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| fred (score: 0.167) |
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| | Re: About HAndy board and PIC
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| Hi there Just saw your message and thought I could give you a few tips... I also live in SA and have built a HandyBoard. From my experience so far, a robot built around the HandyBoard is very easy to get going, has a wide range of posiblities and is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| fred (score: 0.167) |
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| | About HAndy board and PIC
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| I have read od a newsgroup of robotics that you have build a robot with the Handy Board with a PIC. What advcie can you give me . I have to start from scrath . What I need to buy Handy Board + (what componets+tools??) to build a soccer player (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| fred (score: 0.167) |
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| | Re: Target - surprise finds!
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| Undesirable as a complete model maybe... But when you can get them cheap just for more parts, that's another story. I bought an extra 8480 (VERY great model as well as parts selection) just for the parts. It was the 1st time in months that I just (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| fred (score: 0.167) |
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| | Re: perhaps a CV joint??
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| Yes the 8444 Air Enforcer used this gear as a handle to rotate the rotor blades. Not quite as functional as the ones used in the 8880, but non the less it's there also. Fred (URL) to be (URL) so I have a chance of getting CLSOTW) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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| (...) Wellllll....now, my handy dandy books show Mallard at 126 MPH and... In 1906 a steam powered car built by the Stanley brothers of Newtown, Massachusetts, and driven by Fred Marriott, set a new world land speed record of _127.66 mph_ at Ormond (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: technic shuttle deal
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| ZB in Milwaukee has the 8480 on MONDO sale... Additional 50% of of the 1/2 price tag of $75.00. Mine was under $40 w/tax. Fred (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: I'm Falling Apart!
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| in article 38E4B7A2.BD913F0B@cyberix.com, Rick Tripp at lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote on 3/31/00 7:35 AM: (...) One (hyphenated) word: cross-bracing. Check out Fred Martin's "Art of Lego Design", in pdf format on his web page. (URL) Doug Weathers, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: perhaps a CV joint??
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| You are correct on the part being used as a CV joint. It's used in the 8880 Supercar behind the hubs, used as the 2nd U-joint is standard independant wheel suspension. This "gyroball" will ONLY work with the 8880 hubs when used as suspension. It can (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: LED's
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| [Derek Healy] spake unto the ether: (...) This is just an idea skeleton, but not too hard to flesh out, if you've worked with TTL. The Handy Board memory map maps some upper 32K addresses to I/O "ports". Look at the schematic and you can see which (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | RE: New user Needs Help from Any one who will....
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| (...) Wow, what a cool challenge. It certainly would be an interesting challenge to develop some software to emit spoken directions, and I could imagine a few ways of starting out on such a problem. Don't know if I could actually _finish_ such a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: A lessoned learned
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| Here's the post I did with those clearance sets (URL) also didn't learn my lesson since when I was out rinning errands I went into a Fred Meyer to look at sets and didn't bring the pen and paper. Oh well, one of these days maybe.... Jason (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: My latest monsterpiece...
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| You did a great job! The picture of the front of the HQ is very impressive. The way the keep is built into the mountains is great. The waterfall looks wonderful. I really like all the details in the interiors of the structures. The design and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | (no subject)
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| Maybe somebody could help. I am try to use the IR output. the problem is that the HB is modulating the signal at 41kHz and I need to get it down to 38kHz. I have checked the resistor and capacitor used in generating the frequency. R = 3.81 K C = (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: How many sets?
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| My (and my 6yr old son's) set list is rather small but the parts count is not to shabby. 96 sets (between both of us) 24,400 pieces (over half are my Technic parts) and $1,945.75 (approx since some were gifts and others I can get a price on since (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Re: Happy New Year!
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| Happy New Year!!! The Dom Perignon[1] has been tapped and my brain is mush. Fred [1] Complements of mom since she didn't get me any Lego for x-mass. (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | 20% off Lego at Fred Meyers in Pacific NW...
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| Stopped by Fred Meyers yesterday and found a wonderful surprise, 20% off all Lego through this Saturday (3/18/00). Picked up several duplicates I have been wanting, also Technic Destroyer Droid. There are coupons tacked to the shelves. Fred Meyer's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| fred (score: 0.166) |
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| | Hawthorne Fred Meyer
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| Just a heads-up as to the stock at this store (no, I don't have anything better to do.) Saw a bunch of the new 2000 Castle stuff, not a lot of SW except for the smallest sets and Mos Espa. Quite a bit of Rock Raiders small and medium sized sets. The (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| fred (score: 0.165) |