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Scans on CDROM
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lugnet.publish
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Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:08:19 GMT
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> writes:
> In lugnet.announce.brickshelf, Kevin Loch writes:
> > ...ZIP file downloads have been disabled for now to encourage the online use
> > of the archive and to help control bandwidth usage.
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> Ouch! The zipfiles were THE manner in which I would view instruction
> manuals. If the zipfiles were too much hassle bandwidth-wise, how about
> making cd-roms of the library available for sale to fund the library? If I
> could get the extant collection on cd-rom up through the year 1999 or 2000,
> I'd never have to use ANY bandwidth again. Anyway, I hope the "for now"
> part means that the zipfile issue will go away soon...
That's an excellent idea. I hope Kevin reads this and LEGO would
support it. I think $20 for such a CDROM would not be unreasonable
and lots of people would happily pay it.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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