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(...) Bump -- Brick Bash is just a month away (Feb is a short month don't cha know!) If any AFOLs in the are are interested, I'd love to have you at Brick Bash, either as a group or as individuals. I'll be providing food, coffee, pop, and brick (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
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| | NEIRG
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If you're interested in attending the NorthEast Indiana Robotic Games on Feb 25th, please send your registration info to Bryan Bonahoom before this Friday. He'll compile them, and send all our club's stuff to Science Central. BTW, the web site DOES (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: GBC at Indy Children's Expo
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(...) I never bothered fixing the issue in the duck because it was kind of funny when it jammed and blew its head off. Heck, sometimes the pieces flew pretty far :) But, not to worry, I fixed the problem in the new configuration. No output jams at (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: GBC at Indy Children's Expo
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(...) How did the meeting go? Was the lack of enthusiasm due to poor showing for the 3T robots, or folks not wanting to do the 2nd drive right after NEIRG? I figured I'd bring my 3T robot to NEIRG as a demo anyway. (...) Yeah, I wish my limiting (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: GBC at Indy Children's Expo
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(...) Okay, then I guess I am a little nuts...I would have sworn we were discussing this...Maybe I am confusing the Expo with the Indy Train show we skipped a few weeks ago. Oh well...I had fun with my nephew working on the module...and I was (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: GBC at Indy Children's Expo
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(...) I didn't think we were doing a GBC @ the Children's Expo. I thought we were thinking of doing a 3T demo, but nothing else (and by general consensus at this evening's meeting, we weren't all that enthusiastic about that). I thought all GBC (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: broken RCX
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Well, after a little looking around on Lugnet & googling "RCX internals" I found that one problem when people take apart RCXs is that a small surface mount fuse on the board is blown. After poking around with my el-cheapo test light, I found that (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | GBC at Indy Children's Expo
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Hey guys, We haven't said much about the Indy GBC on Feb 26th lately. I got a factory looking module together yesterday with the help of my nephew. Pictures are at my Brickshelf folder: (URL) is 32x32 and my nephew, Austin, is going to give me more (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | February IndyLUG meeting
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The February IndyLUG meeting will be at the Clayton Library in Clayton Indiana on Sunday, February 12. The meeting will start at the usual time of 2:00. The primary focus of the meeting will be planning the layout for the Child & Parent Expo at the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
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| | Re: broken RCX
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(...) I wonder how many "possessed" RCXs there are out there. I've got at least one as well (currently in a line-follower) - it's newest symptom is briefly powering OUT_A when I try to run a program via the remote (same program run via the "run" (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: broken RCX
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(...) Maybe it'll come back as a NXT ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | broken RCX
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Some of you may have been aware of my "posessed" rcx. It was a little screwed up. When I powered it on, sometimes it would just start up motor output A for no reason at all. It would run motor A indefinitly if I let it. Sometimes running a program (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | LafLRC meeting 2/5/06
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Sorry for the late notice. Our first February meeting is this Sunday at 3:00 to 5:00 at the South Side Community Center. It's located at 330 Fountain St, between third and forth street, just a few blocks south of downtown Lafayette. Bring your Tic (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | LEGOLAND Master Model Builder Competition.. again!
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Somehow this article didn't get to this newsgroup among all the others it was crossposted too. I think it's relevant to this group though, so here it is: (URL) cool! Anyone interested in trying out? I think I might do it just for the fun of it :) I (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Maze robot testing
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(...) What will happen if you hit a big (1/4 inch) bump in the wall? Will it stop you? The walls are very smooth. But, there are places where they join together. Here are some old pictures Kerby posted: (URL) close at this: (URL) field is made of 4, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Maze robot testing
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Thanks for the suggestions/advise guys. I remembered the concerns about the uneven surface, but had not thought of the surface friction causing problems. I will have to think some more about how to overcome that. One other inquiry. Does anybody know (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Maze robot testing
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(...) The only time I ran it I used 1x4's and tested in a "U" shape (both clockwise & counterclockwise) on my kitchen floor. This worked great, until event day when the floor friction fouled me up (I may have to cobble up a test system like Bryan (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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Sorry for the short notice. I've been asked by a local Science Fiction/gaming convention to organize a LEGO room for the con. Sort of a mini LEGO convention. The Convention is "Condor XIII" (URL) March 3rd-5th. Just over a month from now. There'll (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Maze robot testing
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(...) John - the surface of the NEIRG maze is 1" thick blue insulating styrofoam. It has a different friction characteristic than other surfaces...As I am sure you know, this is important for turning. I built my own 3 foot x 4 foot test area and use (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Maze robot testing
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(...) Greg pointed out the simplest shape which will test out most of the turn combinations is a '4' (with an open top). That's just 3 walls, two are 12"x12" and one is 12"x24". Remember, the walls are 12 inches high and 1/8 inch thick, and each (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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