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Chris Thanks! The unsteady voltage might be due to oxidation in the rheostat? -BMW (...) multimeter, (...) running (...) steady (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Asserting that it's due to having a Mac kind of proves the point that Macs cater to non technical users... anyone with half a lick of technicity would know that the true reason it worked for you is because you have a DSL line which is a much (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Barbara: (...) The comments seem like it was more playing than "design". That is definitely a good way to build, even though some people shake their heads when they observe it. Play well, Jacob (whoose minifigs built a 1250 LU bridge - almost (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Brian, I got a low voltage of 1.5 and a high of 7.2. I was using a cheap multimeter, so I cannot say if it is continuous, but it certainly has that feel when running a train. The voltage was very unsteady (the multimeter is fine, it reads steady (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And how! Not only is it 8 wide, but she made liberal use of the 6091 and 6081 elements as well{:^D Excellent work, Barbara! BTW, the images downloaded fine for me, but then again, *I* have a Mac;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool! Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38AA032D.F359D4B5@v...er.net>... (...) The last batch didn't load for me either. Some browsers time out on the pictures (I've had this happen with both Netscape 3.01 and IE 4). Thankfully IE allows you to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, sure, Tom. It wouldn't be possible to create such tour de forces without enablers like you! ;-) (...) I already am, piece by piece! (...) How generous;-, -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) details. The SUV is cool too, but I would suggest bigger tires and a taller windshield. --Bram (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are one sick, sick individual. You need help. The first thing you need to do is get rid of all that nasty Train Lego, so the temptation isn't there. Send it all my way, I'll relieve you of the burden ;-) And I won't even charge therapist (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not really. There are well over 100 privately owned railcars extant in the US. There is a club of "private varnish"(1) owners and there usually are a number of them that show up at national NMRA conventions, and they have their own club with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) But not too much fun to load over a slow link. consider using height and width tags on your images if you aren't already, it really speeds up getting to see at least SOME of the page. If you are... mumble mumble ++Lar (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Ebay Time Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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First things first, I know that I will burn in heck for eternity for x-posting a possible Trade/Sell item in lugnet.trains, but that is the price I am willing to pay. :-/ As a child I used to have a good size collection of the blue 4.5 track and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) market, (...) Wow! Hey that does look like it was fun! I almost like the idea of a *real* private railcar. (Wouldn't that cause headaches IRL :) And John Neal would be proud.. 8 wide! The bathroom mirror made me lol! I wondered what I was (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have a project [1] which will require me to get 10 of these. I have goodies to trade. LMK Thanks, John [1] God help me, I'm starting to build 14 wide trains8-O (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) give (...) I have just downloaded Netscape and indeed it seems to have trouble with the stylesheets :-( I'll have to figure out how Netscape handles stylesheets differently than Internet Explorer. Thanks for mentioning it. -Frank (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Frank- Looks good but I assume you are using a fibblesnork background because you give credit for one yet I cannot see it using Netscape 4.5. All I see are random white rectangles. -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, Sorry if this has come-up before. Does anyone know the starting and top voltages output from the old 12v train transformer when operating on 110v line current? Also, I recall the output was continuous and not stepped. Is this true? -Brian (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) and (...) Hi Frank, absolutely clear and exhaustive. Quite a good job! And you site has that kind of very clean and essential look that I love. Mario Web page: (URL) member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My 4.5v motors are 30 years old and have been subjected to first 4.5v (of course) then 12v on a regular basis. They still work fine today though I have had them apart for oiling and re-bushing. I cannot think of a toy available that will take (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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