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    Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths —James Reynolds
   (...) Mac OS 9 does not have a command line. That OS is a dinosaur. You can think of Mac OS X as a decendant of BSD, with a Mac OS 9 look-a-like window server. In fact, you can remove Apple's window server and add X11, turning Mac OS X into just (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths —Ross Crawford
     (...) [snip] (...) Again, I'm not talking about most users - most will be covered by the search paths proposed earlier in the thread. This would only be for non-standard installations, where the people installing WOULD be likely to know what I am (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths —James Reynolds
     (...) Right. I actually manage 350 Macs and I tried to put LDraw on them and ran into several problems that I had to take up with the Mac developers. So anything that makes this easier for admins is good in my opinion. (20 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths —Steve Bliss
   (...) rofl. I think this qualifies as quote of the day. Steve (20 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths —James Reynolds
   (...) Ok, so maybe there was a bit of irony, considering Mac OS X's roots are much older than 9's. But the lack of pre-emptive multiprocessing, protected memory, and other more evolved stuff does make OS 9 a dinosaur. Apple's washed their hands of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 

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