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Re: Minimalist LDraw on floppy?
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 19:01:09 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> The easy solution would be to unpack the whole parts
> distribution somewhere on ldraw.org.

Just what I was thinking of.  :-,

> I think there is even
> conditional downloading built into the HTTP protocol.

Really?  Like conditional based on the timestamp?  That'd be cool -- though
just checking on the client end would require very little code as well.

> Something slightly more advanced would be to create
> compressed MPD files with parts on demand.

Yah, but not much more advanced.  It'd basically be buildmpd.exe wrapped
inside a CGI script.  It'd be especially easy if buildmpd.exe could be made to
deliver the MPD to stdout.

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: Minimalist LDraw on floppy?
 
(...) Oh, I got it -- the If-Modified-Since header, right? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad)

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Jeremy: (...) No problem. The easy solution would be to unpack the whole parts distribution somewhere on ldraw.org. I think there is even conditional downloading built into the HTTP protocol. Something slightly more advanced would be to create (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad)

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