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Re: The first BAYLUG meet
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Tue, 25 May 1999 20:46:42 GMT
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Yeah, and X-10 has their basic kit for FREE, just pay the shipping - hit
their website for details.  I ordered one last week, already got it.

Zonker Harris wrote:

  Keep those suggestions coming! I'll make a collection and then
summarize it to the list.

  As for trains, I have a few ideas there as well;

    PNLTC uses a 9-V transformer (power pack) instead of 12-V, which
     keeps little hands from achieving break-part speeds.

    An RF-dongle and an X-10 wireless switch would allow the train
     monitor to cut all track power as easy as locking a new car! ;-)

  I have enough components to handle both of these suggestions, and
I'll work on making them a small kit for meetings. :-)

        -Z-

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http://baylug.org/carlsbad99.html  Grand Opening Planning Page
http://baylug.org/zonker/  my main page
http://baylug.org/zonker/ZFSOne.html  the Firehouse
http://baylug.org/zonker/ZRondDom.html  the Round House
http://baylug.org/zonker/ZTrajnoj.html  my trains page
http://baylug.org/zonker/ZSignal.html  LED signal circuit
http://baylug.org/zonker/tables/building.html  table plans
        David K. Z. Harris    frenezulo@esperanto.org
"It's a good start, but I'm always looking for a few more LEGOs"

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  Re: The first BAYLUG meet
 
Keep those suggestions coming! I'll make a collection and then summarize it to the list. As for trains, I have a few ideas there as well; PNLTC uses a 9-V transformer (power pack) instead of 12-V, which keeps little hands from achieving break-part (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

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