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  Re: Balancing Bots
 
(...) Of course you are right, but there are some problems: It depends on the quality of the gearing. The problem here is backlash - it doesn't help much to have 1/10 deg. resolution if you have 5 deg. backlash in the gearing. Another problem is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: BlockCAD version 2.1 is out!
 
Anders Isaksson wrote ... (...) For the past two years I have been playing with making an LDraw compatible drawing program, so I can appreciate your effort. I know you have made some trade-offs, but it is impressing anyway. /Lars (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
 
Ben Jackson wrote in message ... (...) at (...) I always build the model to inventory the extra pieces if for no other reason. Although more and more lately it seems they are getting more accurate with the parts counting. Extra pieces is like (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
 
(...) I'm joking. You'd probably need to buy about a dozen sets (random number) to build this model. I haven't even built the box, just raytraced it. That would be an awesome project, though--to create an entire set, including all the artwork, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
 
(...) Awe, c'mon, you'll spoil all my fun ;) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Target second round of reductions
 
this must be a mid-west, east coast thing. the targets around my area have had very little on sale. have not found any sw sets on clearance. 4561s are $99. keep going to target every day hoping to see sales, but nothing major yet. maybe it is time (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Re: Call for Discussion - Northern CA Lego Train Group
 
(...) This would be cool. (...) I like it. <snip, snip, snip> I'd like to help when I can. Since I have no room for a module, I would probably just be building cars and/or structures to add to an existing module. But I'd like to participate if (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
 
  Re: Lighting Up Legoville.
 
They certainly had at least six on Christmas eve, possibly more. On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alan Demlow (<FnxpAq.ABy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:04:02 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: subassemblies
 
(...) snipped (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Target second round of reductions
 
(...) Yes, I was a good day at Target. Thanks Maggie !! Mos Espa (3), Ninja Fortress (3), Railway Express (2), RIS 1.5 (1) !, Sith (5), bunches of smaller stuff. I left one RIS 1.5 behind (CC was on overload as it was). The toy dept lady told me (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  It is a commercial nonsense to have closed legoworldshop.com
 
Hello Dear Lego, I think it is really a commercial/marketing nonsense to have closed the (URL) web site. First, for non-US customers, it is actually impossible to get more sensors for ours RCX. Second, you've closed the site for around 6 month time (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: 2000 Dacta Catalog?
 
(...) Pitsco LEGO Dacta told me by telephone Jan 5, 2000 that their year 2000 Dacta catalogs had arrived from the printer only a week ago. So, we should expect Pitsco to mail them soon but not Dec 1999 as the Pitsco website states. You may order the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.dacta)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle.
 
Timothy D. Freshly wrote in message ... (...) paragraphs preceding the one which begins "And these weren't all his problems...", you were talking about the widower Waite, Doolittle's former law partner. However, in this paragraph, you appear to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: 4x4x3 cone! (was: Re: Reference Site Inconsistencies)
 
(...) Yes it really is - and yes I have two in white. Chris (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Adventurers DinoIsland Research Glider
 
(...) I swear that WalMart and Target suck mummy dust in southern california. I was just checking them yesterday. Nothing to speak of was on sale (Forbidden Ruins was at $60 or something like that). I got my 5938 for $3 at Legoland, however. Just as (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.adventurers)
 
  Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
 
(...) When anticipating a major life change like this, it's important to find a place that gives good shed Cheers Alan Kershaw (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
 
  MLCAD 1.7 Release2
 
Hi, I'm a newby and isn't familiar to any drawing system that we have at this moment. I made today my first model with MLCAD, witch is great, but every coin has a back side. some remarks: 1)Personally, i find the help file not enough detailed on how (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  I NEED HELP
 
Hi , i have a trouble, i´m want to assembly my own HB for built a mobile robot, but i can´t get the MC68HC11 processor because here (in colombia) is not avaible anywhere I search at motorola web site, but they say me that the processor is not (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Legofest
 
(...) Ma scuse, pirche` non cantrolli prime quelle che hia scratto? Cioa. Mraoc. (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Fujita LEGO Star Wars Website
 
In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Wong writes: <snip> (...) </snip> They're called Snowtroopers. :^) I liked the use of the ghosts also. At first, I was like... WTF? Then I realized what he was using them for and I had a good chuckle. ~Mark (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.jp)
 
  WTD: Two pair black Ninja "fortress" doors
 
I'm looking for two pair of those large (8 high by 4 wide?) Ninja fortress doors. I don't need the bricks they attach too, just the doors themselves. I would be willing to buy them outright, or trade them for minifigs or other elements. I've got (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  FA: eBay - 6 classic LEGO castle minifigs
 
I've recently posted to eBay 6 classic LEGO castle minifigs that I purchased in the late 70's or early 80's. They have red torso's with a red and grey shield design, outlined in blue, there is a picture at the auction URL below. These are one of the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Supercars? (Newbie alert)
 
(...) Ik probeerde je te mailen, maar je email schijnt niet te werken... heb je een ander adres dat ik eventueel kan proberen? (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
 
  Re: Automatic decoupler designs?
 
(...) The Kadee couplers I modified to use on my LEGO train layout worked perfectly. I never had a Kadee coupler break off from the bricks it was attached to, even when coupling very hard to the car, nor did I ever experience any coupler problems (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 4x4x3 cone! (was: Re: Reference Site Inconsistencies)
 
(...) That's the set I got mine from as well. The rocketbase set was perhaps my most desired set during my early childhood that I didn't end up getting. - chris (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Grecian Urn
 
(...) from (...) I used anything that came in the standard tubs and buckets, so that would be both 1x's and 2x's. The picture showing the 3 parts also shows reasonably well the alignment pieces that aid in mating the top and bottom to the middle. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: A new pirate ship.
 
(...) I feel off my chair laughing about sailing with Impunity! It was a great amalgam of the ideas bandied about here. Bruce (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Java API for NQC
 
I am working for a hardware/software company in The Netherlands and we are in the process of organising a 'build the best robot using Mindstorms and Java' challenge. The idea is to judge people not only by the the robot they build but also by the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
 
  Re: Grecian Urn
 
(...) from (...) Great! I'm happy to leave the SW building to others and work on more novel things. (...) The vision of a blue and white one had previously flashed through my mind, but the barber pole stripe pattern looked odd. (...) Actually, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Lighting Up Legoville.
 
The 846 is still listed on Carbon 60's Busy Bee page, last updated Nov. 15 I think. I've not bought any from them myself, though, so if anybody finds out whether they are still actually in stock, please post. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Servos, power, and the expansion board
 
I've got four servos attatched to my expansion board and unless I keep the charger attatched in ZAP mode, I experience a lot of jittering. Has anyone else experienced this? Perhaps the NiCads in my Handyboard are old? Anyhow, I'm going to sever the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Wanted - Scala accessories
 
I need 2 of each of the following: (URL) S@H is out of 5414, and doesn't carry 5401. If anyone outside of the US can get these for me at original cost plus shipping, please let me know, thanks. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: Legofest
 
Non mi smentisco mai... in due messaggi ci saranno diecimila errori di battitura. Vabbè che sono un perito industriale, ma vi giuro che mi hanno insegnato a scrivere ;-) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Legofest
 
...comunque quello in basso nel logo alla pagina http:threeamigos.freeweb.org sono io. Bhè, prossimamente pubblicherò qualche mia (ORRANDA) foto. NDR se ero una bella topa era meglio (per voi) PS mi piacciono tutti e due gli spunti per ii progetti (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: 5824 Millimy's House
 
(...) I should have highlighted that that was not a complete parts inventory. Yes, there are dark pink "cherries". The blue thing inside the tower is a opening box (I think I've only seen these in Scala sets, but not sure). (...) The blue is the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.reviews)
 
  Re: Legofest
 
(...) No, è mio padre, io sono quello dietro alla webcam ( ;-) ) e quello argentato è il mio portatile. Stavamo facendo vedere alla nonna le foto fatte. (...) Grazie! Non so quanto sarò attivo prossimamente. Sono temporaneamente in giro per (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Target second round of reductions
 
I live in Solano County in Northern California. I think I had good luck with some of the bigger leftover sets because people up here don't tend to spend that much on Lego (or other things I suppose) for their kids.... I mean, this is not Silicon (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Re: 4x4x3 cone! (was: Re: Reference Site Inconsistencies)
 
(...) Yup I've just checked it (I have two of the cones from the 725 freight train) (URL) the cone is three bricks tall, the size 4x4x3 is correct. -Frank (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: A new pirate ship.
 
Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:FnwvCu.Hx7@lugnet.com... (...) Richard: This is a marvelous little piece of storytelling. You've done a great job of weaving the story lines developed here in lugnet.pirates and meshing (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Mandtal
 
Navn.........: Peter Jepsen Nickname.........: Goopher (IRC) Køn.........: M Fødselsår.........: 1973 Bopæl.........: Østerbro, København E-post.........: LegeB@msen.dk Websted.........: (URL) Bemærk : "Jeg har ikke nogen home page" Så er du (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.dk)

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