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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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| also remember that at 9600 baud or higher, you may not see the flashing of the serial LEDs. try setting the baud rate to 300 or even 110 if you're doing visual-flash debugging. fred In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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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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| I was at Winchester TRU last night and they had about 30 to 40 poly bags strewn about the store. I think I saw 2 separate locations. All of the mentioned ones are .97. They had alot of 6406s, but I bought 5 of 'em. FYI Fred (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| [Crossposted to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general, & lugnet.announce; followups to lugnet.robotics] Fred G. Martin[1] of the MIT Media Lab[2] has expressed interest in hosting the Handy Board[3] mailing list[4] as a real newsgroup on LUGNET[5]. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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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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| Mark and Tom talk about 8213 and 6589... Hey you guys, how about telling us what sets those are. Or let me know where I can look up those numbers. I'm more of a visual guy than a number guy ;-) And I don't have a list with either of those numbers on (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| did you try reloading the operating program, pcode_hb.s19? use hbdl on windows or 6811 downloader mcl on macintosh. this program (pcode_hb.s19) must be resident on the HB at all times. it sounds like for whatever reason it got corrupted. this isn't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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| I am unavailable on the 14th. I'll be in Martinez the whole day, so I vote for the 7th. But I guess whoever starts these things should just decide and the heck with everybody else. It's the only way to do it. Otherwise you're gonna get people like (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| are you using the .icb version of the analog driver? make sure you are using the latest set of libraries for the HB from the web site. i'm just guessing at this point. next follow up, please provide a listing of exactly what lib files are being (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Il 23 e 24 del prossimo ottobre al MIT di Cambridge (Boston) si terrà il MINDFEST - A Gathering of Playful Inventors of All Ages (Un Raduno di Giocosi Inventori di Tutte le Età). E' organizzato dall'Epistemology and Learning Group del MIT Media Lab, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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| FWIW, data points. --Todd ---...--- lugnet.cad.dev - 2644 articles from 98 posters... 412 - Steve Bliss - 15.6% 261 - Jonathan Wilson - 9.9% 234 - Terry Keller - 8.9% 200 - Todd Lehman - 7.6% 158 - Tim Courtney - 6.0% 156 - John VanZwieten - 5.9% (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| I hereby do admit that 8 wide CAN look good. John showed me a boxcar he has been working on, it has a FRED in the end, integrated grab iron ladders, sliding doors, separated roofwalk, and a whole bunch of other details. It looked really good. It (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| yes. it sounds like a robot -- don't worry. :-) it's actually a great board, really easy to use, and well-documented. you just send it ASCII english text, and it talks. fred In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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