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| [Joe Kopena] spake unto the ether: (...) Wait for Fred Martin's book (it's due out in the fall, isn't it?) My self-taught practical engineer's take on robotics is that you can't separate the brain from the body, so to speak. Computer scientists tend (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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| Howdy Fred, Yes, I did download the zip file from the HB site. As11_ic.bat is present. One question I have is with regards to the various references to Rev 2.1, Rev 2.2, et cetera, in the README file. How do these references relate to my V1.21 HB (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Thank you Jonathan and Fred. There's no steering mechanism, the wheels are just posable. Here's the trick: (URL) You'll need to add a 2x2 plate underneath to make it more sturdy. "gm" has made a 6-wide truck with steering mechanism: (URL) So (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) < Snipped Larry's telling of the horse & Fred Meijer > Wow, that is incredible. Just goes to show how biased the media is, and how entrenched they are in class warfare. Fred has brought thousands upon thousands of jobs and careers to people, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| So I went to the web site with the 1999 catalog scans and saw he got the catalog from a Bi-Wing Baron at Fred Meyer. SO I decide what the heck, I'll go to Fred Meyer and get a Bi-Wing. So I do, and wah lah! I got the catalog. The interesting thing (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | IC 3.1 Beta4 occasioanlly hangs up Geoport
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| Fred, Randy: I noticed that when I use IC 3.1 B4 while I am online (Power MAC 7100/66, Geoport, MACPPP connection) it hangs up (occasionally) the line. It mostly happens if Netscape was used prior to IC invocation. Couple of time it happened in (...) (29 years ago, 23-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: High power motor drivers
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| Keith Check the HB home page. Fred posted my info for a H-bridge that will handle two 12V-55V motors at 3A each. I know it's not exactly a custom bridge, but you can make the PCB from scratch. The LMD18200 from National makes this really easy. (...) (28 years ago, 28-Jan-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing them, Fred. Next time maybe someone can put up some mpegs. :) I noticed some things that sparked my curiosity. First, what are those red boxes that quite a few contestants were using...for what appeared to be (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Some starting points: - Visit Fred Martin's site about Lego Mindstorm information at (URL) miss his Art of Lego paper, which gives you a solid knowledge about Lego Technic basic mechanics and gear arrangements. - Follow the Lego Mindstorm Webring. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Fred and Others, I got hold of your 9600 Baud Serial Output drivers - thank you very much. Is there anyone from this list who have done the same thing the taking in serial input data using the PORT A pins? And another questions, about serial (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | FOTW: Adventurers and Ninjaz
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| I just got back from Fred Meyer. They reduced a bunch of Lego sets from retail to about 66% off or more in a matter of days. Usually there is a long drawn out process, but not this time. I got: 1 Sphinx's Secret Suprise $16.00 1 Stone Tower Bridge (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| Thank you for your reply, Fred. We finally solved the problems we had. We can not make the downloader program work with Windows operating system (I have Windows 2000 running on my computer). All we have done is going to MS-DOS prompt, type "dl (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) I spotted these at Fred Meyers in Seattle. They are pretty wee for adults. If I didn't already have that mask, I would have picked one up probably. (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| Fred, This is not "normal". go back and make sure everything is "snug" but not tight. P.S. I'm 43 and I don't feel guilty! My wife Milissa says there are a lot "worser" things I could be doing......(dons flame suit)........like playing golf. ;-) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4
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| Fred, Can you tell me if Randy upgraded InteractiveC in version 4 to handle the 64k hack for the Handyboard? You wrote about the hack in the Handyboard FAQ in '98, and that was two IC versions ago. Is it possible that Randy took into acount the 64k (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 1000 steine 3rd place winner...
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| This is cool. Fred Herrmann won the first place for his superb space city as has been posted about, but the third place winner is also well worth a .spacer's look....sort of a Dune/Stargate scenario by Thomas Bendt. My German is so atrocious, I (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC: AVC-31 "Typhoon" Planetary Combat Aircraft
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| Hey Fred, excellent MOC! I especially like how you designed it to be very utilitarian and modular. It also reminds me of the UH-1 Huey helicopter; some of those pics look like glimpses into a futuristic Vietnam-type conflict. The weapons packages (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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