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RE: Hey everybody: A few things...
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Fri, 24 Aug 2001 04:04:40 GMT
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Colin R Gutierrez writes:
>  Yes to all the above.  I tried LEdit, was too slow, and the
> redraw rate [on my machine] is enough to induce a seizure.

Any program is going to be slow on a 486.  You need a new computer :)  YOu
can probably get something better than the 486 for little more than $100.
Or go search for a Pentium 1 in someone's trash....Don't take this the wrong
way--I used a 486 with Win 3.1 for email (and LEdit, but not much else)
through 1999.

> Also, I use a 28.8 modem, so I'm very hesitant about downloading
> another program that prolly won't work after the LEdit fiasco.

All of the freeware LEGO related programs out there are under the 3 MB
mark...definitely downloadable over 28.8.  Just gotta let it sit for a while
and do something else in the meantime.

> Oh, the other reason I had to can LEdit was because the parts
> library takes up alot of space on my miniscule 850MB harddrive
> that is currently packed with .cam images of my models and such.

The parts library is 10 MB...not really huge.

  I would like a mouse interface like Autocad or the
> like, you know, you switch between x-y, x-z, and y-z planes and the
> mouse moves the cursor (or in this case, part) in the current plane.

MLCAD fits that description, but it's rather slow on a 486 or Pentium 1.
Just shooting down all your excuses to get some new cool CAD-heads :)
--Bram


Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://bldesign.org/



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  Re: Hey everybody: A few things...
 
(...) Yes to all the above. I tried LEdit, was too slow, and the redraw rate [on my machine] is enough to induce a seizure. Also, I use a 28.8 modem, so I'm very hesitant about downloading another program that prolly won't work after the LEdit (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)

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