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| Two things to note in the servo investigation: (...) This supplies a reserve of current to the servos, and that allows them to seek to their desired position faster. (...) Two servos, when moving, can pull two AMPS of current. Thats 2000mA. Two (...) (28 years ago, 21-Jan-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | can't download to save my life
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| Please help!! I can't get the pcode_hb.s19 file into the handyboard to save my life. Upon looking through the archives, I've noticed some traffic that looks like it directly relates to my problem. However, I couldn't find a definitive solution. So (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jun-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Coolest LEGO Experience?
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| (...) I've been reading all of these and trying to decide what my coolest experience was. I don't have a single experience that really jumps out, but several are notable. One factor is that while I had LEGO as a kid, and even had a LEGO train, we (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Vector 2x giving me lots of trouble...
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| F> Hi all, I am having lots of trouble with the vector 2x F> compass. Sometimes it seems to work fine. Other times it just F> ouputs zeros (like someone else was saying...). I checked all F> the physical wiring, and that seems to be fine. The (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: More studs in holes...
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| (...) I don't think it's correct that such a configuration was unintended. In fact, I think it most definitely *was* intended. All the classic LEGO measurements are magic multiples of 1/5 the standard interstud spacing, which also equals 1/6 the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Brainstorms
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| <snipped Fred's excellent Cricket description> (...) Again, I need to go back to my real-world fire alarm experience and say that this makes very good sense. Nobody gives much thought to the alarm systems in their building. They must meet very tough (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LCD configs (was:Suppliers and rf link)
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| (...) I just wanted to voice a warning of sorts. I ordered the 2 X 16 LCD from them and the pinout is slightly different. Instead of a single line of 14 pins: x x x x x x x x x x x x x x They come with a dual inline 2x7 pin configuration: x x x x x (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Got my RIS 2.0 set
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| I just received my RIS 2.0 set. Here's a quick rundown: - Part contents is identical to 1.5 except for - The RCX is labeled 2.0. Otherwise, it is visually identical to the RCX that came with the 1.5 sets. There's no power connector. - A single (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Makelist.exe problems.
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| I hope that somebody knows the solution to this: First of all, I'm running Win95 OSR2 on a Pentium200MMX machine with 96MB RAM and 1GB of free hard disk. I downloaded LDRAW from ldraw.org (so it must be current) and installed it with out a problem. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| Thanks to those of you who sent your suggestions regarding the message below. I tried it all (replacing the LCD, checking each pin on both the RAM and the octal transparent latch 74HC373 for continuity, double checking the installed parts, I even (...) (27 years ago, 24-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Talking Points
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| These comments were heard from comments from adult train enthusiasts who visited our display, and might make for good talking point, or maybe be incorporated into another handout flyer... There has got to be some more whimsey in this hobby. (We (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | My reset blues
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| Hi all, I have problems running my program after downloading it to my HandyBoard. After what Maz Rahm (thank you very much Maz Rahm) replied to Keith (thanks to you too Keith) that in order for the program with the main function in it, to run, I (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| This is something I forgot to talk about at the last meeting... Saturday, May 18, 2002, was an anniversary for BayLUG... Back in May of 1998, LEGO released a schedule for its 25th Anniversary Traveling Truck Tour. In rec.toys.lego, Robery Dye posted (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Spybotics vs Cricket
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| (...) The Spybot brick has 3 motor outputs. A & B are the two built-in motors. Output C is the VLL light (pretty much exactly like the Scout brick wrt the third output). You can also control the LEDs on an individual basis (3 red, 3 green, and 1 (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Well I went and got it!!!
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| (...) RCX) and while I liked it better than the RIS code, I still moved promptly (within a month) to NQC (MacNQC, to be exact). There are better development tools (BrickOS, from what I've seen) but the learning curve (& installation) is (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Miniboard download random failures
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| Hello, I just finished building a Miniboard using the HC811E2 processor. After swapping the Rx and Tx lines on my serial cable the download and reset switch do as the manual says. However, when I use dlm to download a program the bootstrap section (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A small rant...
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| (...) I'm getting exactly what I expected: we rolled over Saddam's army in record time with stunningly little losses, but now the venture is increasingly looked on as neo-colonialism (oh hey, let's siphon off a little of that oil because we are due (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | What types of IBMs does IC Run on?
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| Greetings, I have recently gotten the free version of IC working. It was a battle and it seems that the type of host processor makes a difference. Running IC on an old IBM XT (8088) CPU produces the following error whenever a routine using floating (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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