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"Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C3DED82.702030...ers.com... (...) Are you into mountain biking?? Iain Pretend a small european tourist is eating a pastry (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3C3DEAD5.59BB05...aka.com... (...) proportion. (...) looks (...) I'm thinking about trying an 8-wide project soon. But I'm too lazy to actually *build* anything. :) Iain (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3C3E0DF1.F9AF9B...aka.com... (...) Iain Pretend I'm not foaming at the mouth (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I took a few pictures of the lego I have setup in my office and put them on brickshelf. (URL) I don't have space to make a loop to run a train on, but I did setup a set of bridges to span my shelves so I could at least display some trains. I'm going (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, they're made by The Lego Company (TM), therefore, I can use them. :) If people really object strenuously, then i suppose i could replace them, but i'd rather not. Btw, i have redesgined my compressor and added some pics of it. Trevyn. (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey Calum, Would it be at all possible for you to set aside a few Capes and Obiwan's brown hood-piece from the Gungan sub (Cause I don’t even have one!) for me upon our meeting at Mel’s or for T3 (should I be unable to make it tomorrow) I'll have my (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) ??? !!!! That's whacko!!! (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Chris was asking about pics, so here they are: (URL) called "xyzzy". It's not quite finished yet, the entire grid needs to be moved over about 6 studs, and i still need to hook up two light sensors, AND it still needs programming, BUT IT WILL PICK (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Excellent. (...) From my perspective I don't find the 15 block height to be out of proportion. My "GO Train" cars are exactly 13 blocks high. The 2 block clearance looks about right when they go into a tunnel. However I seem to be the only one (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The *only* reason why rtlToronto is organized at all is thanks to the work of Calum and Chris. They make it look easy. The rest of us are intermittent members that show up :) How can you plan around that? Ohhh, my first reply to an ++LP post! (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Sorry for any misunderstanding I may have caused... I certainly didn't mean charging the audience anything, but when I said entrance fee, I meant the competitiors pay a small amount to enter, which goes towards the prize. (...) My thoughts exactly. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I thought that was really quite neat too, Ben! Calum (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd put some money in too! (Assuming I can figure out how to actually build a WORKING robot.) Jeff VW Chris <---- See mine says something funny!!! :) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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The only way I now around these limitations is to use an alternate firmware. LegOS is a true c environment instead of being "not quite c" LeJOS is full featured Java VM. Both of these give you full control over memory usage, so the number of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm SURE what you mean by that is that maybe it's not a direction you guys *want* to go in... (and there's nothing WRONG with that!!!) because there is no doubt whatever in my mind that your club is *way* beyond the skill and organizational (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think in the near future we should probably investigate something out in Etobicoke where parking is free and plentiful. There's also the possibility of a two day weekend train event. I'm not sure if we're up to the level of doing a train (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) the (...) Well RCX 2.0 firmware give you 32 global+16 local variables, according to NQC docs. LegOS should give you a lot more freedom in memory usage, but I haven't try that yet. For the X project, I plan to use bit manipulation to store all (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 32 variables??????? That's all???? i need more! How do I get room for more variables??? If not, oh well, must modify and have *sloppy* code :( Dave (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Rememeber to count all local variables, since they are not really local in RCXCC. Total number of usable variables are 32 for RCX 1.x. But I think the compiler will give you error for using more than 32 variables. If it is during download, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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It was on another RCX competition site years ago... A finite number of pop cans, painted black, are placed in an arena. The walls of the arena are white. The 'bot starts in one corner, whose floor is painted black while the rest of the field is a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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