Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:49:35 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: jcwells@u.washington.edu (Jason C. Wells) Cc: djv@bedford.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CAD/CAM for Freebsd?? [was: ref] Message-ID: <199806180249.WAA02126@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617184523.241A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> from "Jason C. Wells" at "Jun 17, 98 06:54:33 pm"
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Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, CyberPeasant wrote: > > >I find that response absolutely baffling. What are they-- Microsoft > >Academic Partners? Are they making you run NT exclusively? (There > >/are/ places like that.) > > Yes, yes. I neglect the standard items (math packages) and the ones that > are not mechanical (spice) in nature. I was thinking of CAD/CAM/FEA > packages when I wrote my reply. There's got to be some. Somebody out there has one. > I am no hacker. Not everyone is. So porting most apps is out of the > question for me, epsecially DOS apps. 16 bit issues. Curses issues. Uggh. > Yeah, true. But 16->32 is usually a piece of cake. Other Unix stuff is usually duck soup, often no-action-needed, otherwise a tweak in a config.h file of some kind. Consider using a work-study or grad student, if you've got any funding. If you're an undergrad, porting stuff is very good practical work, and a nice resume item. Dave -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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