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This will also be copied to the NELUG Mailing List. Followups set to lugnet.org.us.nelug For those of you that may not have noticed Todd has set us up with our own newsgroup. (Thanks Todd) This is Todd's origional announcement. (URL) group should (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | Re: Will's Small Castle Auction - Update 7
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I acquired the following sets in a lot I purchased over the holidays. As a townie I have no use for these so I've decided to auction them off. The rules are pretty simple: This is a G1, G2, SOLD auction with advances occuring approximately every 24 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Insectoids anyone?
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(...) My sentiments entirely - a good demarcation. Chris (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) I meant exactly CASE-SENSITIVE. and by case-sensitive I mean "model.dat" is different from "Model.dat". And why can't we choose between ? It's a lot easyer to convert from a case-sensitive complient filename to case-INsensitive than the other (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 4561 Parts
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Or me ;-) I need extra light bricks to light up the back of my 4565 engineS. (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Free Web Space"
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Try the company I use (and so does Lugnet, among millions of others): www.pair.com You can get a basic account for under $10, with 20 (at least) MB of space. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) wrote (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Further markdowns at WalMart.com
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(...) I just ordered two of the Ninja Fortresses, and up to one of the final screens also had the Adventurers Zeppelin and Mummy's Tomb in my cart (I removed them; they didn't get yanked by the web site). All three of these were accessible from the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Insectoids anyone?
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Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:38858455.AF1E41...w.ac.uk... (...) auction (...) go on (...) see "30 (...) things (...) soon. Personally, I think the dividing line should be as follows: Auctions and other sales where the seller is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | [ GENERAL RECAL/LIST OF PRICES ]
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Hi Legofans, Actually, I receive mails from Legofans whose don't understand the difference between listed prices on DYA website and the real price to pay, if they order from America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, East and West Europa (but not countries (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Meeting
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Ack! I guess it will have to be on a Monday night then. I work until 4:30 M-Sat, with (sometimes) one day off during the week. We'll get something figured out. Wayne G. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Welcome to WAMALUG's Announcement and discussion group!
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Well, I first want to say 'Hi!' to all the Lugnet readers out there! This group will be for our announcements and discussions with nonmembers. If you plan on being in the Washington DC area, let us know! We may be able to get together to say hello! (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Rui: (...) ^^^...^^^ I presume you mean "mixed case". We can't choose between case-sensitive and case-insensitive. (...) I am not sure of that. There are many good reasons for working with case-insensitive file systems. (...) I don't get your point (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | .....GENERAL RECALL/LIST OF PRICES.....
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Hi Legofans, Actually, I receive mails from Legofans whose don't understand the difference between listed prices on DYA website and the real price to pay, if they order from America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, East and West Europa (but not countries (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Reference Site Inconsistencies
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote... (...) Yes, I began modelling the 358 Rocket Base in LEdit two years ago, and almost finished, when I realized the top of the rocket was not in LDraw yet. Should of course have checked before I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Customized Castle Minifigs
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(...) I love seeing unique creations and the favorites that I have made are mostly my rulers. My Black Knight King is all black (including hands) scruffy brown beard with king crown,armor and darth maul's black cape. He is riding a black mount with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Gods Own Country ??
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I think I would be eligible too, living in Leeds and aged 25? Keep me informed if anything develops.... Cheers, Neil (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) What I meant was this: normally ledit shoes studs as lines, right. Several files were changed to uppercase so that ledit would not do the substitution and show the studs. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 4561 Parts
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(...) I am sure you could convince thomas burger to take the wierd lighting piece and the wedge piece off your hands :). -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Boba Fett in banner ad
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(...) There are (at least) four of these: (URL) if Lego mind? (Probably not, they've used the (r) and everything.) I couldn't get a directory listing to look for more though. :: paul (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) So this is not a problem, just change the primitive file "stud.dat" to "stud.DAT" (according to what I have previously proposed), and if the user wants (or not) to draw the studs, he will change the "line for stud" option of Ledit. P.S. Just (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) This is a special LEdit feature, not related to DOS at all. If the STUD.DAT filename is uppercase, it is always displayed like a full stud in LEdit, even if the user chooses to have "line for stud" to save rendering time. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) Are you sure that was the problem, because Ledit runs on DOS, which doesn't care on filename case, it's case-insensitive, so it should always work in DOS. Rui Martins (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Yellow inverted slopes?
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(...) Good luck... The black seas baracuda has some but that set is one of the most sought after sets ever. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) There is one problem. several files were "corrected" to have the stud.dat references uppercased so that ledit would show the studs. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) Why don't we just define filenames are case-sensitive, and allow for an option to treat them differently (case-insensitive) if someone requires it ? we should look in to the future, every OS will tend to be case-sensitive, windows hasn't made (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gods Own Country ??
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I'm not in the place called Castleton - that's the name of who I work for. I'm actually in the most northerly tip of North Yorkshire, only about 1/2 a mile from the edge in a village called Low Worsall, near Yarm. I know of at least one other (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Castle Theme: Auction Announcement/update 2..19/01
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Hello and welcome to my first auction. There have been a few bids now. Have a look.There are about 14 castle theme sets including 6023, 6081 and 6085. The rules are fairly simple. This is a G1, G2, Sold auction with updates at least every 24hrs. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: ***6479 (Emergency response center) from DYA***
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If anyone has a spare bay window for this set, I've got a good home for it. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 4561 Parts
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(...) I'm sure there would be on lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade Scott A (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Gods Own Country ??
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Do I gather from recent posts that we have the basis for a Yorkshire Chapter for the AWLPWL (Adults who like playing with LEGO) I'm based in Barnsley (South Yorks) Rob in West Yorks and ? Phil in Castleton Cheers Alan Kershaw (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Question: One motor & Turning
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If you are interested, you can take a look at a mechanism I made (inspired from the 8205 pull back string powered dragster) which allows one motor to make a vehicle go forwards or turn on the spot depending on the direction of the motor output. The (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My new Inn of many gable ends...
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Great model! Fantastic design! I love the attention to detail and the realism of it all. Except I don't think I see any gables. :) -- Paul Davidson Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FoKAKI.J9r@lugnet.com... (...) creations (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Where are you getting 4561 for under $60????
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Only one store in my city even stocks it and it's $230 Cdn, believe it or not. -- Paul Davidson Tim Strutt <tim.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:FoKGFu.AKK@lugnet.com... (...) on TEN (...) some (...) probably (...) having (...) THAT (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Insectoids anyone?
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(...) Auction/Sale announcements are OK then? Even if they are, I don't want to see "30 Minutes Until My Auction Ends" type posts. I suppose we could give it a try it, and then review it in a few weeks if things get out of hand. I must admit I'm a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Question: One motor & Turning
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(...) No and no. You can allways reverse the motor, and the 'normal' way to steer, is to have a steering wheel that casters to the straight ahead, when driven forward, and rotates to a fixed angle in one direction, when the vehicle goes backwards. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question about Lego Solar Panels
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(...) This was answered a little while ago (with regards to the cell). It is specified as: 3v, 200mA (full sunlight) 100mA (indoor sunlight) 2.5v 8mA (indoor low bulb). The capacitor is 2.5v 1Farad. Best Wishes (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Micro Rover!
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Ben Jackson wrote: Nice work! I have made a few attempts to build as small as possible rover with the parts in Mindstorms, it's a good challange! I sure miss a couple of micro motors.. (...) //Harri Manni - 070-5850517 -"Do not (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Question about Lego Solar Panels
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So does anyone know the specs on the "new" Lego Solar panels found in the new Pitsco-DACTA catalog, such as what kind of power output/voltage you can get out of them? Any specs on the capacitors would be cool too. <nofill> Thanks, Kenneth --- (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Using parts in p\48\ (was: part 2951, more questions, nearly done)
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(...) Sure, no problem. I prefer to inline and find the true coordinates of the polygons in the primitives, though. There may be some small rounding errors both in your sine calculations and in LEdit's, and if they don't match, you'll get small (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | "Free Web Space"
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For all my Lego web stuff I use free webspace accounts. I have two accounts: 1. For my website : "(URL) (admin) problems here. 2. For holding my auction pictures {1 & 2}. This has now been suspended as I'm not allowed to: "use your home page (or (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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