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| | WTB: 6469 Space Port Value Packs MISB
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| Hello- I'm looking for a few (~ 4) 6469 Space Port Value Packs MISB. If you or any one you may know that would have these on offer, please contact me. This is a fairly new set, and may still be available in some stores (ie- TRU, Target, Fred Meyers, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: fried memory
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| it might not be permanently dead, but if it's not, it's not working. one (or more) of the outputs of these two chips is probably shorted to ground or shorted to +5v. the chips get hot when they try to drive this output to a state other than the one (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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| It won't necessarily fry the chip. L293s (and the TI equivalent) have a thermal protection mode. If the chip gets too hot, it will turn itself off. Most of the time, this protects the chip against over-current. However, it is still possible to fry (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 vs 1.5
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| (...) Cliches? I believe Fred Martin used this term in his Art of LEGO Design paper. --{I told the kids they could stay up all night, so this is an (...) :) -- Ian (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: "Quotes" [meta]
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| (...) James, just a small nit to pick to clarify a common misperception... :) I can't be 100% sure what you mean by "'happy as a clam' with Lugnet!'", but in the context of the message above, I take it to mean that you believe you are using Lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Geometry Pages
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| Hello Nick, Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> wrote in article <FnID9M.AHM@lugnet.com>... (...) and (...) You may be interested in reading Fred G. Martin's 'The Art of LEGO Design'. It has some of the geometry you're looking for, along with some basic (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I got a defective part!
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| I got my first defective part a few weeks ago. It was a 12 or 16 stud beam with a little excess ABS on one side. Not very critical for me since I already had a bunch of the same piece. Not too bad. One defective part out of thousands. Fred. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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| West Michigan fared no better. The first Target I stopped at in Kalamazoo had 4 or 5 clearance sets left on the shelves. The second Target store had a bit more: a MindStorms Robotics Discovery Set (bought it even though I just got one before (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| fred (score: 0.158) |
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| | Re: Start_process problem
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| alex, each of your processes must be an indefinite loop. otherwise starting them up via start_process just runs through once. so, e.g.: void checkir() { while (1) { if (digital(4)) { /* go backward for some time */ /* turn a little */ /* go forward (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: What are the *REAL* Y2K sets?
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| Ever since I saw the 2000 catalog, I haven't been able to get this out of my head. This is off-topic (Y2k-wise) and completely tasteless, but how about: #1812 Alive! (250 pieces) Set includes complete soccer team (some as skeletons), airplane (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Handyboard/ USB interface
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| i have tested several of these with Macintosh. I haven't tested any with PC, but i assume they should work. see (URL) for info on the Mac solutions. f. In your message you said: (...) d (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ZB deals
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| Thank you! They still had the Shuttles in stock at 7:15pm EST! Yippie! I can't wait for mine to show up next week! Fred. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Enlightenment
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| (...) Is fred looking for 2x3 black bricks? I have quite a few that I was going to use for train roadbed, but I could part with some if it will help with your project. I have about 1200 of them. How many do you need? Mike (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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