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Re: new trains
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lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:00:19 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.SPAMCAKEchem.tulane.edu
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Bryan Kinkel wrote:
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> I have pretty much put immediate Lego purchases on hold based on the notion
> that Lego will be releasing new train items soon. Even with some of the
> bargains going around right now, I would much rather have new 9v train items
> than a bunch of $10 Slave I sets.
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> And yes, I too am hoping for some sort of expanded DCC capable trains.
> However, I hope that a dedicated computer connection is *not* required. I
> can see using a computer to program then download instructions into a mobile
> transformer or control block. But my Lego room does not have enough room for
> a computer and my layout is not large enough to justify one.
And I don't want to go buy a Windows PC.
Chris
> Bryan
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> "Chris Gray" <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM> wrote in message
> news:m3ofx8gqrl.fsf@ami-cg.GraySage.COM...
> > Lego has headed deeply into computer stuff now. So, the new trains will
> > have some tie-in to computers, somehow. Most "normal" model railroads
> > are now using electronic control systems which allow trains to be • controlled
> > by signals flowing through the tracks, or via radio, and the tracks supply
> > a fixed level of power for all trains on it. So, my guess is that Lego is
> > going to do something like that. I *hope* they don't require any batteries
> > in the trains!
> >
> > Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
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