I remember back in '98 when Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> ::Not to bash the //gs, but I'm not sure it has the horsepower to view PDF
> ::files. I've seen how long it can take on a 486, and even on something like
> ::my 604e/180, it can take quite a while. It isn't exactly a fast format.
>
> Screw rendering it -- I just want to read the bloody thing. If I can crack
> the format, all the 64 will be doing is turning it into PETSCII.
Watch out--some pdf's are just 75-100dpi images of the page. This
seems to be especially common for old data sheets and the like
upgraded to the "new" system.
Matt
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Received on Tue Dec 08 1998 - 20:22:38 GMT