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Re: Yet another idea - Portable Ldraw system
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:42:45 GMT
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Good but is not want I wamt to and second I can't buy hardware
so just tell me how to make my boot disk
In lugnet.cad.dev, Ronald Scott Moody writes:
> Well, sounds like a plan. There are a few things that you can do to make it
> easier and maybe faster. I for one would definately network the computers.
> All you will need is 2 NICs (Network Interface Cards) a hub or switch
> (preferably a switch) and two cables. If you are running Windows XP, it is
> especially easy to get the host machine (your powerful system) working. I
> would consider running Windows 9x at a bare minimum simply for the ease of
> networking. It's been so long since I have worked with and networked
> Windows 3.1 and DOS that I wouldn't know where to start. The biggest
> advantage to this route is that you don't have to have all the ldraw stuff
> installed on the second computer. Just map the drive on your host system
> and the second one won't even know the difference. With today's 100 mbps
> Ethernet, it would be by far faster than using a CDRom. And, when you
> update a file on the second system, you save it to the host, only one file
> to keep up with. Same with updating ldraw, only one set of parts. If you
> are feeling really brave, you can even try using Linux on the second system,
> it's much faster when you don't have much under the hood, so to speak.
> Linux also networks very easily. A lot depends on the speed of your second
> system and the software you have available to you and how much time you have
> to spend on it. Windows XP = less time = more money; Linux = more time =
> less money (i.e. free).
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| Well, sounds like a plan. There are a few things that you can do to make it easier and maybe faster. I for one would definately network the computers. All you will need is 2 NICs (Network Interface Cards) a hub or switch (preferably a switch) and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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