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(...) up! (...) spend (...) one - (...) longer (...) Therefore, (...) Legos (...) money) (...) own (...) sound (...) LOL..... Well I'm more selfish, and more small minded so there!!! I don't even want them to take the lego that we have given them! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was lucky to get that 6990. I also have had many bad luck stories with the brick. But, that is being a LEGO addict is all about, huh? (...) It is very difficult to cash in moths, you have to drag the manager into it, and set up trading, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are there two types - I only have the aqazone one - what is the other one? Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I got 5563 - the MT Octan Truck only available on the continent, and an X-Wing Fighter. Also picked up second-hand 182 train set and all 3 weetabix promo sets from the 1970's just before Christmas! Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I believe it came from the 2000 catalog. As far as I can tell, there are only two pictures of this set by itself. The one in the 2000 catalog and the Lego website, and the box cover and S@H. The former shows 5 flags, the latter shows 4. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) also. (...) Sorry for answering my own post here, but I've just found the boat in question and it was on pause. What threw me was no writing on the side and I've only got the hull here in front of me. No cabin or mast etc. The writing was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey! I *like* the "stupid parrot" shape! If you don't want yours, I'll take 'em! Except for the actual parrot, I've got enough of those... Jeff (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I learned this as well, from both my stepdad's nephews and from my roommates nephews as well. They have a tendency to destroy sets, and somehow manage to hide it until they leave. I don't mind a few things, but it looks like Godzilla came (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm... I think is just improper anyway. It is common courtesy not to say things like that. But I guess that's what you get when you have to buy LEGO. I for one like online shopping (I don't buy them without free shipping most of the time), and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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"AS" == Al & Becky Szymanski <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> writes: AS> having visited the site mentioned in the O'Reilly book and also AS> gone through all ( that I can find ) of the tecnica registry and AS> Dacta pieces, I cannot find the obvious lego (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Red tug boat question
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Hi everyone I don't normally post to this group, but I have a question that I am hoping that someone can help me with. My three yr old got to a small tug(?) boat of his fathers this week, and broke a small piece off the bow. He was so sad about it, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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| | FT: British Airways Promo 2769
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I have an unopened (NIB) British Airways 2769 Jungle Express available for trade. (URL) you are interested in trading, see my wanted list at: (URL) will consider outright purchase offers but I would prefer to trade if possible. Mike - (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Filmatino
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(...) Speriamo che l'astronave abbia un buon sistema di compensazione della gravita' e buone cinture di sicurezza per i sedili perche' con una manovra negativa come quella gia' vedo tutti gli occupanti con la capoccia piantata nel soffitto! Marco (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Filmatino
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Domenico mi scrive: (...) con (...) Bravo Domenico, vale la pena che anche altri possano vederlo. Ecco il tuo "filmatino" sul mio sito: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | how does a bar code reader work?
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Hi, Can someone explain me how the bar code reader of the codepilot works. I figured out the basics, but I can not get to the clocking stuff. You can move either slow or fast over the bar codes to program the codepilot. I want to use the rcx to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | www.lugnet.com on boxes
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Looking at the boxes of the US Star Wars Lego, I noticed two things: 1. German/european boxes don´t have a piece count :( 2. The US boxes have Logo and address of the official Star Wars Fanclub printed on them. It might be an old idea but my (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Doyle (<FnJL02.ALv@lugnet.com>) wrote at 07:04:50 (...) Careful. You don't want to start any urban legends. Brad said LD would start *limited* bulk ordering. That almost certainly means a specific variety of pieces, probably in (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Leo's Castle... flags?
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Rich Manzo (<FnJ79r.FKt@lugnet.com>) wrote at 02:08:15 (...) Flagpole and flag. It seems a lot of trouble to print different boxes for the sake of a flag :-) Particularly as the instructions seem to be the same. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: origional prices
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Steven Boffardi wrote in message ... (...) Do you mean 5561, 5571, and 5591? If so, based on S@H prices, 5561 was $88, 5571 was $150, and I don't know about 5591. 5561 has been popping up at KB Toys for $40 for a while now. Pretty good deal - I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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(...) I dunno, the US market seems to be, if not large, at least reasonably fanatic. Hello Kitty mobile phones. Hello Kitty Gameboy Colors. Hello Kitty laptops (seriously!). OTOH, a pink cartoon-covered laptop does have that way of saying on the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Trying to do part 2951 bucket for Rock Raider
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I have made a very, very simple mockup for this part. It is available here: (URL) am pretty certain that I have gotten the measurements of the vertices of the parts fairly exact, but there are still lots of details that need to be filled in. If you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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(...) It probably was sarcasm, but I still see it as highly inappropriate. Like using your cellular during church service at the Notre Dame de Paris or at the St Peter of Rome. (...) I agree. But why bother flaming the clueless ones? They don't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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(...) I wouldn't be surprised. When _I_ did power supply experiments as above, I used a 4.5V light brick (and hoo-boy, does 220V AC through a 4.5V light make a nice bright flash). An RCX is just so much a different cookie in terms of replacement (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: differences between 9719 and 9747?
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(...) Here are the differences in parts. They are alse some differences in manual and software, but I don't know them. New parts in set 9747 (Mindstorms 1.5), not in set 9719 (Mindstorms 1.0) Count Part # Part Color 4 3794 1x 2 plate, 1 stud Gray (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: awfully quiet here.
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(...) Why do you have to choose between conventional and Technic? Mix'n'match! It sounds like a good concept, though. I'll be interested in how it comes out! Mine will unfortunately not begin construction until at least 10 January. (...) That's a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: awfully quiet here.
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The main "frame" of my ship will resemble a crib -- a kind of boxy framework, using technic beams. The base of this framework will be the floor the lowest deck ("Blue Level"), with cargo holds, launch bay, and such. The three decks above will (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Touch sensor for passing trains - CAD photo of working design
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I pay for my online time and thus also for picking up mail. Please refrain from sending mails like this, but post them on your website instead. CU Bert Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Lego pBricks www.bvandam.net -----Oorspronkelijk (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Beetle robot breeding program
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Hundreds of beetles competing for food, and learning to stay within an arena marked by a dark black line. Learning the hard way, since if they leave the arena, they die. The most successful one is turned into rcx code for downloading into the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Heelo World
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Hi David, Very interesting project, I see you take it very seriously! I'm very interested to see your follow up! CU Bert Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Lego pBricks www.bvandam.net -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: David Leeper (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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(...) I'm not a Dayton-Hudson exec, but in the last three years, the usual drop speed has been once every two weeks, on a Monday. So look on 3 or 4 January, and they may have gone down again--but they may not. (...) The digit in question is a 4. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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Wow, very, very cool! -- Paul Davidson Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:FnJ5Hu.9vE@lugnet.com... (...) little (...) I'm (...) keeping (...) perhaps (...) Ideally, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Few Comments on 7124 Flash Speeder
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Oh boy... Just got 7124 today, and I love the green and brown bricks. I now have 3 brown 2x4 bricks and 2 brown 2x4 slopes! And some green plates! Now I'm wondering, in regards to the upcoming Millenium Falcon, would it be reasonable to compare its (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) Oddly enough, I've heard, asked, and seen, that women dress more for each other than for men. While I realize that this line could be a special case, it would have been better if TLC could have made it more [typical] like this: "I bought the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | **** MLCAD V1.7 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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MLCad V1.7 is available now! New features are: - Scrollbar less zooming in viewing areas - Background images - Added part highlighting - Each model has its own color-table now - LDraw and LDLite compatible colors - More hotkeys Feel free to download (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) That's pretty much my story. My NLSO said that she wasn't going to try and buy me a set, because she didn't know what I had, needed, or wanted, and to be honest I could probably get four or five for the same money in a few months anyhow. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: railroadcrossing
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(...) <really excited> Hey hey! I would like to get one; if the price isn't TOO outrageous. :) Let me know. Bryan (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Trying to do part 2951 bucket for Rock Raider
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I've failed to locate the parts tracker. Is anyone working on the bucket for Rock Raider set 4950. looks like it says part no. 2951??? If not I'll see if I can figure it out, being my first part I'll probably have a lot of questions during the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: foam balls
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(...) If you are "tight-fisted" (like I am) you might be able get hard plastic balls for "free". like these: (URL) don't know if someone finds this disgusting but if you use a deo with a "roller ball" on top you should get the idea.. Once you pop (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: railroadcrossing
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(...) How nicely do I have to ask? What is E-bay. If you can help me please do, I apreciate it. Hans v. L. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mindstorms a Legovy Hry
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Co rikas mindstorms? Ja nevim ale kdyz se tak na to koukam tak se mi mi zda... Hlavnim ucelem lega je stavet modely. Z mnoha ruznych soucastek muzu postavit jakykoliv model ceho chci podle my fantazije. Minstorms nevypada pro stavitele ale spis pro (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) jednej (...) Hm, 20 milionu nebo 40 milionu, to je skoro jako luxusni barak na havaji. Na takovym ferrari vymenit brzy by stalo celej mesicni plat. Tady jsou domy strasne drahy. Teda ne ty domy ale pozemky. 1+0 tedy jedna mistnost s malou (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Mindstorms 1.5 vs 1.0 Inventory
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(...) Here it is New parts in set 9747 (Mindstorms 1.5), not in set 9719 (Mindstorms 1.0) Count Part # Part Color 4 3794 1x 2 plate, 1 stud Gray New 2 32017 1x5 half beam Gray 4 32065 1x7 half beam Black New 4 32056 1x3x3 liftarm L shape Black New 2 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | 9747 Mindstorms 1.5 inventory
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Set: 9747 Pieces: 720 Count Part # Part Color 20 3004 1x2 brick Black 4 3004 1x2 brick Yellow 20 3003 2x2 brick Black 4 2357 2x2 brick, corner Black 5 3001 2x4 brick Black 12 3040 2x1 brick, slope 45 Black 4 3040 2x1 brick, slope 45 Yellow 4 100 2x1 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | detecting goal objects at a distance
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I want to make a robot that finds a small object, picks it up, and carries it somewhere. I don't want to have to tell the robot how to find it (eg with a line on the floor), and I'd prefer to avoid randomly (or even systematically) searching the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | origional prices
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what were the origional prices for the following models 5161 5171 5191 thanks all Btw i just picked the 5161 at a KB. It was just lying on a shelf and i got it for $40 was that a good price. The box is in excellent condition minus minor store wear n (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: P.S. :-)
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(...) To je dost dlouha doba. Ja ted nemam kamarady zadny. Vsichni ze skoly odjeli odsud pryc do USA. No a ted v praci jsou jen starsi lidi kteri se moc setkavat po praci nechtej. (...) Ano, holky jsou divne stvoreni. Zit bez nich se neda a s nima (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: foam balls
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(...) I suggested ping pong balls to another Lego League participant. He said they were the perfect size. (...) Pneumatic parts have been available form shop@home. (860) 763-4011 US & (800) 267-5346 Canada. Check your catalog or Lugnet for these: (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Newbie Question - Programming the Scout
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(...) ScoutDef.h is heavily commented and should make it a little clearer. Look at the EVENT_* defines. (...) First you mean OR, not AND. Those are the right numbers (EVENT_T1PR and EVENT_T2PR). You could use EVENT_T1PR | EVENT_T2PR, or you could (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re Are they blind???
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When me and my sisters were younger we got the basic bricks and some sets either for our birthdays or sometime Chritmas.As we go older the Legos stoped.I started buying my own as I got older so right now i do not have that problem It does help to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: does anyone that owns a scout.....
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(...) Make sure you have fresh batteries, turn the Scout on, remove all sensors, connect one motor, hold ON/OFF for 2 seconds (that should reset the Scout to default settings) and hit RUN. The motor should spin constantly at about 350 RPM. If only (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | best tape to mark a line on the floor to follow?
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I've been looking for some kind of tape I can apply to my kitchen floor to mark paths for a robot to follow. Electrical tape has ideal reflective properties, but I don't want to put it down because it can be hard to get back up. I tried plain (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Design Question - For a newbie
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(...) I'd do what was already suggested -- make a robot that drives straight forward but turns in reverse (or perhaps for your purposes you'd drive *forward* in a circle and back straight up!). You could also use the standard two wheel/two motor (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) Yeah, I've wanted to read it for a while and figured since I am taking a break from cert-studying now that I have my MCSE I can read some non-computer stuff. (...) Yeah, it's by the people who put out The Onion. :) (...) Yeah, I've been (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Are the Accessory Bricks Going to be canceled? to Brad, or lego rep
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(...) Also note three baseplates (green, blue, grey) are not limited either. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Are the Accessory Bricks Going to be canceled? to Brad, or lego rep
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(...) Hi Doyle, I'm not a Lego Rep (in this universe :) but my new January 2000 catalog says, "Limited Quantities, All Accessories" on all pages that offer general and Technic accessories (though interestingly not on the Train pages). But.. IIRC (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) Good book. Very interesting. (...) Never heard of that one. Sounds good (if not quite funny). (...) You really know how to pick out nice things for yourself. As for non-LEGO stuff I got...well...um...um...let's see...well...actually nothing (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instruction Query (oddity)
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Shiri <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FnJ0oI.I1o@lugnet.com... (...) yesterday (...) model, (...) Paradisa set 1761, at last..:-) Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.belville)
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| | FS: All 6 Blacktron 1 sets w/boxes
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All 6 original blacktron 1 sets: Set # and Name Year Pieces ---...--- 1875 Meteor Monitor 1990 29 6876 Alienator 1988 82 6894 Invader 1987 156 6941 Battrax 1987 276 6954 Renegade 1987 302 6987 Message Intercept Base 1988 562 All sets are in (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | My first set of auctions are up.....
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I just started putting up some of my extra bricks and such on Ebay. Please check them out, and check back often, I hope to have more going up each day. (URL) Jodi (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Are the Accessory Bricks Going to be canceled? to Brad, or lego rep
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(...) too, also I wonder how this will effect the price of pieces gone are the days of $1 1x1 gray tiles? I hope we will be able to order bulk helmets ect. Doyle (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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(...) a (...) I wonder How Lego Direct is going to effect all these auctions? since we will most likely be able to buy anything in bulk.....Hmmm Looks like the price of the pieces are going to go down. No more $1 each for the 1x1 gray tiles Doyle (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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(...) That is all well and good but I need one that is all in one file that I can browse offline and also there are gaps in the db. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) No Lego for me this year either. 'Course, all I really asked for were books since, for me, Christmas is all year long when it comes to buying what I want. I got a few clothing items and some cash, but by and large, what I got for my birthday (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) What sets would you like to see? 1.I think that Jonathan's idea about the Iron Clads is great. 2.A huge earth and wood fort would be great too. 3.A camp set 4.What about a cool bridge that both sides could be trying win. What do you think? I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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Just give us the tools to (...) Exactly right its up to the parents. And I totally agree with your final sentance there are so many kids who have no idea of their history and the history of their country. -Rich (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Lego je OK! ;)
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(...) Ja mel taky space police I completne a docela se mi to libilo. Ale ne tak jako blacktron I. Ty jsou nejlepsi. SP1 jsou hezky modely ale jako na soucastky nejsou dobry. Napriklad jsem chtel postavit velkou spaceship ale nevim co bych pouzil (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | foam balls
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Hi. Does anyone have a source for foam balls similar to those found in Robosports? There are foam balls listed in the Pitsco catalogue, but they claim to be three inches in diameter which is way larger than the foam balls in the Pitsco cataolgue. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: First Y2K LegoFest
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(...) Ricordatevi che il secondo weekend di Febbraio e' San Valentino e nelle vita a volte ci sono altre, diverse dal Lego, che sono importanti da coltivare per avere una vita serena e sodsfacente :)) Meditate gente, meditate... specie voi giovani (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) I agree I don't think that they should have slaves in the sets. I don't even think that you have to go so far as making Grant, Lee, and Lincoln minifigs. If you keep races neutral then you should keep names and faces neutral too. Its about (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) neutrality. (...) you (...) I also think that civil war lego is a good idea, but I dont think that they should have slaves in the sets. The civil war should was not just over slavery it was also over states rights, and to this day some people (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) slaves (...) I never heard that TLC only had yellow figs to stay away from race issues. If so fine. But they shouldn't stay away from the Civil War just because of slavery or race issues. I mean this is part of our history. What a great way to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Destroyer Droid in new S@H catalog
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How does a newbie like myself acquire the S@H catalog? Thanks. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Design Question - For a newbie
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Jeff Buckey wrote: [edited] [...] (...) [...] (...) [...] (...) Why use a motor to launch the bullet? If you make the bumper trigger the gun, in addition to the touch sensor, that leaves both motors free (to drive) and satisfies your design goals. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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Tank car?? Hold still....<whap> Tanks for the pics. -John (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Performa/ROBOLAB communication problem
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I read your response of Lugnet to a communication problem. I have a Performa 6400/180 and have the exact problem that Payl mentioned. I'm not sure I understood your fix. Use the IBM cable that came with RCX and then use 9 pin to a 25 pin adapter to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: does anyone that owns a scout.....
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does anyone that owns a scout know how to make the motors revolve more than about 3 turnes? thats as far as mine will go. Thank you. DREW (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) up! (...) spend (...) longer (...) Therefore, (...) Legos (...) money) (...) own (...) sound (...) Yeah, I'll probably meet the same problem with my younger sis - her early lego sets got lost in my big collection (there were some rare gems (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dan Strikes Again...
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Hello Everyone! I just developed another roll of film and have more pics of new train creations to share. For the finished Union Pacific Big Boy and 50's era freight cars... (URL) a redesign of my Wild West Locomotive and passanger car... (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions About 4811 Defense Archer
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(...) S@h (...) said (...) That's weird. I saw that too, now that you mentioned it. What with the 6091/6098 mixup, my assumption is that someone in packaging really blew it :-) Jus' kiddin'. But this isn't the only castle set that's getting mixed (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Design wanted: Touch sensor for passing trains
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What about hiding the reed switch in a small electrical brick (like a lighting brick) or a motor casing and hiding the magnet inside another brick? The pair could be a good replacement for the touch switch in imprecise applications like bumpers. -- (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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(...) LUGNET itself, I think, has such a database. Don't know how complete it is, but get there by going to Home, then look at the yellow area. Where it says "reference", the second item is "browse sets". It is categorized and easy to use. Good (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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(...) Since this is so rare, would someone mind putting up some scans from the book? I'm sure many of us would be interested in seeing more entries (especially after seeing the ones in the Ultimate LEGO Book) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) The only LEGO under our tree was provided by me...(8480, and a couple days later, my 8299 arrived. I got both for 50% off.) I did get the Ultimate LEGO Book from my brother, though, which is great! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Newbie Question - Programming the Scout
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Hello all, I'm new to this list and to Lego Robotics as I just received my first Lego Discovery Kit for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. When I learned that I could buy an IR tower to allow the Scout to communicate with my PC so I could write my (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Questions About 4811 Defense Archer
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(...) Its strange responding to my own message, but I just went back to lego.com and the 2000 sets are relisted again in the n.a. catalog, and I also enlarged the picture of the box and the number on it clearly is 4801 NOT 4811. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Trading Post Board (was: Who needs some Spare Parts?)
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Well guys, you want this trading board thingie ((URL) or not? Its been available for about three weeks, but not a single email. Good thing I'm an insensitive unreconstructed 19th century male, or I'd be getting a complex ;-) Mind you, I'm not real (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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(...) Errr... My (former) best friend had the 6991 when I was in fourth grade, but I wasn't obsessed with LEGO then. When I asked her about it some two years ago, and offered to buy it, she said it belonged to a friend of the family, but she didn't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Robolab or RCX code for remote programming ?
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Hi there ! I've a question about Lego Mindstorm. Has anybody heard of a graphical programming interface (such as Robolab or RCX code) that allow users to program on-line (not just remote controlling) and download to the remote RCX via the Internet ? (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LAST HOURS ON EBAY: LEGO parts auctions
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Hello! I have nearly 40 parts auctions running on Ebay, some of them ending in just couple hours. Please check out (URL) is what you can bid on: 10 LEGO 2x2 turntables - gray/yellow 10 LEGO black jet engines 10 LEGO car seats 10 LEGO gray megaphones (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Questions About 4811 Defence Archer
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After reading that there was going to be a new small castle set I called S@h to see if it was available the response was "no, it is not even in our database" I thought that this was strange conidering that the other 200 sets were in the database. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) No ja si jen delal srandu ;) Predstavoval jsem si 28 letyho chlapa ktery sbira nic jinyho nez belville a kazdy den si hraje s ruzovyma soucastkama, panenkama a kocarkama ;))))))) (...) vykricniky. ;) (...) Taky jsem si toho vsiml. Zpravce (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Inventory of 2000 castle sets
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Does anyone have/can anyone make me an inventory of the new castle sets, especially the castle? I want to know what is in the sets before I make any judgments. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made, including the new 2000 sets and all the special valuepack/promo/etc sets? I know that there is someone out there with a list/database but I do not know who it is. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) Well, I don't even have kids yet, and I've already learned this lesson, just from my nephews coming over to play... :) I rapidly realized, after the first session of sorting and storing that there would be ground rules in the future... James (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Too old to buy lego (was: Re: Do you like monorails?)
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(...) I know what you mean. I'm 15.5, but I'm short and look younger for my age, so I don't look so weird. -Shiri FUP to .fun (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: shipping time from DYA ?
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If you picked cheap shipping, between 3 to 4 weeks is about normal, maybe a bit longer during the holiday season. l8r -- Tom Boucher ---...--- Feel like ordering from Amazon.com? Use the search engine on (URL) and make me a little $$ "Ben Gatrelle" (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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(...) That is sooo...ooo excellent! I wish I had your talent! Or better yet, I wish I had a talent of my own! I've recently thought out a story between of a waging war between the Royal knights and the fright knights, and how it started, but I have (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | January 2000 Catalog...
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Today, I recieved my January 2000 Lego Shop-at-Home Catalog. It seems kind of early, and the catalog is loaded with all the new 2000 sets. There are also a few sets in here that are going to seel out quickly, such as a small Pirate set and what (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Design Question - For a newbie
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(...) (URL) shows how to build this assembly, which was what I was going to suggest. It only works if your droid is a three-wheeler, with this wheel as the nose wheel, but is very effective at maximizing the DDK's single motor. It's possible to do (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: minifig police torso
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(...) WTF??? There is no dat content whatsoever attached to any of your posts. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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