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By trial, error, and lots of googling, I found a recipe for getting to the programming feature in the RIS software that came with my old original set. When installing, let it install quicktime 2 and 3 as well as the old DirectX; only do the minimum (...) (15 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Dwarves for Distance Competition at BrickCon 09!
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Hey All! Getting tired of the those pesky dwarf minifigs hanging around and getting in the way? Launch 'em! At BrickCon 09, Castle will be hosting a seige engine competition called "Dwarves for Distance". This event is in honor of the convention (...) (15 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
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| | 3804 - robotic arm help
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Hi, How come in the "Big Blocks", the "raise arm" and "lower arm" blocks use the C motor when it should use A motor. The "rotate left" and "rotate right" blocks also use the C motor (as it should). Anybody else ever built this model? This is the (...) (15 years ago, 10-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LDD - Robotic Gripper
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I modeled a robotic gripper end effector in LEGO Digital Designer. This design is the result of work I have done and a combination of techniques I have seen on Brickshelf.com. (URL) I have used this design on some of the Chassis prototypes I have (...) (15 years ago, 8-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) been updated. There is just one minor Bibo-specific update this time, patch 40. 40: H8/300 TOOLPREFIX - This patch comes from Debian, where "h8300-hitachi-coff-" is added to the list of (...) (15 years ago, 7-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NQC Linux Patches
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I have updated the earlier NQC patch and uploaded two additional patches. Patch 1 - Update of the NQC USB and TCP Patch (URL) * Updated for compatibility with gcc 4.4.x * Removed the DESTDIR patch for the Makefile (moved to another patch) Patch 2 - (...) (15 years ago, 7-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NXT and Windows 7
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(...) It's 32-bit Win7. (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NXT and Windows 7
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(...) Is this the 64 bit driver issue coming up - again? Ralph (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | NXT and Windows 7
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I have Windows 7 RC on my netbook and I can't get the NXT software (version 1.1) to install. It hangs when the installer presents its progress bars and starts copying files off the CD. Does the 2.0 software work with Windows 7? By the way, RIS 2.0 (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) been updated. New for this update are patches 36 through 39. 36: RCX tty config file - Extends patch 32 so that /etc/rcx/device.conf will also be checked for a default tty. The (...) (15 years ago, 26-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) I will try this! Thanks. (15 years ago, 26-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) Yes, that is easy, the display & keys unit can be unplugged. You'd only have to resolder the two speaker wires. (...) Yes. It doesn't make much sense to swap the motherboard, because without the LCD/keyboard and the motherboard the rest is (...) (15 years ago, 25-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) Thank you, Bill. Ed (15 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) I'm not sure when it was originally posted, but there is a nice interview and picture of Richard "Meet a MINDSTORMS Mastermind!" on the LEGO website at (URL) (15 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | refurbishing dead NXT's
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We have about 54 NXT sets. Our oldest ones, purchased just as soon as the sets were available, are now 3 years old. After about 100 running hours, they are finally giving up the ghost. Some have bad ports, others have no displays, and two are all (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Great Ball Contraption At BrickFair
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BrickFair this year will have a Great Ball Contraption display. Come join the fun as we beat, twist, spin, push and toss Lego™ soccer balls along a string of modules. The Rube Goldbergesque collaboration is always a big hit at any convention. For (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jul-09, to lugnet.events.brickfair, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Steve Hassenplug NOT building a robot!
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Steve Hassenplug was one of the Brickworld 2009 Combo Build contestants. Each person was given three Exo-Force sets, courtesy of Steve Witt and LEGO, to use to build anything they wanted. (URL) See what Steve built at (URL) (15 years ago, 14-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Hello!
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Well, I'm the new guy on this list. Hoping to get some help and ideas for my Mindstorms creations. Jake, Editor of Micro 100 Magazine (15 years ago, 13-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) You are correct---there is a tilt sensor and a distance sensor value available in the sensor value block. These get shown even if the motor blocks are not being shown, so I don't know why I missed them before. The values are 0 if no WeDo (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) I saw a "WeDo 2 Puppet" project on the Scratch website that specifically mentions the use of the tilt senso so I suppose it must be possible to use sensors as well. "The scratch project uses the tilt sensor to decide when they spin" Jetro (15 years ago, 11-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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