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Re: CGM validater needed ASAP (read yesterday)

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From: Berthold Kirsch
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:22
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In <C0I3Lp.7A0@trc.amoco.com> rjwaring@hou.amoco.com (Bob Waring) writes:

>In article 4D5@bcstec.ca.boeing.com, vanzwol@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Ted Van Zwol) writes:
>>Immediate need for a CGM validator.  If you have any knowledge that could
>>lead us to obtaining such an item, PLEASE e-mail me ASAP.
>>
...

>There is a very good CGM comformance tester *NOT* public domain from CGM Technology Software
>called Metachek.  If you can afford to pay for it, it is very useful in determining if the CGM file
>is bad, or the interperter has a bug.  Well worth the money.

...

For Metachek please contact:
Peter R. Bono Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 648, Gales Ferry, CT 06335;
Fax +1-203-464-6323, Phone +1-203-464-2623, fhg@cc.gatech.edu

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is offering
conformance testing for CGM (FIPS PUB 128, MIL-D-28003). The
service is based on Metachek. Please call Lynne Rosenthal,
Fax +1-301-590-0932, Tel +1-301-975-3353 or try quinn@ecf.ncsl.nist.gov.

Berthold Kirsch


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Subject: Re: CGM validater needed ASAP (read yesterday)
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