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In article (...) Nope, for some strange reason its not available in the US. Perhaps some legal issue (lawsuit and/or patent dispute) is what prevents it from being sold here. I wound up having someone in the UK purchase a couple of packs and sending (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I doubt that; it's availble as part of bigger sets (the Indy Storm, for example). (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I had to work thru a Lego Fan in Italy for my first flex system sets. I really don't understand why there is such a difference in service parts availability due to region. Then again , Lego Group does several things we don't understand. If a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Todd Bertschi <Cptgldfsh@aol.com> wrote in message news:FJG59D.LxB@lugnet.com... (...) copies (...) the (...) info (...) The cables are available in 5118 Service Pack (try Busy Bee) (URL) Control Center II (try ETS DYA) (URL) Nighthawk (??) (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (URL) that's better. Adding the extra pulley on the face of the gear was a stroke of genius! Sometimes we get so focused on the task at hand that it never occurs to us to make improvements. I figured with two cylinders I was better off with (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can anyone give me a sample program on how to control a stepper motor and were is a good place to but some that work good with the handy board. TIM ===== (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Hey. I just realized. I bought the Indy Storm when it first came out and it DOES have a small set (for the steering). See what happens when you get the big blue Tow Truck and a Zepplin the day after you build it. It's been sitting in a box (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The reason I speculated that it may have been a legal issue is that several years ago the flex pack was advertised as available from S@H. For some reason they pulled it from US distribution but kept it in Europe. The flex pack has several (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm glad that worked Ralph. I still haven't done the mod to my version of your compressor yet. Just finished a three day hobby show... LEGO was a huge success with the 8 to 10,000 attendees! Back to my own building. <ICS> (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, i have the same problem with the Error at address 0x0000. First i checked the hardware (Ram,Latch...) but i cant't find a bug. In the archive i found this message that descibe a softwarebug on faster machines. But i tested HBDL with a P133 (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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This was on (URL) NEWS - NEW LEGO Toys!! BY: Greg Edwards Here's a great list of upcoming Lego products thanks to Knight! Technic X-Wing Technic Darth Vader's TIE Fighter Battle Droid Minstorms kit Destroyer Droid Minstorms kit AT-AT Mindstorms kit (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all... Just a quick question for those of you whose ISPs give you a reverse lookup of the DNS from which your websites have been hit. 1. What is the domain name that TLG shows up as when your site is hit by them? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the post although I have a hard time believing some of this. I just can't see 4 Mindstorms sets (Just for Star Wars no less). Just seems like overkill to me and doubt that there would be that many. As far as the rest it seems (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Well, I just thought I'd pass this along--too soon to vouch for its authenticity, but you may be right about there being too many MindStorms sets to be true. I have seen a scan of a Y2K Lego cover that includes more SW figures and does indeed (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Well, Ralph, I'm not really sure- I've served 12967 pages of the HOWTO as of today, so there are a lot of logs to go through. However, I can say with certainty that it is not lego.com, as there are no records of any hits on my site from there. I can (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually, since I'd assume the Mindstorms sets are lagging in popularity (things like that always have an initial spike and then a downward trend in sales) a variety of SW Mindstorms add-on sets would be just the thing for TLG to boost sales, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yeah, having 4 mindstorms kits and two technic sets sounds a bit much! (not that I'd complain if it's true!) Maybe it's just 1 or 2 more mindstorms kits that have multiple models? That'd be kinda like the one that features R2D2 and the battle (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Maybe TLG doesn't care about NQC :-) that's why they don't show up as lego.com...ha ha ha. Seriously, that's what got me curious too. Think about it. Here's a group of folks they can get design ideas from, and yet NOBODY I know of has ever had (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've kept every http log file since the dawn of time (1994) but most don't have reverse lookups. I've never been tempted to do reverse lookups on the LEGO related pages. I have on some other sites I run for personal amusement. I have never access (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It might just be company policy that the internet is not used for web browsing at work. Some places do that. You might want to expand your search to domains that point to key geographical regions which may indicate employee usage. For that (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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