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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 03:44:27 GMT, "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote: <snip> (...) Counting spine cars as multiple cars is indeed a prototypical practice. Train length on the NS computers is calculated by the number of cars you have. Once you (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mindstorms seen in australian pc world
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there is a small section in the gadget column of the december issue of australian pc world referencing the mindstorms RIS. It is only a few paragraphs about what it is/does but it is good to see that pc world is smart enough to recognise that which (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Scan of the mindstorms DDK inventory page
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Does anyone have/can someone make me a scan of the mindstorms DDK inventory page? I have a text inventory but because it uses so many unknown pieces I want to see first hand what the different pieces look like -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 sets should appear this weekend
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(...) Yeah, but last I saw, about 90% of Canajans (as the Canadian side of my family calls it) live within 100km of the US border. That border's pretty porous, so I'd bet you can just hop across at your nearest border town and buy 'em (unless (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: right.....IM BACk
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(...) is so massive that it is well nigh impossible to build. It also uses lots of parts in colors that they do not exist in (for example clear orange aquazone windscreens and domes) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Tilt (fwd)
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Radio Shack used to sell mercury switches. I have a couple here that would probably work quite well. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR scanner
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That STILL is NOT the correct value for the speed of light! It is 186,000 * 5280 = 982,080,000,000 feet per second (approximately). To get 96,720,000 you must have multiplied 186,000 * 520. - Nick - (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 4561 modifications
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Has anyone made any modifications to 4561. I think it COULD be a nice train but it needs help. And I need some help for ideas. I was think of a commuter like in Chicago. Help. Mike (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FA(eBay): Castle weapons, shields and Robin Hood hats
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16 small triangular Royal Knights shields (URL) egg-shaped Royal Knights shields (URL) egg-shaped dragon shields (URL) green "Robin Hood" hats (URL) gold crowns & 10 silver swords (URL) grey castle swords (URL) axes, bows & arrows (URL) Email: (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Motor not turning - help please
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(...) Are they known to respond to this? We had a motor that was frozen the moment we got it out of the bag, so I'd love to get a new one. -Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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