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Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message news:FopEn1.Kp7@lugnet.com... (...) tell... (...) Heheh.. I already read the group (I'm interested in trains obviously, I just haven't got any yet). Half the reason I *would* get into lego (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Does anyone have an extra nosepiece for the excavator from #6473 that I could beg, borrow, buy, or steal ? I finally noticed that it is the same piece (in black) as the nose piece to the #4559 Cargo Train... (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Matt, how about setting the max. voltage of the decoder to 9V? I know some of the digitrax decoders (and the Lenz/Marklin) ones you can do this. James P (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The biggest problem is the ease of destroying your Lego motor by supplying too much current because the voltage will be too high. The train motor does appear to have some type of thermal overload protection in it but I couldn't see an easy way (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I still think that LEGO and Marklin or LEGO and Digitrax could come up with a S@H train motor that is DCC ready...just imagine the possibilities...not just trains but anything that could be built to ride on the rails... (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) come (...) Martin - I think he's referring to the outlet stores there. In particular, the Countryside Toy Outlet. Here's a portion of the web page: COUNTRYSIDE TOY OUTLET Exclusively LEGO Products Featuring the full current LEGO Product line (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) through (...) Hi, in wich part of Ontario St-Jacobs is and who much to a track box cost? Who come do they have them since they are s@H exclusif? Martin (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You heard it here: Paul Davidson will join the train group as a full fledged trainiac when DCC is perfected with LEGO trains! How many more people will DCC bring into the fold? Only one way to tell... Paul, we will be seeing you here with increasing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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the way I see it, is that you need the PC or the DCC throttle for addressing of the decoders in the engines. They also allow you to choose the address which controls the engine itself. I don't think the shell controller could be capable of doing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I gave you my four votes before I saw your plea, as I cast #2 your piece moved into first place...anything to get TLG to focus more on real sets instead of aqua/arctic/rock/throwbot nonsense. (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I used to be into "real" model railroading when I was young, and have been wondering when someone would get DCC to work with Lego. The day someone accomplishes this is probably the day I get into Lego trains. :) -- Paul Davidson Matthew Bates (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What about using some off the shelf controller instead of integrating with a computer? What are the trade offs? -Steve (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) through (...) Do you get a discount when you buy that much of it? -Steve (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, I just burnt up my last remaining motor a month or so ago, so I can't really test the DCC equipment. I've done some searching in NMRA site and have found some good sources to custom build boosters, decoders, and command stations. As for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, a double negative would be "I wouldn't not use Brasso just because it might dull the parts a bit." (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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> (...) Correct. I haven't time to even think about it lately. I got it kinda working but I wasn't too happy with the performance. The Digitrax decoder behaved rather erratically, another decoder behaved better. Since then I haven't had time to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My wife would _KILL_ me, I have >500 pieces of straight track as it is... (likely, I will get more when I am going back to BC, as we will go back through Ontario, and we will be able to go to the Lego store in St Jacobs, and get track, by the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: <snip> (...) Sounds to me like you need more track!! ;-) John1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) get (...) Tom, I don't think that Matt has done anything else with DCC in a while. Perhaps trying a search here in .trains for DCC will bring you up what he had done last...but I am reasonably sure that he had gotten it to a working stage, and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Dear Fredrik, I have made a quite similar posting concerning this on r.t.l yesterday, since I thought it might be a problem of my PC. But actually it was a failure of the Lego® homepage. I think we shold not start a diskussion about cheating, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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