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Article #11977Re: Help: .PRN file from Orcad SDT
From: Marc
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:36
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:36
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What printer, connection and commands exactly "spat out the correct schematic image" ? That may give some clues to the format... "budgie" <budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au> wrote in message news:3d462082.3342289@news.cantech.net.au... > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:55:28 +1000, "Adrian M Jansen" <qqv@xyz.com> > wrote: > > >If its a true postscript file, it will be text, not binary. That isnt to > >say it will be readable, except by a postscript reader. Ghostscript works > >on almost any postscript files I have tried, certainly on files produced by > >my old DOS version of Orcad. > > That's what has me concerned - I did the copy command as previously > posted and it spat out the correct schematic image. I have 5D (Jaws) > for ps to pdf conversions, and it spat the dummy - said "not a ps > file". I checked and his SDT is version 3.something. > > Peter > > >budgie wrote in message <3d45381c.6612792@news.cantech.net.au>... > >>I have a file as per header, sent by colleague. It was the only > >>electronic output option he had, and it sounded great at the time. > >> > >>Problem is, I want it in soft form for digestion into something else - > >>almost anything else in fact. But the format baffles everything I > >>have tried on it. Obviously I can "copy file.prn lpt1:" at a DOS > >>prompt, but that wasn't the objective. > >> > >>Can anyone suggest a redigestion route? > >> > >>TIA > >> > >>Peter > > > > >
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