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Larry wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote in
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Find me a decent CAD to replace my beloved Design CAD and I'll convert
to Linux. Or a way to run without it (Wine still needs Win).



http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html

Will these do? Sorry the list is so deep....(c;

I'm sure you'll find one of them, maybe the one you're using now, ported to
Linux, directly. You don't need WINE.....



It will take a while to examine everything on that list!

ARCAD 3D ( http://www.arcad.de/ ) looks like it may have the features
(at 165 pounds sterling id better!?)

But most seem to be optimized for some particular type of service.

The true test is how a package handles curves in 3D.
I'm terribly spoiled on cubic splines.

I started out on AutoCAD version 10 (for over $8000!!!)
I didn't like it then - and still don't.
I've seen a few ACAD systems brought up to near the same level
via macros, but those generally don't come with the system.
And none of them have the gravity point select feature from DCad.

Design CAD has been around since the DOS days.
When I found it, I was floored at how much easier it was to use, and
how fast it ran.

But I've not seen anything that indicates any desire on the publisher's
part to port to Unix.

Which is (to my mind) rather short sighted!

http://www.imsidesign.com/Products/O...6/Default.aspx

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Wayne.B wrote:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:12:14 -0400, wrote:


What I listed is only the tip of the iceberg. I even have stuff such
as a tape punch, and a Linotronic photo-typesetter with 8.5 inch
floppy drives in it. In a previous life, I ran a bunch of newspapers.


Burroughs Flexowriter ?

I wrote my first computer program on one of those in the fall of 1967.
If you were really good you could edit with scissors, scotch tape and
a hole punch, otherwise you re-keyed everything.



Converted IBM Selectric - seven solonoids that pulled the bales.
Way cool printer - with selectable fonts (balls).


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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in
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Anyone remember the S100 bus? I worked with Concurrent CPM for a while.



Sure! Kept me poor buying parts to build them for years....(c;

My first was a Southwest Technical Products that had 8 toggle switches for
input and 8 light bulbs for output.....then, some smartass sold me a
TELETYPE interface!

REAL programmers use:

COPY CON PROGRAM.EXE

on DOS machines....(c;



I worked for Bill Godbout at CompuPro back when....

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On 2008-09-26 13:24:29 -0400, "Capt. JG" said:

Anyone remember the S100 bus? I worked with Concurrent CPM for a while.

I remember it and all the rest mentioned. The first time I saw a
Kaypro, I was in lust: A computer that you could carry as a
self-contained unit!

My dad was an early programmer, starting with "flip the switches" and
ending on an an IBM 360. For my 14th birthday, he took me down to see
his baby, then to the Academy of Music, featuring Dvorak's "New World
Symphony", my absolute favorite piece of music (I played French
horn).... That day is burned indelibly into my brain.

Here it is, 40 years later. Now, the machine I take down to the boat is
more powerful than the fastest supercomputers extant then. Dad's
computer was in a temple of technology; we very nearly had to put on
clean suits to enter the inner sanctum. We toss ours onto a settee
without a thought, slightly worry that it might be dropped a couple of
feet.

The march of tech is scary.

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On 2008-09-26 09:32:59 -0400, said:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:19:32 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

In article lutions,
lid says...


Friends don't let friends use Vista.

I was co-author of a "VISTA for idiots"

The title tells you everything you need to know.

Hate to say it, but there are "Mac for idiots" books, too. Of course,
they're mostly pictures with no words of greater than 3 syllables,
considering the audience.

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"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008092614594875249-jerelull@maccom...
On 2008-09-26 13:24:29 -0400, "Capt. JG" said:

Anyone remember the S100 bus? I worked with Concurrent CPM for a while.

I remember it and all the rest mentioned. The first time I saw a Kaypro, I
was in lust: A computer that you could carry as a self-contained unit!

My dad was an early programmer, starting with "flip the switches" and
ending on an an IBM 360. For my 14th birthday, he took me down to see his
baby, then to the Academy of Music, featuring Dvorak's "New World
Symphony", my absolute favorite piece of music (I played French horn)....
That day is burned indelibly into my brain.

Here it is, 40 years later. Now, the machine I take down to the boat is
more powerful than the fastest supercomputers extant then. Dad's computer
was in a temple of technology; we very nearly had to put on clean suits to
enter the inner sanctum. We toss ours onto a settee without a thought,
slightly worry that it might be dropped a couple of feet.

The march of tech is scary.

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Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/



I remember almost buying an Osborne... finally bought one of the first
Compaqs... the luggable.


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"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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On 2008-09-26 09:32:59 -0400, said:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:19:32 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

In article lutions,
lid says...


Friends don't let friends use Vista.

I was co-author of a "VISTA for idiots"

The title tells you everything you need to know.

Hate to say it, but there are "Mac for idiots" books, too. Of course,
they're mostly pictures with no words of greater than 3 syllables,
considering the audience.

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Yeah, but Macs *are* cool.


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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:28:20 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

If there is one thing this thread reveals, it is our ages. :)

Did we all walk five miles to school in the snow uphill both ways?

They hadn't yet invented walking.

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"Gogarty" wrote in message
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If there is one thing this thread reveals, it is our ages. :)

Did we all walk five miles to school in the snow uphill both ways?



You forgot about the hot potato...

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"Capt. JG" wrote in
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I worked for Bill Godbout at CompuPro back when....



Wow....That must have been an amazing time.