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The problem with realism, it stints creative thinking … and the Amiga needs as much creative thinking as it can get at the moment. But at least it concentrates the mind 🙂
> But if you know how Commodore works, I suspect you can guess. Errmmm … "none of the above"? :-)))))) 1 e) not yet and they don't plan to tell him 2 e) not yet and they don't plan to get it to him
Commodore's Structure
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With all this talk of CEL and CIL, and the implications for all other subsidiaries, does anyone have a definitive company family-tree or can point me towards one? As I understand it, CIL is the parent company and CEL is a subsidiary, as are all the individual country's sales companies…
I agree that there _was_ a lot of opportunity for the Amiga … high-speed '486 and Mac "cloning" (perhaps we should use "cloning" rather than "emulating", it works better in markat-land), for instance, could have done a great deal for the Amiga's position in the marketplace. The problem is that…
Ooer … After Euro Disney, I didn't they could afford to make _too_ mane mistakes
Hi, Jim (long time etc!!!) I was under the impression that, even at good prices, Commodore's assets would be pushed to cover its debts … but, of course, if that's not the case and the asset sale can cover Gould's rake plus the other debts, then just maybe there'll be…
In a liquidation, surely there wouldn't be anything left of the company for the stockholders _to_ own. Liquidation means just that … the company doesn't exist any more and "everything must go" in the asset sale. Surely the creditors would then get first bash of the cash pool left after…
Just to clarify the situation for everyone, Commodore International plans to transfer its assets to "unidentified" trustees ("for the benefit of its creditors") and placed its major subsidiary into voluntary liquidiation. This being the first part of putting bot companies into liquididation. As I see it, this means that stock…
Yes, I saw that too. I'm not sure exactly what "liquidation" means in US terms, but if it's the same as the UK that's bad news … they basically have to sell all their assets to pay off their creditors/debts. Anything they have left over they can presumably keep. It…
Gracia … no, I never did work out what the problem was. Unfortunately, the past couple of months has been filled with activity aimed at moving house, which I did two weeks ago … now most of my time is spent getting the house in order 🙂 The problem, as…
Tom There is a program from Adrian Aylward called MKBMAP which uses POST.LIBRARY (which is part of the POST1.7 archive) to create bitmaps from PostScript Type-1 _and_ Type-3 fonts. Both of these should be in the libraries here. My only comment is that you need to follow the instructions carefully.…
Indeed … but the original question related to importing EPS files into Corel etc. On the other hand, many EPSFs _will_ print without a problem … but there's no guarantee that they will.
Okay, Charles … we'll look out for you. You'll be able to spot Betty and I … we'll both be wearing name badges 🙂 (I usually wear a white jacket and always carry a camera bag) Hope to see you later Mike
Charles It'd be good to meet you if you're passing through the DevCon at some point. Betty and I are there with friends from the UK and also Jim Butterfield, and if we knew when you were about maybe we could say hello. Mike (not from the UK)
Well … there is _no_ difference between EPS and EPSF … an EPSF is an EPS file (ie the `F' stands for `File') An EPS file is an EPS file is an EPS file … there really is no difference in the file's content across different platforms and different applications…
David At the present time, I'm not aware of any easy way of using just a .lib/.type files (yes, they are the same) with PPage … because for PPage you also need the .dat file and a .metric file (the .atc file was required for earlier versions of PPage and…
Mmm … I'm actually at DevCon as I type (boy, it's been cold over here … but makes me feel like I'm back home in England 🙂 and I can't say there's been any mention of all this. I'll try and ask around tomorrow and see if anyone has heard…
Pat Two things … try renaming Eire.pfb to just Eire … and make sure that you are using the upper/lower case Eire and not eire or EIRE (this is a function of the PostScript bit of things … PSFONTS: and PSfonts: are identical as far as the Amiga is concerned,…
Philip Is there a feature list of PPage 4 available yet? Mike (from the UK)
Pete … you are correct … PPage 2.0 onwards doesn't need .atc files. Mike (from the UK)
Daniel … the Internet is a big communications system that links computers all over the world together. Many of the computers on the Internet are academic institutions, but there are others too. CompuServe has the ability to send electronic mail to these other systems, provided that you know their address.…
Pat I've just run MKBMAP using the Avalon PostScript Type1 font … the Avalon file was in my current directory, the MKBMAP program was in my command path and I used the command line: MKBMAP -n FONTS:Avalon/* Avalon 12 ^ ^ ^ ^ these are the spaces you need. and…
Sounds great … shame I can't attend since it is the early hours of the morning 🙁 However, for those who don't know who Lou Wallace is perhaps you could elaborate 🙂 Mike (from the UK)
Pat I'm not at home, so can't check out why MKBmap isn't working … but my immediate thought is to ensure that you have post.library in LIBS: As far as I can recall, this is the only file out of the POST archive that MKBmap actually needs. If that is…
I have no doubt at all that Kodak would love to see PhotoCD implemented on as wide a range of systems as possible … and that includes Amiga CDTV. But, PhotoCD is a combined project between Kodak and Philips … and Philips own CD-I … and, although I'd love to…
Jonathan I don't know the HP printer, but it does sound as though the printer buffer is getting full, the handshaking stops the Amiga sending, and then it is taking a long time to clear the buffer (so the printer driver thinks the printer has packed up!) The only thing…
David … like me, I'm afraid you're going to be left behind. It's really very simple, if a bit frustrating to existing Amiga owners (not just 500 owners) … if Commodore had chosen to make the AGA chip set compatible with existing machines, then the capabilities would have had to…
Take a look in the DTP forum for a start … there are lots of EPS clips in there. Also, you might like to use CompuServe's FIND facility … I haven't tried it, but FIND EPS might bring up some other forums in which EPSFs may be found (I haven't…
Surely ESC, CTL-X and CTL-Q are not intuitive … they're part of your computer background and therefore part of your learned experience. At least with F7 you can have an F-key command strip in place (and WP ships with these included) and all you do is look for the word…
PostScript Level 2 is the latest release of the PostScript language specification. It basically provides a few additional enhancements, mainly in the realms of colour printing, but there are some extra commands and features on the b&w side too. As for ProPage `supporting' it, it would only be a case…
Shraddhan I've no idea, I'm afraid… but why not take a trip to WH Smiths and have a peak at the second-hand ads. That should give you a rough idea. MIke
The odd thing is that ASCII does in a way define the end of line terminator; or, more precisely, it defines CR and LF: CR should only ever return the cursor to the start of the same line. It should never generate a new line. LF can either (1) move…
Mathew If you can tell us a little more about what software you want to use the Type-1 fonts with, we should be able to help. If you just want to use them as system fonts then you either need to convert them to bitmap fonts or CompuGraphic fonts ……
Betty you're right about IBMs needing CR & LF, but the Amiga uses LF (not CR). Mike PS … unfortunately, I can't find the original message on my HD so this may not be terribly relevant 🙂
Yes, it sounds like you've understood your first line of PostScript code 🙂 Of course, if you want to really understand PostScript, you will need to get the PostScript Language Reference from Adison-Wesley … I don't know how much the tech ref manual you mention will cover. Mike (from the…
I agree about Word Perfect … it is an excellent word processor on the Amiga. The problem was that it was a little too powerful for most people, and the extra features scared many away. I tend to use it a little less than I used to (because I run…
Kelly Yes, the problem _is_ with ProPage, which is severely brain-dead in this area! Basically, all this is set up in the PostScript prologue, and the logic goes roughly like this (w=page width, h=page height and all dimensions are approx and in inches): if h
As one who often has to work on Christmas Day (and that means driving to work in the small hours of the morning, or late at night), I personally hope it doesn't snow 🙂 Night shifts over Christmas are wonderful … three Christmas dinners in one day!!
Mmm … tricky that one. I haven't got the AdineKirnbergScript file in its converted form, only the original PostScript Type-1 … and there's certainly nothing odd about the font. It has a full set of upper- and lower-case letters, numerals and a few punctuation symbols … there are no drawn…
George The file with the .pfb extension is a PostScript font file (Printer Font Binary is what it satnds for) and is the file which is converted by FontManager. The .afm file contains additional information about the font for use with DTP packages (Adobe Font Metric). When FontManager does the…
Consumer research in Europe and the USA has shown very clearly that there is almost no demand at all for HDTV (even if sets were cheaper) … I do not believe that the authorities over here or in the USA will make any firm decisions for quite some time yet.…
A little late, but Happy Thanksgiving to you too 🙂 I'm having my own Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday … turkey, stuffing, sprouts, potatoes and sweet potatoes … with pecan pie to follow 🙂 I like the concept of Thanksgiving much more, in a way, than Christmas … there's no giving…
Leonard See my earlier reply for entry level books. There's no doubt that the Adobe Reference Manual is the best book, and really the most important since it's the main language reference. It's quite heavy going in places, though. For a very basic introduction to the language, the SYBEX book…
Paul A very good introduction is `Learning PostScript, a Visual Approach' by Ross Smith (Peachpit Press) … with this and the POST interpreter, you can work through the many examples (although you will need to watch out for specific fonts that the examples may call for) … it's very much…
Pete Are the fonts Type-1 in PStream and CG in PPage? There are two significant problems with large CG fonts … I'm not at home, so can't double check, but there used to be a bug in the PPage CG Intellifont routines which caused some large fonts to fail. In…
Knowing PostScript is really quite important if you want to know what's going on, especially when things don't quite work as you expect them to. But, if you are just intending to produce PostScript files and print them once in a while, then it's probably not worth it. I have…
Well, I would have to say that, in my experience, advising novices to set both mirror and neg is a recipe for _real_ trouble!! If all you want is a straight bromide that looks like the output of your laser, then mirror & neg must not be set unless the…
I can confirm that v39 = 3.0 … I've had the 3.0 release disks for a while now, and it's nice to know that it, and the reKick Kickstart, still work on my old 1000 🙂 Mike (from the UK)
I'll be there too … there should be a reasonable-size contingent from the UK I think.
I'm puzzled about your comments on finding difficulty getting somewhere to output non-MAC files … I've never had a problem with getting a bureau to accept PC format disks, which the Amiga can generate with ease. Indeed, some places say that my Amiga output gives them far less hassle than…
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