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Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:57:42 GMT
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Hello Manfred,
I don't want to be ignorant, but...
- World is evolving. Even not so wealthy users should be now at a
development level of Windows 95a (first version) (how many years Win95
exists now?).
- The 'old' technology (here the 8.3 filenames) is pushed to his limit now
with every creation of a new part. From my point of view maintaining
compatibility to older standards is acceptable if it does _not_ restrict new
extensions. But in this case the older technology does exactly that. It
would be ignorant if we'll stay the next thousand years to 8.3 (just as an
example) because an a starving little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has
no arms, no legs, no parents but only MS-DOS and LDraw. (that was sarcasm -
please no flames). Even an 486 66MHZ is able to run Win95.
Just two thoughts.
"Manfred Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> wrote in message
news:G2LH2t.DD3@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Carsten Schmitz writes:
> > Hello Steve,
> >
> > I don't know what happened to the source code of Ldraw and Ledit?
> > LDraw and Ledit are the only programs that are limited to the 8.3 scheme
> > (perhaps one or two old tools too). As far as I know there are easy to • use
> > and easy to implement source routines that makes it possible for old
> > programs to read long filenames (I know it for Pascal...).
>
> That is not the real problem, there are still operating systems in use • that
> simply don't support long filenames. We are a world wide community with
> participants from regions that are less wealthy then yours, and these • might
> still use machines that are only capable to operate with MS-DOS for • instance.
>
> Greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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 | | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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| A few things (any old-timers feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about anything): 1. LDraw/LEdit (the root of all derivative work) are DOS programs. As such, they can never support more than 8.3 filenames. 2. James Jessiman--the author of these (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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| (...) And the rich set the pace ? What you say here only confirms that you're part of an economy with a relatively high consumption rate. Maybe your view of "the World" is not a realistic one. For instance, I personaly made the tranfer from MS-DOS (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) That is not the real problem, there are still operating systems in use that simply don't support long filenames. We are a world wide community with participants from regions that are less wealthy then yours, and these might still use machines (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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