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(...) There are only (AFAIK) three Lego motors - the puny "Micromotor", the old Technics motor and the modern Technics/Mindstorms motor. The Mindstorms motor is clearly better than either of the other two (unless you are very short of space or (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Oh no! This is very very bad. Any good will one may direct toward Lego and its products certainly won't be redirected toward Microsoft, at least as far as I am concerned. If and when Lego becomes a small satellite of Microsoft's, it'll all be over (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hammacher/Future Shop Blowout of RIS
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(...) I called the 1-888-785-8384 number listd on the Contact page of the website and spoke to someone named Gabriel. He was very helpful, and agreed to the price protection without any special effort from me. As mentioned, all I had to do was fax (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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That's a 'plotter' input device you're descibing - it used to be quite a popular input device for CAD (and I think still is at the high end of the market), but for general use, the mouse has replaced it. I remember building something similar for my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, Did anybody tried to get RIS from Costco recently ? -Rahul (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I worked on a robotics project in which my program controlled a very big (18,000 pounds) piece of equipment and need to know its position. It was used for railroad track maintenance and road on the tracks. Even though this was a one dimensional (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What I'm wondering, is could the timer circuit be eliminated? From previous posts, I know a lot of people would like to have their towers ready to recieve at any time, without it shutting down from lack of activity. People have been adding to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) - Current RCX switching on will become a boot procedure lasting at least 2 minutes. - Same for switching off. - Attaching sensors and motors will require at least one reboot. This until a new plug&play version will be out, able to properly (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) errr... well, I really don't know. I (unfortunatly) don't own neither a MicroScout nor a CodePilot so I too have some question about the real behavior of these sets when receiving VLL codes. (but I keep watching eBay because I'm always (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> I ordered one, along with the both the Robo Sports and Extreme Creatures expansions. I have not received any email from them since the verification of my order. I just went to the website to check on the status of my order. The (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hammacher/Future Shop Blowout of RIS
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(...) Oh!?? Do tell more.... What number did you call. Who did you speak to and how much convincing did you have to do to get the $30 addition??? I ordered mine a few days ago after combing the local Future Shop stores. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I know how you feel. My Studio CD came so badly off balance that it would not read without errors. I burned it to a CR-R (At 1x!) and saved it that way. Most annoying... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi marco! (...) unfortunately, i don't understand japanese... oh, i got one more question: how do the "script" commands of the microscout work? e.g. command 29 ("wait for light"): does this just run the internal program (4?) or can you combine this (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If it worked it would be great to be able to connect a super short version to a PALM or Pocket PC type device. If it could be transmitting and receiving all the time you could do some wonders with it. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) John, This would be neat in the short term, especially for little PDAs and such that don't have a standard DB9. But the biggest benefit (in my opinion) would be in classrooms. With a low power transmitter, there would (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can the IrDA Port on the laptops be used in lieu of the tower ? Has anyone tried that ? Maneesh (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, I was just curious if there is any interest in having an IRC chat server for this mailing list. I manage a chat server for a major gaming company, so I have the experience in installing, maintaining, and securing a chat server. I can provide (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have been following this thread for a while and it suddenly crossed my mind that the originator of the thread may have had a slightly different requirement than the current thread's interpretation is addressing. I traced out the circuitry in the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Another option for repairing scratches on a CD are toothpaste. Using your fingers and light pressure it is often possible to smooth the scratch enough to make the CD readable. Note: You don't have to remove the scratch just smooth it out enough that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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