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(...) Yup. It's tough to get rid of machines. Several charities refuse to take anything less than P54C/P55C class (ie, second generation Pentium 90-233) and about the only way you'll get someone to take a 486 is if you go and set it up at their (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Please, for the cost of the out dated hardware I'd need to make this thing network ready I could buy something 10 times more powerful that was already network ready. You know I'm not even sure I can lift it that high, it's a really big (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry man, but if I can't find any use for it, no school or charity is going to. It will cost them more money to dispose of it then it will do any good. I mean this this was state of the art more then 10 years ago. I think I actually got Win95 (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Henry, Thanks! I encourage you to give it a try, it's a lot of fun and a truly rewarding experience.* I will be putting up the slides from the presentation soon, the presentation files are on my machine at work, so I can't upload them now. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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According to Google this - (URL) - has something to do with shelflife ... and ketchup, of course. Hope that answers your question. And now for an obligatory link to a Penny Arcade strip: (URL) <vineethonkan@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) that's a very noble thought... BUT (start rant) in the REAL cruel hard world, no one wants them. I've got 2 or 3 guts to pentium 166 and "under" and the best i can hope for is some one takes it from the trash pile come garbage day. (which (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It appears to be broken. I will buy it for $50. But only because you can't use it anyways. You can keep the bricks and the tower. Unless the tower doesn't work. Also, some of the bricks might not work either. I'll buy them too. Ralph (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) At the very least donate it to the local school district or some other charity. Sorry for barging in, -Orion (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey guys- Do any of you know the shelf life of an RCX brick? The reason I ask is because I recently took mine out (I just openned my mindstorms set, 2-3 years after it was bought), and it isn't working. If any of you could help me I would appreciate (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I got this 486 - 33Mhz with 8Mb RAM that taking up too much space and all I can think of using it for is a boat anchor and forgetting to put a rope on it. So if anyone can think of a use for it, or would like to have it, let me know. You have until (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Posted to loc.ca.on instead of org.ca.rtltoronto. Stupid address book, but I think I've fixed it now. Derek (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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What a weekend.... Cottage, water, dive gear... maybe pics later.... Back now and thru all the sub-ether chatter, glad nothing important was said. Think I'll go for a nappy... Dave K (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks I've uploaded pictures (thanks Calum) of two new technic models to Brickshelf: full suspension mountain bikes. Deep link to bike #1: (URL) This is more of your typical cross-country bike, with a neat front fork suspension - this was (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !!
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I'm from Pittsburgh, PA and was very impressed with your PipeRacers competition at BrickFest. Seeing your club, I've started to think about opening a Lego Robotics Club at Carnegie Mellon University. Now I'm sorry I didn't go to your seminar on (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, I'm here. I just got back from camping in Tobermory. What a nice place. But you don't care about that, you want to know about rice robots... Truth is, I'm trying, but this is really hard. Rob (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) no no no no no.... its not the suckmaster; it the ~suckmaster 2~ the suckamster was this guys FIRST attempt from earlier years. (URL) you read about the game it does sound like a neat game that we could turn into lego. we have the Rice. we (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Listem, fratty, I'm not your friend... (...) Calum (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Go ahead...kick me when I'm down...but, I will have a robot by Sep 13 and it will kick your butt. Should anyone feel like they want to bid on Chris's ideas for a robot...I'd like to say congratulations, you have officially sunk as low as you (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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this place is kind-a quite. I need a break from all the flying rice, and lego bricks that are being sorted into 2 nice piles. anyway, I saw these cool robots and thought that maybe we can get them to appear for our contest as "guest robots" Calum, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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yep, that's right folks. I've moved the Proto Mark IV version 0.1.3 up one level to the version 0.2.0 I've also dropped the Mark IV moniker. so with this happy news I am selling the following: -the vertical conveyor idea: -the shovel on the front (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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