6 Dec
2000
6 Dec
'00
6:42 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
At 10:07 PM 12/5/00 -0800, Don wrote:
I would suggest that PDF is the better format. The downloader can send
the PDF file to pdf2text(a)adobe.com or pdf2html(a)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
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.