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A while back, there was a discussion about how everyone it seemed was in the process of building this model, but only now have I actually finished mine. I had wanted to build a Milwaukee Road diesel loco since orange became available and I choose (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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John I like the orange and black combination. You know, with all the great trains and buildings you, how about making L-Draw instructions available to us less talented folk? Then we could all steal.....err borrow your designs. Thanx, Mark (not to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think he only has a Mac (or did he get a PC recently??) and thus doesn't know how to use a real computer, or programs (like MLCad) that only RUN on real computers... What would you pay for a set of instructions only to that SW? (which has (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thats a truely interesting angle Larry. I always thought that Mac's and PC's weren't REAL computers but, toys for the folks who didn't know how to use real systems like Unix/Linux ;) Wayne (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll see your UNIX and raise you S/390... (Can you program in 370/BAL)? THAT'S a real computer. There are those that say if it didn't need chilled water at some point in its lifecycle it's just an ersatz computer. Not that I hold truck with (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You know a train model is good when you look at a thumbnail of it and think it's a prototype pic as I did with your Penn Central w/ stickers. Good job! (...) That is so true. When I was doing my version of an SW1200, I discovered that the Erie (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Various snips (...) I never did understand the Mac fanatics. Yes it was nice for CAD, but they were B&W only (in the beginning) AND more expensive then anything else available........AND the lack of choice for apps in the beginning. (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Mark & Milissa Millère" <mmillere@knology.net> wrote in message news:GKEH7H.EK9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) as (...) run. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] $5 is probably to low as the costs to print a set of high quality instructions is (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mike, I agree with you on the cost for a printed version, that is why I stated I prefer a DAT file. I did not think of bootlegging problems, is there a way to exclude this other than relying on trust? Thanx, Mark #525 (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Mark & Milissa Millère writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) There isn't anything to understand. They are just trying to stay away from the borg, er.. I mean Bill Gates and his monopoly jugggernaught. (1) I am not in the market for a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Mark & Milissa Millère" <mmillere@knology.net> wrote in message news:GKEpqH.7C8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) The only thing that comes to mind is some sort of a secure (password protected?) Acrobat document. It would also be pretty easy (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If there is, we haven't thought of it yet and we (the Guild of Bricksmiths) HAVE been thinking about this pretty hard. BTW I don't see 5 as the market clearing price in most cases, even if the production cost was 0. Certainly J2s engine (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: snip (...) Actually, I was thinking about ALL of the GoB sets at once and $5 seemed fair to me. however in single model purchases I could see $5-15 depending on complexity for an electronic version and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes: Snip (...) See my message to Lar here (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Obviously we have a wide gulf in perceived value then. We may be too far apart to get anywhere, even if we DID solve the piracy problem. (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: snip (...) I should have said $5 for each Instruction times the number in a complete set. Did the numbers in my last post for single instructions also seem out of line? $15-25 for color copies of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lar, Must...resist...obvi...l......... Chris (...) John, I like the design John. The big forward, depending on how one defines forward, windows, the steps, the pseudo door. Almost perfect. The one part the bugged me a bit were the airplane (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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