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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> I may be guilty of being vague AGAIN. Yes, you can run it on a Mac if you • have
> Virtual PC. I bought Virtual PC so I could run an IR Spectrophotometry • program, but I
> can use Virtual PC to run MLCAD. Yes, it does use the ldraw parts; infact, • MLCAD
> requires the LDRAW library. It is REALLY slow on my Mac. Since you picked up a • PC you
> might as well use MLCAD there.
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. I promise not to leave out important little details in future posts.
>
> P.P.S. If you do get Virtual PC and you run MLCAD on it colapse the side and • top
> views. The program will redraw the screen faster if it does not have to draw • three
> views. Also choose parts using the "Add Part" selection of the Edit (?) menu. • The
> pictures of the parts in one of the side windows is nice, but it is very slow • going if
> you use that window.
>
> John Neal wrote:
>
> > Christopher Masi wrote:
> >
> > > Hey John,
> > >
> > > I just started using MLCAD on my PB 1400 (G3 upgraded) boy is it pokey, • but it
> > > works. It is a menu driven program so it is easy to figure out. I couldn't • figure
> > > out LDRAW within the first 60 seconds so I gave up on it. So far I have • drawn 1
> > > truck for my new engine. Sorry you had to go to the computing dark side, • but
> > > cutting LEGO.... I do not know if old Ben will be able to save you.
> >
> > Am I to understand that MLCAD can be run on a Mac? Does it use the ldraw • parts
> > library?
> > (cross-posting to .geek to see if the geeks can help me)
> >
> > -John
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris
I was thinking of getting MLCAD to use on a G3 300 with Virtual PC (Win 98).
In your opinion (or anyone else) is it still worth the trouble? Matt's LEGO
track program works great on Virtual PC (prabably less demanding than MLCA
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| Hi Jim, My PB is a 1400 with a G3 upgrade running at 216 MHz. The video of a PB 1400 is notoriously slow. So, using it on a G3 300 should work a lot better. I only draw when I feel like moving slowly and relaxing; otherwise being forced to work that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Trouble? It's free, right? What's the trouble - downloading and installing it? In my experience Virtual PC runs about as fast as a PC of half the clock speed of the Mac running it, so you'll be running it about as well as a 150-166 Pentium. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| John, I may be guilty of being vague AGAIN. Yes, you can run it on a Mac if you have Virtual PC. I bought Virtual PC so I could run an IR Spectrophotometry program, but I can use Virtual PC to run MLCAD. Yes, it does use the ldraw parts; infact, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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