Byte Magazine

ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Fri Mar 29 17:39:01 CDT 2019


On 3/29/2019 3:37 PM, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote:
> On 03/29/19 14:08, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 19:01, ben via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> 
>> wrote:
>>> I have been trying to read the Dr Dobbs PDF scans and a few other PDF's.
>>> They seem to work only with the NAME BRAND pdf reader. Of course I use
>>> the OTHER brand.
>> Since you don't name names, I can't directly comment. We don't know
>> what OS you're running.
>>
>> If you have a Mac, then you can get Adobe Reader for it.
> [...]
>> For just reading, I find FOSS viewers fine.
> 
> Indeed, I am really curious as to which PDFs cannot be read by Preview 
> (Mac) or xpdf (X).  Could the OP please provide a link?
> 
> N.
> 

Jelly baby o/s . Ops too much Dr Who , Jelly bean for the android.
I did install Adobe Reader, but it way too slow.
I need to Install it for my pc, if I can find it among all the other 
stuff they want bundle you with.
Ben.




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