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Apple, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Fail, Linux, Nostalgia, Thoughts

AutoCAD for Linux – another bad idea

By Steve Johnson 10 June 2009, 2:08 pm 10 June 2009 itemprop="discussionURL"31

I often see calls for Autodesk to support AutoCAD on Linux. Just like AutoCAD for the Mac, while I can sympathise with the users of that OS, I think a native port of AutoCAD for Linux would be a bad idea. Again, I think it would be bad for everybody: Autodesk, AutoCAD for Windows users, and most of all, AutoCAD for Linux users. Why? First of all, for most of the same reasons I gave for the Mac port. Autodesk hasn’t just failed in the past with AutoCAD for the Mac, it has failed with AutoCAD for Unix, too. I …

Apple, AutoCAD, Cadalyst, Nostalgia

AutoCAD for Mac review in Cadalyst (circa 1989)

By Steve Johnson 3 June 2009, 1:00 pm 3 June 2009 itemprop="discussionURL"3

A comment from Kal on Between the Lines mentions an AutoCAD Release 10.5 for Mac. My memory of ancient and useless AutoCAD trivia is usually pretty good, but this time things are a bit foggy and I need some help. I definitely remember there being some kind of half-release of AutoCAD for Mac*, but I’m not sure it was an official designation. I do remember a Cadalyst review at the time, possibly by Art Liddle. I would estimate it to be from 1989, give or take a year. The then-new Mac release reviewed was some kind of hybrid between R10 …

Apple, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Fail, LISP, Microsoft, Nostalgia, Performance, Thoughts

Why AutoCAD for Mac is a bad idea

By Steve Johnson 29 May 2009, 6:46 pm 29 May 2009 itemprop="discussionURL"78

There has been a fair bit of open discussion from Autodesk lately on the subject of a possible future OS X AutoCAD version. The more I think about this, the more I am inclined to believe that this would be a bad idea. A very bad idea. It pains me to write this, because I’m very much a user advocate and I’m arguing here against something that some users have been requesting for a long time. If you’re one of those users, I’m sorry, but I think this is one of those cases when giving you what you want would …

Fun, Nostalgia, Pictures

Another mystery person

By Steve Johnson 21 May 2009, 12:29 pm 21 May 2009 itemprop="discussionURL"4

OK, so the last one was too easy. Is this one any harder? Who is this? Bonus brownie points are available for identifying the time and place.

Hardware, Navel Gazing, Nostalgia

My first computer

By Steve Johnson 14 May 2009, 6:04 pm 14 May 2009 itemprop="discussionURL"8

My first computer was a Dragon 32, which I think I bought in 1982. With a massive 32 kilobytes of RAM and a proper typewriter keyboard, it was quite advanced for a home computer of the time. The Commodore 64 may have had more RAM, but a lot of it was grabbed by its very basic BASIC. I preferred a computer with an ELSE to go with its IF, thanks. Microsoft Extended BASIC for me, not the crummy old BASIC 2.0 of the Commodore. The Commodore 64 was one of the great consumer electronics sales successes of all time. The …