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| I have changed from Geocites to WebJump. My new url is (URL) , now I have to change the webring registrations so don't use them yet. Everything works. New pics of sets 8428 and 8432. Some star Wars sets assembled. More pics of Star Wars as I build (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: encoders and analog ports
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| (...) well once again i've learnt the hardway. always get the latest software. downloaded the new libs, and that fixed me up. i was using the libs from when i first started with the hb (years ago). all my analogs are stable again. i am very happy. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Animation: Space ship taking off
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| Fred (Fredrik); That is awesome. I can imagine fleets of Galaxy Explorers lifting off now! :) I didn't see the head turn, but the smoke did look realistic. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | The first BAYLUG meet
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| And here are some of my lengthy views to add to the others: Good location. It was central enough for me and easy to get to. I like the access to the parking lot without having to wind through the whole library and get stuck in a back room somewhere. (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Architect sets
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| I'll bid 15 cents a piece for what ever piece count. My step father uses them as an architect for building designs. -- Everything else is just a toy... (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Moving Straight
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| Sean ... Probably the best way to maintain a constant heading is to use shaft encoders on both drive wheels ... monitor their rotation ... adjust one motor to give identical turn counts. The book "Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation" by (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Reove form the listin g
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| Hi, Fred ,pls remove me from the HD listing. This is my 10th time to write this termination to you. Pls activate it asap. thank you . rgds, phillip chia philchia@singnet.com.sg (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Remove from the HD listing
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| Hi, Fred ,pls remove me from the HD listing. This is my 10th time to write this termination to you. Pls activate it asap. thank you . rgds, phillip chia philchia@singnet.com.sg (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RCX and Java
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| (...) Both, at least last year. Sun has recently gone to open source for the JVM but previously their license fees were very expensive. Technically, there are better choices wrt real-time/embedded issues. Fred ---...--- Fred Rose Ph: 612.951.7106 (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IC question
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| Dear Victor, I'll give you a few hints about what you are trying to do. 1. the "0x" in front of 0x0e is the same as "$" in regular C. It just designates that the number following is in hex format. 2. Fred runs his motor driver chips using addresses (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE
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| greetings all, the time has arisen for the periodic unsubscribe reminder. 1. to unsubscribe from the Handy Board mailing list, send a request to Fred Martin, fredm@media.mit.edu. 2. Word has it that the one person who can actually take you OFF the (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Merchandise
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| Fred, I too was just in Disneyworld and didn't notice any shampoo bottles. While they did have regular kits that you can get through Shop@Home they had the only floor display I have ever seen of trains (tracks and things), Scala, belleville, parts (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Parts buying help.
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| To the wise HB builders, First can I us a poly-styrene cap of the same value instead of the polypro?? Can I use a 3.92 1% in place of the 3.83 1%, what will happen?? Can I use a -8 instead of a -12 or -10 32k memory chip?? Has anyone created (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MC34064
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| please don't send attachments to the mailing list. a 200 K message sent out to 500 people is 100 megs of data. also some people have small mailbox quotas that can be filled up by just one big attachment. i realize 200K isn't huge, but it's still a (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| what i am doing is building a battery charger for back-up batteries to be used with the handyboard, so i don't have to wait for the batteries to charge. can i use the schematic that i found in the handy board technical reference manual except (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Battery question
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| If you connect the batteries in parallel you will increase the current which is something i'm not sure you want to do. if you connect them in series it will increase the voltage which is what i believe you would like to do. the problem comes because (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: charger
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| the main reason this doesn't work is the 1a supply produces too high a voltage at the actual current being drawn, resulting too high a charge rate. technically, it will work in NORMAL charge mode, but you'll be charging the battery too fast, (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| I have an old 'wall wart' lying around. It has a rating of (12 vdc 1 amp output). i was wondering if i can use it on the handy board. the specs i read about the handy board call for a 12v 500mAmp output. any response would be appreciated. FRED (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital in's and out's?
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| Dear Steve, Nobody wants to hear this said, and I hate to be the one to do it, but you can start by reading the data available on the Handy Board web site (quick duck to avoid thrown volt meter). Fred has done what you want to do (memory-mapped (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GP2d02 Problems
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| as was mentioned, problems loading ICB files are usually due to bad linefeeds. there is a FAQ entry on this, which explains how to solve it: (URL)Greetings all! (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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