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Subject: 
Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:26:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
Longer term, we are going to need a different, better solution for this.
Anyone have any suggestions?

I can't remember the last time "dropping DOS support" came up, but it seems
like a very long time ago!  Is "real DOS" (not real-mode DOS :o) still really
something that needs to be supported?  I understand that DOS as a filesystem
format needs to be supported, but since Micros~1 added the ~ thingie in file
names, "DOS" (e.g., pre-NTFS Windows) could support long filenames.

Does anyone still use an old version of PKZIP that won't support filenames
longer than 8.3?

Does anyone still run DOS the OS?  (Meaning real, actual DOS -- like 5.0, etc.)

--Todd



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  Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
 
(...) etc.) Don't LDRAW and LEDIT run in "real DOS" mode? They won't understand the long filenames even if you run them from within windows. I'm pretty sure some folks still use LEDIT. How about replacing the .dat extension with the pattern number (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
 
(...) Please DO NOT start using long file names in the ldraw library. Everyone (including me) who uses ledit will not be able to use those parts properly. (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
 
Yes, I run original LDraw.exe from Win 3.1/DOS 6.22 three times a year (in my 486/25 at my parents' home). I also use DOS versions of Arj.exe and PK[Un]Zip in batch procedures and when I want full control. I will probably use a DOS machine when (or (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Patterned Parts Numbering
 
In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, under the subject "Re: 3626b101.dat - Minifig Head (...) This is a problem. This potentially blows the whole approach to numbering patterned parts. And it's going to be more of a problem in the future, as we get more blank (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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