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Article #7928Public domain PS conversion programs
From: Paul Frommeyer
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1989 10:56
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1989 10:56
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Breaking my 3-year silence and sticking my nose into a newsgroup where it probably doesn't belong... The archive system SIMTEL-20 on the DDN (Internet, ARPAnet, what-have-you-net) has about every public domain PostScript conversion program I know of, including such goodies as TeX2DVI, Ditroff2PS, PS<=>4014, etc. There's also (or there was in Dec.) a rudimentary PS kernel. I'm inferring from the recent postings that a fair number of people don't know about this. Anyway, to get this stuff you either need a DDN connection or a friend who has one (We aren't on the DDN... yet. :-). Use anonymous FTP to get the pieces you want. There's also a directory file somewhere that lists all the UNIX-C archives; there's much more than just PostScript there. Pitfalls: SIMTEL-20 is _busy_, and depending on where you are in the DDN topology, you may want to batch your FTP requests for the wee hours. Theoretically, this informational posting should elicit no replies. Just in case, please direct any enquiries via e-mail; our net is congested enough as it is.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ames!oliveb!tymix!cirrusl!corwin From: corwin@cirrusl.UUCP (Paul Frommeyer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Public domain PS conversion programs Summary: Where they are Keywords: PDTEX, ps2lasrjet, Internet, SIMTEL20 Message-ID: <658@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 4 Feb 89 10:56:44 GMT References: <500@tcsc3b2.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: CIRRUS LOGIC, Milpitas, CA Lines: 24