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(...) Thanks a bunch, Tom. I and the other folks involved in legOS (even those of us who don't have enough time on our hands right now :( appreciate it. In response to the original post, which I didn't see at the time (I don't think): there are (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Malcolm S Powell" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A8B87F6.B5EB01...a.co.uk... (...) more (...) <snip> (...) I'd just like to say that LegOS is definitely worth the trouble if you want a serious development language which offers (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Got Motors?
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(...) Who exactly is selling the motor kits? (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Friends, I just called the Lego Imagination Center at the Downtown Disney Marketplace in Lake Buena Vista and they claim to be getting RIS 1.5 sets in tomorrow. They said that they would not have the 2.0 until July. Harley Myler (URL) MIME (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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If you need motors, check out toys. They are clearing out their stock (I've heard April they're outa-here) and everything is on sale. The 8735 Technic motor kit was 24.?? last time I looked. Shipping is a tad steep, so you may want to get several at (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Harley Myler schrieb: (...) I saw a picture of the 2.0 board on a japanese website - the only difference I could see is a capacitor that changed. No power jack! Chris (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just looked at these pics again, and noticed that in this T-Rex pic: (URL) is standing on transparent beams, are these from a set, or TLC only? Martin (S) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Antonio Vacas" <joseavm@meta4.com> To: (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | awesome dynos
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Has anybody try to build something similar to the dynos of (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What are all those lego companies?
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(...) Yes, this was the gist of my point. Getting the high level organization right reduces the amount of source text you need to produce to get the job done far more than the odd keystrokes you save by missing out layout characters. In the 30 plus (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't think you have a snowballs chance in Hades to find a RIS1.0 anywhere. When I first heard about the difference, I went on an extensive search for the 1.0 and had to hit over a dozen stores before finding the last one (hidden at the back (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the history lesson. I had no idea it went back that far. I had imagined mid 1940's maybe. You learn something new every day. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A big hail to all of you.
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(...) I have on at least one occasion asked a (better) programmer to explain why he held a particular strong belief about coding style that I did not share. Subsequent thought and experience proved him right and I changed my style accordingly. In (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Programmers have been arguing about this since the early 60's...we all know we'll never agree...I've *never* seen one of those debates end with one programmer saying "Wow - you're right - I'll completely change my programming style"...nope - (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks again for clearing this up, now I understand the reason behind it, why there is a certain way how you write code (and it makes sense too) I hope in a year from now I can write code in NQC at least as efficient as I can write an email in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anyone know if the RIS 2.0 RCS brick comes with a power jack (for a battery eliminator)? I partially recall seeing this mentioned, but would like to confirm. TIA, Harley Myler (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I went onto ebay right before Christmas for 1.0 and one dealer had 6 or so up and all ended with Buy it Now. So I went on over to Yahoo auctions and found it with no bids, same ebay dealer, different userid, $10 cheaper buy it now price. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) #22 gauge hookup wire is a place to start, I'd suggest putting a easily replacable in-line in there just in case... (...) Q1: How many batteries does it take? Q2: How much current can each battery provide? Q3: What is the series/parallel (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Why can't this list have a Reply To: block?... (...) I'm looking at my V1.0, just behind the power connector there are two small rectangular components. They don't have a band on them (probably not a diode as even SMT diodes have cathode marks). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Good luck finding a RIS 1.0 set at Toys R Us. This item in now an X item on their system. Meaning it is a discontinued item. Go back to one of the TRU and ask them to search the entire TRU stores for the item. Make sure you have the sku number for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Programming languages
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OK John, I just got a CD Burner. Give me your address and I'll try to send you a running LegOS development system and get you running (you are in the USA right?). Currently, my kernels are a pre-release LegOS 0.2.5 but they compile well. All I ask (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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