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  Re: CAN SOMEONE HELP!!!...!!!
 
I'm sorry for my rudeness. That is not the camera I am speaking of. This camera was made by a member of the website out of just a light sensor. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Looking for windows?
 
They actually provide 7 train windows, since they are 6 wide and have a window on the back. Also, they have 2 6 wide windshields. Mike Jean-marc Détraz <moratel@auracom.com> wrote in message news:FoAtDz.B8I@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  1298
 
Set 1298 Bricks, basic 1 2x4 white 1 2x4 blue 1 2x3 red 1 2x2 red 1 2x2 yellow 2 2x2 blue 1 1x4 white 1 1x3 white 10 1x2 white 2 1x2 yellow 4 1x2 blue 4 1x2 black Bricks, decorated 1 2x2 red with eyes on opposing sides 3 1x2 yellow with smile faces, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  New Items on The Vault: 1/13/00
 
There are many, many new items on The Vault, including a number of older Pirate and Castle sets, Ice Planet sets, Tine Milk Truck's, Color Line sets, more World Cup sets, and some rare old Town sets. Comming soon will be more castle, pirate, town (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle.
 
(...) Why wouldn't I? I'm a Bricki...er, British historian, not prone to Colonial degeneralities (oooh, a neologism, ™ me, oh yeah). Ardour, candour, endeavour, and/our...hmm, that last one sounds a bit funny, but the others are aboot (1) right. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: LEGO Film Festival (Was: Re: Two new LEGO pages)
 
(...) (URL) (...) I'd love to see it :) Richard (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Finally! A Web Site!!!
 
(...) Two things - First, Let me say that these mechs are sweee...eeet! I'm just drooling for .dat files so I can make my own army of little war machines. Second, I'd like to clarify something about myself. I am Jeremiah VanderMark, *not* Greg! Greg (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Dan's Star Wars Parts Auction
 
The listing has been extensively updated. Sorry about the lack of an update last night, I had a minor diskette problem. There are still plenty of items without bids and great pieces to be had. (URL) for looking Dan M. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  FT: *Pink* 8x6x1 Ultra-Low-Slope Roof Bricks and lavender fences!
 
Hi all, I have two of these pink bricks (mayeb four, if the prices is right) and six of the light-purple/lavender 4x1x2 lattice fences; what I'm looking for, in order: -Train doors (with glass, but not necessarily two-pane train glass) -Classic (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
 
(...) powered (...) motors (...) engine (...) going (...) diffusers (...) Thats not quite right. Lego Dacta has a set of two light bricks for 10$. I don't have the catalog in front of me (for the part number), but its in the spares section. Wayne G. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle.
 
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Mr L F Braun (<387E6CA9.1DB73BA2@....msu.edu>) wrote at 00:24:09 (...) Hee hee! Glad to see you're using the Brickish version of the word, rather than the colonial 'Brikish' :-) BTW, Great Brickain is (c) me 1999: (URL) lying (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  FA: Slope Bricks and King Kahuka!
 
Hi, I have three auctions just up on eBay: 6236 King Kahuka MISB (URL) Bid: $1.50 Ten Extreme-Low-Slope 4x2 Bricks (6 grey, 2 blue, 2 yellow) (URL) Bid: $0.25 Sixteen Extreme Steep Slope Bricks (6 blue, 2 green, 4 black, 4 grey) (URL) Bid: $0.82 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
(...) Well, thats easy to solve: Ask one of us to go to the bank and get you a roll of quarters that are magnetic :) James Powell, another Canadian (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Results Revealed
 
Yup...I used a number of blue macroni's... Sanjay PS: Don't know if anyone noticed that minifig with the two suitcases in the photo heading for the City Central Monorail station. If you've seen this minifig please contact Millennium City Police! (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: CAN SOMEONE HELP!!!...!!!
 
(...) Sure, I will :) Please, however, notice that asking here nicely gets you far more than being the squeeky wheel! The Camera is from the "mars Explorer" Mindstorms Expansion Pack. It will be released (perhaps!) in this year...it was supposed to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: LEGO Film Festival (Was: Re: Two new LEGO pages)
 
(...) some (...) I can't find the initial post in this thread... Is this talking about a LEGO Stop-Motion animation "showing-off" time? I've done some stop motion stuff I would have fun showing sometime. I can create some small video clips sometime, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Parsing Pause database
 
(...) Huh. I don't know of such a thing, but it wouldn't be very hard to make. Perhaps if I'm bored while on vacation... :) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle.
 
(...) Employment (...) Heh... Just call it a Y2K bug... everyone else is using it <grin> James (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: Ebay auction advice
 
(...) Well, I started modeling after Larry, but I did it in a flash with my parts auction from the 7150 and 7171. Just an experiment, but it is something to think about, I guess. It took a lot of time, though. (...) Excellent setup of auctions, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
 
Speaking about BMP2DAT - I am currently re-writing that program. So far, I've just made a slighly improved scan function, and eliminated the need of manual "vertical sync" adjustments. My wild plan is to integrate LDS, LDD, and BMP2DAT, so that you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Future Space plans?
 
Does anyone know what Lego plans to do with the Space theme after Star Wars is out of the scenario? Z (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  CAN SOMEONE HELP!!!...!!!
 
I have sent several e-mails concerning a lego camera I recently saw. Can anyone provide information on this or even acknowledge my mail?!?! (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
(...) Exactly. The robot should carry a stack of quarters in a hopper and when it finds one it should vaporize it and release one of its own internal quarters into the storage bin. Now we have reduced the problem to vaporizing a quarter. What about (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Fw: Whats Patrik Hui's Web adress?
 
Hello Alex, My web address is: (URL) Hui Robot Store (HK) patrick@robotstorehk.com (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Houston Area Lego Group:
 
(...) I could go for one every three to six months. I'm in the Montrose / River Oaks area. Doug didn't say, but I think he's in the Heights. I have been MOC-less recently. I would welcome a chance to just sit around and build with somebody. Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle,
 
Hi, By the way, just a potential "checkbook" oops--did the story begin compiling so long ago, on 5 January 1999? Just saw it on the page and was curious. It all looks magnificent, though--and the story holds together nicely. That Johnny Thunder (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: GP2D02 conversion
 
(...) You mean like value = 10 + ((70 * b) / 256) ? --Ben (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: John E. Doolittle.
 
(...) Yeah--it's understandable. Granted, if I made that particular gaffe at *any* time of day, I'd probably be forced to turn in my Imperial Historian Employment Card. Let's hope they don't find out about my "Boer War starting in 1999" ooops. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
Don't non-magnetic metals become magnetic when high-voltage electricity is run through them, or is that only aluminum? :) Not exactly practical, nor cat-friendly. --Doug -----Original Message----- From: Jim Thomas <Jim.Thomas@trw.com> To: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Looking for windows?
 
(...) Ya, I myself am pretty much beside myself with glee, and there isn't a trainhead around here who isn't at least mildly excited, I suspect. Some people are annoyed that the glass will be plain instead of the horizontally divided pane train (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Who here is from Michigan?
 
The Target in Elkhart was very picked over by the time I got there. No LEGO on clearance at all. The Wal-Marts are don't have much for clearance either. Argghh! Fred. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: dragster e batterie
 
(...) La parte dove c'é il bottoncino e c'é scritto "+" è il polo positivo... :-)))) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
(...) Magnets work fine to pick up a Canadian quarter, but not American ones. -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Ebay auction advice
 
In lugnet.admin.general (and only admin.general), Larry Pieniazek writes: (but meant to write in market.auction and only market.auction) (...) Database" (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Web Hosting Questions?
 
I used Freeservers {www.freeservers.com} and you get your own domain name whatyouwant.8m.com ). They have different endings than 8m, but it is the shortest. There are no charges if you choose 20mb and ads. The ads are at the tops of pages. If you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
 
  RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
Well, I don't know about Canadian Coins, but here in the U.S. coins are *not* attracted to magnets. So that sure won't help pick up a Quarter... JT (...) [snip] (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Looking for windows?
 
hey! have you seen the new 3405-3406-3407? there are great for pieces and not too expensive. they provide 6 windows(4x3x1) and 6 minifigs. I looks great for any train project with people... :-) Jean-Marc (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: dragster e batterie
 
(...) Io ho delle Gold Peak con scritto sopra "Nickel Metal Hydride" 1300mAh. E sotto ancora 130AAHC. Cosa vuol dire? Sono scarse? Meritano? Ciao. Marco. P.S. Davvero non ci capisco una mazza... per me possono essere schifose come meravigliose. Mi (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
 
(...) Yup, I've been reading that thread. It was interesting and fun to read. :) (...) Same here. :) And English is my native language to boot. :) (...) Sure. I've got plenty. E-mail me if you want anything else. (...) Aaah! The Scala 'figs are (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
 
  RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
(...) Ummm, I'd use a magnet. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Indside of a dog, it's too dark to read... ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Lego 8257 on liquidation
 
Zeller has a sale this week (15%)and the 8257 is Can$30 which is around US$20.5 Anyone interested at that? e-mail me. I will charge only for exact shipping cost Jean-Marc (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Re: Censimento
 
(...) Gabriele, se vuoi puoi fermarti anche tu a dormire da me. Ti ospito volentieri. Poi la mattina dopo andiamo tutti assieme in macchina. Se invece preferisci viaggiare sabato mattina presto, puoi comunque scendere a Modena e ti recuperiamo alla (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Parsing Pause database
 
Has anyone coded some kind of utility which performs something similar to the following: Input: text file with list of set numbers Output: text file with set number, set name, number of pieces, and retail price I suppose the output would be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: dragster e batterie
 
(...) Buona idea. Marco, per favore mettine da parte 12 anche per me, e 1 caricabatterie. Grazie Mario (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
 
(...) 4561 Railway Express has the yellow diffuser and light brick, but the "black brick" doesn't exist - the framework the diffuser fits into is the entire engine plate. (...) 4565 has 2 "black bricks", 2 diffusers, and ONE light brick for the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
 
(...) Yuck. I don't consider the X-wing series because it's a game, and most games change things to make them easier to program or more exciting. For instance: 1) You couldn't rotate the B-Wing's fuselage in the game. 2) A-Wings do not have (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
 
  Re: Finally! A Web Site!!!
 
(...) mechs. The most amazing model, however, was your '40s Harley Davidson--extremely detailed for such a small model (but I wouldn't call it minifig-scale) I look forward to more, --Bram (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Ebay auction advice
 
(...) Feel free to offer factoring via me if you wish. (URL) a general offer to all who auction stuff. ++Lar (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Censimento
 
(...) No problem, mi porterò una Supercar da costruire nel frattempo... o meglio, inizierò a progettare il dragster per la gara della mattina dopo :-) Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
The trick and folly with robotics is anthropomorphic thinking. Even though we can use our hand to pick up a quarter, why would you design something that complicated for the task? Quarters are rarely found resting on edge..... use a rubber suction (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  most vaulable part ever recieved from lego?
 
What is the "most valuable" part ever recieved from lego, because it was missing from a set. Go basicly on size but some parts such as silver/gold parts or electrical parts are worth more. How much did it cost -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Shoulder Pads
 
I've used them w/o a helmet. I used an all white minifig and put on the aliens shoulder pads and the used old Islanders hair (the black one that pulls kinda into a knot at the top of the head). I can't quite figure out what to use in the top clip (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  LEGO Film Festival (Was: Re: Two new LEGO pages)
 
(...) Yeah, that sounds like a better idea :) What do people think? And when would be a good time - during the summer? Richard (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
 
How are you people getting all these tubs? From TLG directly? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  WTT: green pieces (flash speeder)
 
I am looking for 3 or 4 sets of the green 6564 and 6565 pieces the Flash Speeder comes with. I don't know the demand on these pieces, so just let me know what you would like. I have more space and SW than anything else. If you are looking for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
 
(...) the (...) of (...) Yeah, I guess it does have something to do with it. I'm not really the target audience either, but what I meant was that the topics they brought up made me think of stuff that I have never thought of (relating to LEGO, that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
 
  Re: Censimento
 
Ciao Giulio, (...) Io ci saro' (a meno di imprevisti dell'ultimo momento). Siccome Mario si e' offerto di ospitarmi di nuovo, credo che ti tocchera' un'altra oretta di attesa alla stazione... :)) Grazie in anticipo! :))) Antonio (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Censimento
 
Ciao Gabriele, (...) Tranquillo. Ci saro' io da Roma... :] Partiro' venerdi' in serata (in treno) e mi fermero' a dormire a Modena da Mario Ferrari. (Dormire in effetti e' una parola grossa. Diciamo piuttosto "costruire" :))) La mattina di sabato (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: dragster e batterie
 
Esimio professore, (...) la sua magnanimita' da un lato mi commuove (ah, quanto sarebbe felice De Coubertin :), dall'altro mi insospettisce... :)) (...) Le cose sono due: o mentre scrivevi stavi ridendo sotto i baffi sapendo che noi ti avremmo (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Results Revealed
 
Nice picture! ;) Keep 'em coming, can't wait to see more! John Matthews Sanjay D'Souza <Sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:387D1E09.7F722A...ail.com... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: Ebay auction advice
 
A copy of a template I've put together is at (URL) other comments? Alan (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: offtopicy sort of thing
 
(...) It's offtopic in .nqc, but not in lugnet.robotics in general. (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
 
  RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
 
Anybody managed to use Lego pneumatics to draw a decent vacuum? If so, the suction grabber would be a nice solution. I suppose a non-Lego pliable suction cup would be required though... :-( JT (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
 
(...) It's the nature of the beast. LDraw is very inefficient at storing raster images, which is what BMP2DAT utilities create. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: part 2951, more questions, nearly done  [DAT]
 
(...) Fredrick mentioned part 6222, the 4x4 round brick. This part was done just before the hi-res primitives were established. If it had been created after the primitives, it surely would have been written to use them. (...) Definitely use the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Sv: Mandtal (blank formular)
 
Desværer. Jeg har ikke denne mulighed. Der er der simpelt hen ikke. Det nærmeste jeg kommer til at manipulere med et indlæg er "Flyt til mappe.." men der er altid ghosted i newsgroups. Det er selvfølgelig lidt iriterende, men da jeg jo alligevel (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.dk)
 
  Lego Camera
 
-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Length: 498 (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  Re: Castle Minifig Races
 
What would be extremely cool for an Ice Knight soldier would be a white mini- fig with blue arms and hips, silver breastplate, clear shield, lt. trans blue spear, ninja head, and a white ninja swath thing that goes on the head. But the sad thing is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
Can I see a picture? (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: WTT Building Pieces
 
The last URL should read. (URL) about that! (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  RE: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
I think both the catapult and slingshot would be very impressive devices. However, the biggest problem I see with both of these (and particularly with the catapult) is that they involve significant linear acceleration and deceleration of structures (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
I prototyped a catapult design several months ago that used two motors to "cock" and fire/launch a rubber-band driven ball-launcher. The loading/firing sequence was something like: 1) load ball on catapult. 2) power motors in reverse at low power (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  WTT: Town Building Pieces
 
These are pieces which should interest those of you who build your own buildings. All are used pieces. Pictures of these pieces are at: (URL) will send my current want list if you are interested. Jerry Hill ghill@execpc.com (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: offtopicy sort of thing
 
I think that's a really good idea. I tried it, and found out that the motor recieving power spins slower than the motor you spin. This is about 4:3. This could be a really good speed reduction technique that doesn't use gears, or you could power (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
 
  Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
 
Steve, I don't think that something of your scale is impossible by parting out blue tubs. There are 120 2x4 bricks in a tub. That would mean you need to part out 42-84 tubs. This is indeed a large task, but by no means impossible. I sorted 96 tubs (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Whats Patrik Hui's Web adress?
 
Hi What is Patrik Hui web address? thanx -roboman robotman5@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  How to submit parts for L-CAD Updates (was: new (unofficial) part - 4x6 flag - "41.dat")
 
(...) To submit a part for the next part library update, e-mail the partfile(s) to partsref@worldnet.att.net. Note for everyone: parts, subfiles, and primitives posted to lugnet.cad.dat.* are not automatically considered candidates for inclusion in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: New Part : Minifig Torso with Classic Space Logo
 
Not bad. Not bad at all! /Tore (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
 
hi Kevin, I saw the Danish scans, but I think that all the European catalogs are goiing to be the same this year. I saw your Dansih one and have already an Swedish and a French one, a friend told me that the Dutch one is the same. Greetings and keep (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
 
  BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
 
(...) You reminded me of a question I had once before. I've used BMP2DAT a few times with success limited by my own ineptitude, but it always seems to generate really big DAT files. Am I doing something wrong, or is this the nature of the beast? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
 
(...) I admit I didn't study the Railway Express motor very carefully, but I sure didn't notice any lights on it! The RE *set* does include a (standard) 9v light, as well as the train headlight diffuser piece. The 9v light is powered by connecting (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Painted baseplates
 
(...) Depends on the pattern. If there was a pattern that always covered entire stud-tops, that wouldn't be too bad to make (considering that a 32x32 has 1024 studs to be painted). But I believe most painted plates have partial covering of studs. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
 
(...) In the X-Wing series, it had 3 ion cannons and 3 blasters (which where always changing places on the wings and cockpit, IMHO XWA had the best configuration). If you look at the official LEGO B-Wing, on each wing there is the large standard (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
 
  Re: FS: R2D2 decorative pieces from Droid Dev Kit?
 
I've found using the dark grey 1.5 size connector fits nicely over the microscouts "eye" very nicely. Using sellotape to fatten the ends of the fibre optic cable, it fits snuggly inside. BTW, I've found that the eye does not respond to VLL commands (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
 
  Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
 
(...) R2 and other's like him where also refred to as "Astro-droids" in EP1, I believe. (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
 
  Re: pieces needed
 
(...) Holy Cow! If you need red ones, LMK. I have a few hundred laying around... -John (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
 
  E-X Dome (6958/6958 Combo Alternate)  [DAT]
 
another alternate project (my second attempt at two 6958 sets). still not quite i had in mind...back to the drawing board. ---...--- 0 E-X Dome - 6958/6958 Combo Alternate 0 Name: EXDOME.DAT 0 Author: Joseph Gonzalez (c) 1999 0 Unofficial Model 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
(...) You (...) more (...) rubber (...) of (...) It (...) I like the idea of using wheels to accelerate the balls. I believe when I was a kid one of my friends had a Hot Wheels car wash or somethingorother that used the same concept to move the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Shoulder Pads
 
(...) new (...) the (...) barbarian-type (...) Finally somebody else realizes the potential of this wonderful piece! Using the black ones, cut off a chunk on the back of a Batwing helmet, so it fits on the shoulder pads. it looks pretty cool when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: NELUG general purpose bricks?
 
(...) $50 :) ), but if we can only get, say, 16 of us to pay $10, I'd be more than happy to put in $50 to make it happen... I didn't want to imply that only 4 of us or something would be splitting the cost... (actually, I probably shouldn't even (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
 
  omicron outpost (2154 alternate)  [DAT]
 
a little alternate model for the 2154 robo master set ---...--- 0 Omicron Beta SubStation - 2154 Robo Master Alternate 0 Name: OMICRON.DAT 0 Author: Joseph Gonzalez (c) 1999 0 Unofficial Model 0 1 0 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3022.DAT 1 0 -250 0 0 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  RE: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
The motors included with the RIS have flywheels, that might help a bit (but you might need to gear it up some?). You could also put some of the "bicycle" wheels on the shaft with the beam to add some inertia. It is funny how something as light as a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
 
Hey, Dave, good to hear from you ... Do you want me to forward all the Ping-Pong shooter messages so far? I've thought about a catapult, but it presents some engineering problems--but this is worth exploring; I've seen catapults over and over in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: NQC default output file
 
(...) I don't want the outfile to go where the executable is -- I want it to go to the current working directory. So nqc goes in /usr/local/bin, and I can run it from "binaries" directory on source files that might be located elsewhere (the test.nqc (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
 
  GP2D02 conversion
 
Does anyone how I could create a lookup table or an algorithm to convert the output of the Sharp GP2D02 (0 to 255 = byte) to values between 10 and 80 cm, which is the reading capability of the IR? Thank you, J.M. Mongeau (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: NELUG general purpose bricks?
 
(...) That would probably be good. (...) You can count on me for some. Probably not $50 but something. I actually would much rather do this where 20 people gave $10 instead of 4 people giving $50. That way it really seems like more of a community (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
 
  Belgian Electric Locomotive (Serie 16)
 
Hi, Anyone interested in a *** Locomotiwe model *** from the Belgian Railroad ? See my .DAT file in the CAD/DAT Files/Models. I post this model as soon as my pictures are reddy on my home page, together with some other models. Regards, Ludo (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: dragster e batterie
 
(...) Non contrasta con le mie ipotesi per cui in uso piu' generale le batterie ricaricabili diano risultati migliori :) In questo specifico caso di un dragster semplice e leggero puo' essere conveniente usare un rapporto corto per avere una (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
 
  Re: Two new LEGO pages
 
(...) Hmm. I was afraid of this. There's a particular DLL which you (and I here at work) need to be able to do this decompression, and unfortunately I have no idea which DLL it is. I've been looking at all the different video compressors I have and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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