Help with .tar & .ps files with Mac!

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From: Samuel C. Blackman
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:05

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I've got a bit of a problem, which I've been trying to solve on my own to
no avail, so I appeal to the wisdom of the net ...

I'm trying to get ahold of a copy of "Zen & the Art of Internet".  Simple
enough, right?  Well it seems that I can only find it either in .tar format
or .ps format.  Fine.  So I go to sumex-aim.stanford.edu and get Tar 3.0
to convert the file.  

Well of course it doesn't work.  Various error messages.  Chaos.  Fire &
brimstone.  Ok, I say ... I'll try to print the PostScript version.  Makes
sense.  LaserWriter is a postscript printer.  NOT.  35 pages of raw PostScript
code later, still no luck.  

So now I ask you.  How do I print a copy of Zen & the Art of Internet onto
paper?  How do I convert .tar files to Mac text files, or .ps files to 
files which my piddly little Mac can interpret? 

Please e-mail replies to scb1@midway.uchicago.edu.  Thanks a million!

-- Sam


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