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| I work at a Mercedes-Benz dealership and checked into the pricing of the radar in the new 2000 S-Class... Retail, $4300!! Just for the control unit, all the other gizmos needed total to about $1500. Guess that puts radar cost into perspective. Might (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I believe the 2 middle lengths are from Minstorms RIS. The longer ones are used in the 8480 Space Shuttle and the very short ones came in the Minstorms expansions (ie: Robo Sports and Extreme Creatures) as well as the smaller Z-nap sets. Fred (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| you're almost right. if you plugged a nimh pack into the HB's charge jack, the external pack would charge the internal batteries. but it would not power the board significantly. this is because the HB's charge jack includes a current-limit resistor (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| I am pleased to announce the most recent update to the Expert Builder website. This addition is not a model, but rather the complete text and pictures of Fred G. Martin's article, 'The Art of LEGO(R) Design'. Some long-time Internet users will (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| look on the polaroid board itself. it has (or used to, anyhow) a blank space where you could mount a component that is labeled "C7". the cap goes there. if you absolutely cannot find a spot on the polaroid board labeled C7, they must have updated (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| In playing... I accidentaly discovered a way to break in and loosen up neew engines. Using a battery box from my 8480 shuttle... The torqe is incredible. But do be careful, short runs only. That much amperage is a bit warm. Fred (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| On the idea of losing the buffers... I'm a newbie to the Train comunity since I just had to get the 4561 on sale for my son for x-mass. Has anyone considered making a boogie car? One set of trucks w/two piviot points for two cars. I've seen these (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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| Brian, nice to hear what Mike had to say. I emailed the MIT folks building their web constructopedia, and got the following response: (...) So the web version is under development. The above is from Fred Martin, author of the popular `The Art of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Mark, I'm afraid that once you get on the Handy Board mailing list, the only way you can get off is to build a Handy Board, and then use a secret code to get disconnected. You can also sign up for the 6.270 class at MIT, get a grade of B or better, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear Handy Boarders, I'd like to officially announce some changes in the Handy Board world. First, I've left MIT. My last day of work was August 31, 2000. I'm don't have a new job yet, and I'm not sure when (or if) I'll have a normal job. (I do have (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Thanks Fred. That got me going in the right direction. But...... When I poke a value into $7000 I can see the corresponding input pin on the l293 react. But it will not stay in the position that I set it to. It will return back to the initial state (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) First off, how much are you looking to pay? It can be built fairly cheaply if you are interested. Second, there is a mailing list for the miniboard. Check out Fred Martin's FTP site relating to the miniboard for the details. It's all in there. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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