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Re: Minimalist LDraw on floppy?
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:12:14 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Erik Olson writes:
> For the Mac version of ldglite, I was thinking of building in the unarchive • code
> (unarj) because of arj' obscurity in the Mac world, and then I thought, why • not
> just have it get parts as needed from the arj?
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> ldraw.exe is 988k, complete.exe is 1800k (ok, decimal k.) It would almost fit • on
> two floppies, if the program was not too big. Your internet retrieval idea is
> excellent. It might be possible to make a half-set of compressed parts to get • it
> down to one floppy.
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> Then, I wonder if arj is really the best choice of compression?
You might be able to fit it all on one floppy with a different compression
program. And remember, ldraw.exe is not just parts files.
As for pulling DAT files straight out of the archives, it's just a matter of
replacing fopen() calls with popen() calls that pipe the output of the
unarchiver program into your file handle. Is popen available on the Mac and
Windows?
Don
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| (...) I kinda doubt it. Arj packs files pretty tight. However, a compressed distro on floppy still needs to be installed in order to use it. I'm thinking of something that can be run from the floppy, using a live internet connection to a parts host, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Minimalist LDraw on floppy?
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| For the Mac version of ldglite, I was thinking of building in the unarchive code (unarj) because of arj' obscurity in the Mac world, and then I thought, why not just have it get parts as needed from the arj? ldraw.exe is 988k, complete.exe is 1800k (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad)
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