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Re: Mac OS 8.6
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Date: 
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:36:20 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Ray Sanders writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Don Heyse writes:
> > It sounds like the parts files available on Marsbase do not include
> > the original parts from the ldraw027.exe file, just the updates.  What
> > you guys need to do is have someone convert the linux parts file to
> > a sit, or hqx, or whatever archive format works for old Macs and then
> > make arrangements to host it on ldraw.org.
> 
> I can handle (i.e. decompress) .gz files on the mac.
> Is a more complete set of parts files available in .gz somewhere ?
> 
> I *think* that Stuffit Expander can handle .zip files
> Any chance the ldraw027.exe could be made available as .zip
> (at least the parts file) ?

Can Stuffit Expander handle a .tar.gz file?  That would be perfect
since there's already a complete set of parts files already in that
format.  This parts file works well on linux and Mac OS X.

  http://www.ldraw.org/reference/linux-ldraw-library.tar.gz

Don



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  Re: Mac OS 8.6
 
(...) Voila ! Yes, Stuffit Expander (v 5.5) did unwind the tar.gz file :) Now I get no missing file messages, but I did get 30 or 40 syntax errors. The drawing is much more complete than before. The biggest hassle is that the window title bar for (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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  Re: Mac OS 8.6
 
(...) I can handle (i.e. decompress) .gz files on the mac. Is a more complete set of parts files available in .gz somewhere ? I *think* that Stuffit Expander can handle .zip files (but probably not .exe). Any chance the ldraw027.exe could be made (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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