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| | | The LEGO USB Dongle The whole thing consists of 7 1x3 bricks of which one is used as a cap for the USB socket, there are also two 1x3 plates at the top and the bottom to 'seal' the (w)hole thing. All glueing was made with Cyan Oacrylate Glue - (CA). (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | Very nice! I have a Cigar Pro wasting away somewhere, maybe I'll convert it. The US Modular 32Mb I have looks like it would work with 6 1x3s. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Kyle Beatty
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| | | | | A version that does not involve cutting or gluing. (URL) How I Did It.> Fits snugly. LED shines through top. (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Kyle Beatty
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| | | | | | (...) (URL) This one is far superior.> Apologies for replying to my own post, but at least I'm not complaining about color changes or the sky falling. Woo hoo! Go sky staying up! (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | | | Hi Kyle, (...) so what do these dongles do, apart from decorating USB ports with LEGO? Curious Jürgen (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I think calling them dongles is a misnomer... they are memory sticks. I have one that holds 32MB and it's way way more convenient for moving stuff (especially large stuff) than floppies or burning a CD... great for those times when network (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Kyle Beatty
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| | | | | | | (...) Memory stick makes me think Sony, but sure, yeah! It has proven to be an accurate way to separeate the geekiest from the would-be geek. Mere memory-stick user: It's too big! True geek: Oo! I can see the LED! (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | | | Hi Larry, (...) yes, that made me think it was something like IrDA or maybe even Mindstorms IR. And there are still others for Bluetooth or wireless mice, not to mention those to prevent unlicensed use of software. (...) I got a cheap 32MB one (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Bryan Beckwith
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| | | | (...) -- snip -- I'm always amazed at the things people manage to house in LEGO. I seem to recall someone putting their PDA guts into a LEGO case a long time ago. Very cool shtuff! If I ever find a cheap memory stick, I might have to make one of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | (...) It was a Palm 3, I was even tempted to replicate that. Since I got an m505 two years ago my old IBM Workpad II (= Palm 3 in black) with a somewhat broken case is lying around unused. The problem with LEGO cases is that they are not very (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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