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Re: LDraw Parts Update 9905
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad
Date: 
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 07:53:14 GMT
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On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:32:54 GMT, Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote:

At 08:25 PM 7/12/99 , Adam Howard wrote:
I still can't access the site.  It keeps looking and looking and never finds
anything.  Yesterday I tried around 2AM EST (USA) and today I tried it
around 9PM.  Maybe we need a mirror site here in the US?
Thanks,
Adam

Possibly.  For me it works now, but didn't for a little bit this afternoon.

A mirror would be good as long as it can be done cleanly and the primary
site linked to would be the original at http://www.ldraw.org.  I do have a
volunteer to host a mirror.

Mike Stanley has been mirroring (well, at least providing an alternate
download) on his site for a long time.
I recommend to everyone to bookmark it for those times the connection is bad
across the pond.(1)

http://web.utk.edu/~mike/lcad/parts.htm

It might be nice to make this an actual 'mirror' of the official page, instead
of, as Mike says a "quick and dirty page".
But that is up to Mike and Tim to decide.

-- Terry K --
1.  I usually have no problems with the connection. *usually*
In fact, Jacobs server is usually faster than the old geocities site was.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: LDraw Parts Update 9905
 
Finally! I got the new update off Mike's page. I still haven't been able to log onto ldraw.org, but as long as I have the update I'm happy for now. Thanks Terry for telling us about it. As far as not being able to get to www.ldraw.org my ISP is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
  Re: LDraw Parts Update 9905
 
(...) Tom McDonald connects through Mindspring and said he had trouble getting there tonight. I wonder if its Mindspring. Zlatko Unger also can't connect, and he uses Mindspring. Hmmm.... I wonder. I know it was down for me (Avenew) Monday (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)

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  Re: LDraw Parts Update 9905
 
(...) Possibly. For me it works now, but didn't for a little bit this afternoon. A mirror would be good as long as it can be done cleanly and the primary site linked to would be the original at (URL) I do have a volunteer to host a mirror. -Tim <>< (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)

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