is correct. 1973 was the year that TLG took over USA LEGO production, and Enfield became the LEGO USA Headquarters. Prior to that it was in Colorado (home of Samsonite), and I can't remember the city (not Denver). LEGO first (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | BayLUG Gathering: 15-car Metroliner! fred@drbmar.com (Fred Yokel), bloss@enter.net, mbates@sd.rss.rockwell.com, willc@halcyon.com, laygoman@earthlink.net, steveb@codenet.net, david@graham167.freeserve.co.uk
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Mike Poindexter (Fresno, CA) brought 12 cars, including two alternate-model engines, and many "subway-style" (center-door) passenger cars. Erik McCarthy (Newark, CA) added three more cars to the train. Mike also made an inclined track section, with (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I've been trying to do this as well. The problem I have found is that the Taylor series expansion needs to be developed near the solution to get accurate results. Some may wonder why finding the arcsine of a number might be of interest. If one has a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Unified UK Lego community idea
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(...) I can help you here right now -- very minimal overhead. If you guys want to pick someone to volunteer to maintain links & things, I'll give them editor permissions to the whole /loc/uk/ hierarchy, and they can put information onto the local UK (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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Michigan should be on the fast track for a new store. With both Lar and myself living in Michigan, that should be enough reason to get one (smile). And don't forget Scott, Mark, Eric and Steve....... also fellow Michiganians. And besides, there are (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WooHoo!!
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(...) No, It just comes with nine different booklets/sheets for all the submodels. Stupid, if you ask me. One Large Booklet is more space economic, at least in my instruction sorting system. Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | US S@H Specials Nov 29 - Dec 5, 1999, for db
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(URL) Primo Fishing Net $16.50 $ 8.75 2098 Tommy Tugboat $11.00 $ 5.50 Scala 3103 Male Scala Doll $ 8.75 $ 4.50 Belville 5387 Beach Accessories $ 3.50 $ 1.75 System 6490 Amazon Crossing $16.50 $ 8.75 2161 Aquadozer $27.50 $13.75 6029 Treasure Guard (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) nice (...) I did this at LEGOLAND-Windsor as well. I had to buy a ticket and as long as I returned to the ticket kiosk within 30 minutes the entire fee was refunded. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego In Chu?
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(...) At the LL Carlsbad Legofest some fellow AFOLs from Japan brought one of these. It wasn't any of the sets that've been mentioned so far; I believe it was the Paradisa motorboat. Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Depends on what you hit it with. It's not designed to go toe to toe with capital ships; that's what capital ships are for, naturally. ;) The purpose of Marathon was to test modularity in large, multi-lobed vessels; to test the feasability of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: from whence do these come? Multi-holed grey brick quest
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Hello Craig, I've been looking for the same set. I saw a Lego history site that talks about this set and even had a few pics. I think it was an English site. I can't remember the number of the set that contained the gears and chain links either. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: WTT/B: "tentacle" pieces - *LOTS* of 'em
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(...) D'OH!!! Ssshhhhhh!!!!!!! I said, it's a _SECRET_! :-) (...) _IF_ the whatever-the-[censored]-it-is ever gets done, yes, I _will_ post photos of it. I'd _especially_ like to publicly unveil it at another occurrence of Steve Jackson's Lego (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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(...) That's certainly one of the venues I'd recommend, but I'm not really sure what the logic is behind their store placement... I'd be curious to find out why in the world they put one in Georgia to begin with... I'm not sure if they want to avoid (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove? Final Answer
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I did this recently, and I had little trouble. They were two new ones, so that may be the reason. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTT/B: "tentacle" pieces - *LOTS* of 'em
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(...) Are you making Cthulhu? I'd love to see it, once it's done! Dave! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
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(...) Are there any details out on the web of this? I'm updating my web pages and notice that I have very few links for train automation. (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego In Chu?
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(...) Heh, I call these sets "Shitfy" without the "F"! But seriously, the quality is REALLY bad. These bricks make MegaBlocks look good. The instructions are like colour photocopies. The color is way off, and the printing on the minifigs (I can't (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTT/B: "tentacle" pieces - *LOTS* of 'em
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Since many of the "tentacle" (aka "arm") pieces that I'm needing for one of my projects are available _only_ in Aquazone sets (at least, as far as I know), I thought that I might get better response if I posted here. However, since I am asking for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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(...) I've run into this at at LLC and LLW, and I'm fairly certain they aren't supposed to, but will. My experience seems to be very dependant on how nice the person on the other side of the glass is, and on how polite I'm being. Showing up towards (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | lego cataloog 2000
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hallo, Voor de geinteresseerde, de lego cataloog voor 2000 is reeds op het internet te vinden en dit op : www.brickshelf.com Daar vindt U ook de catalogen van 1967 tot 2000 + bouwbeschrijvingen Meer dan de moeite waard om eens te zien. Groetjes, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.be)
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| | Re: News
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(...) Fantastico! Penso comunque di fare un annuncio ufficiale su lugnet.announce quando avremo tutto il sito definitivo. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Bored? Check out my Site!
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(...) Thanks for pointing that out. How careless of me. I've fixed the link now. (...) Well for one thing, I think it gets pretty annoying and tedious to have a disclaimer on each page. But I guess if the disclaimer doesn't get in the way of the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | lego cataloog 2000
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Hallo, Voor de geinteresseerden : De Amerikaanse Lego cataloog voor 2000 is reeds op het internet te vinden. Ga naar: www.brickshelf.com Daar vindt U bijna alle catalogen van 1967 tot 2000 + bouwbeschrijvingen. Meer dan de moeite om eens te zien. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove? Final Answer
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OW! Painful memories of the same situation are coming back to me now. This is what keep me from reassembling my Galaxy Commander for several years. -Chris (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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(...) Not when I was there you didn't. You just left you're drivers liscense with Customer Service and you could go in. Admittedly, you only had a half-hour or so, and it was during opening weekend, so they may've changed their policy. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) It's funny you should mention that; I had the same thought once I'd downloaded the latest version of L3P and started messing around with the quality settings. If I were to use a CSTUD.DAT file, what would have to be different about it for L3P (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ends SOON! Idea Book #260 Technic Book #8891
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Hi, Ending today are the 260 Lego Idea Book and the 8891 Technic Idea Book auctions. Please check them out at: (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: My dream about lego
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(...) Rachel, The 810 (European Town Plan) set had (I believe) a cardboard top to it with the Town Plan scene. There was a pair of wooden box sets from circa 1967-68 that were 820 (filled with LEGO) and 821 (same box but empty). I have the 821 and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | FA Castle, Pirate, Town and Space Sets ending soon!
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Hi, Set auctions ending SOON (within hours!) are: Castle, Pirate, Town and Space Sets for Auction on Ebay. You can see them at: (URL) are MISB, except 6048 which has no box. Pirates: 6289 Red Beard Runner Castle: 6024 Bandit's Ambush, with the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Minifig box 2 :)
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Be careful about throwing out legs, arms, hands, etc. I used several of these parts to fix minifigs in the box, or ones I already had. I didn't destroy any complete figs, which is what will happen if you throw out the incomplete figs. Oh, also you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Software upgrade v1.5
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1.0 + Upgrade = 2 constructopedias and 2 test pads, more pieces, plus an RCX that has an AC adapter socket 1.5 = 1 c-pedia, 1 test pad, no AC socket, fewer pieces Right now the 1.0 plus the (free) 1.5 upgrade is the one to get, IMHO. --Doug Wilcox (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Timmy?
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OK, that thread about modeling clone bricks was one thing, but modeling Timmy? You've gone too far now! Unless, of course, if you plan to LDraw Todd's Timmy Launcher from MindFest :-) -John Van Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: new superliner pic, look fans, no windows!
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(...) With additional coaches built this solid, you should have one smooth train set, Ben. The additional weight seems to yield much smoother and slower accelerations...which I like. (...) "windowless" passenger coaches, for I had not noticed this (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moving homes? Lego ?
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I would go with Tom So i would have to tear apart my models, put them in them bags "ziplocks" that you call in the US, i'm should be able to find them in the local supermarket. Put them back into there boxs. Any small or leaky boxs can going in a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | servo program
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Can anyone please write me a brief servo motor program that will control two servos from the expansion board? This the one I had to control one, but did not work: void main(void) { while(1) { init_expbd_servos(1) servo0 = 1000 } return(0); } (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 1857s for sick squid each
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Hi - I'm dropping in from the wilderness again... The Entertainer in Cardiff is shifting 1857 brick packs for £6 each. A veritable bargain, which is why I bought two on the spot! (I was going to do four but I was getting chronic stomach cramps, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Speed regulators at Zainy Brainy
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(...) I don't know how much longer they'll have this, but I got one and used a code of "COSHARE" and got another $10 off, $9.71 I paid for one. :) You can only use the code once. (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Free Shipping from Buy.com
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If you were like me and tried to redeem the $10 off for repeat customers last night and kept running into a web server timeout, place your order today and then call buy.com - 888.880.1030 and ask for a credit on the shipping. Sounds like they have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WAS: Gold Tap Inn
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(...) make Tudor (easier than saying Half Timber) :) (...) After thinking about this one, the only thing I can think of would be to put 1x1 or 1x2 technic beams w/ single hole in the wall, with a technic 1/2 peg, and then stick on long black tiles (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:FLtn2z.KB3@lugnet.com... (...) or (...) be (...) with (...) stirred (...) clones, (...) to (...) to (...) clear (...) If (...) that: (...) clone- (...) the (...) shouldn't (...) of (...) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Speed regulators at Zainy Brainy
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I was just checking out www.zainybrainy.com and they have 9V speed regulators for $19.99. I little better than the ~$50 that S@H charges. Steve Martin (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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