Source for Osborne documentation?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Dec 6 14:42:41 2000

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:

> At 10:07 PM 12/5/00 -0800, Don wrote:
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
> >
> >> At 06:49 PM 12/5/00 -0800, Josh wrote:
> >> >I would be happy to scan the Osborne docs and make them available on
> the web
> >> >(and return them promptly!). The only question is, what format should
> they
> >> >be in? ASCII seems to be the logical choice, but of course you loose all
> >> >the diagrams. PDF would be nice (and make the scanning much easier), but
> >> >how portable is PDF? Also, file sizes tend to get big with PDFs.
> >> >Suggestions on the format?
> >>
> >>
> >> You're right about ASCII being nice. It's a readable on a lot more
> >> systems than PDF is and the files are smaller too. But as you say, it's
> >> more work and you lose the diagrams. The best solution would be to post
> >> both but that's even more work and requires storage space.
> >
> >I would suggest that PDF is the better format. The downloader can send
> >the PDF file to pdf2text_at_adobe.com or pdf2html_at_adobe.com and have it
> >back in ascii form in about a minute or two. Rather remarkable service!
> >
> >
> I wasn't aware of that. Do they charge for that?
>
> Joe
>
 
No, all free! There is an alternate site also, but I did not log the
URL.
                                                 - don
 
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