Subject: Re: Documentation from DEC
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/26/1999 11:31:45
>> I sent the list of wanted documantation Toru compiled to Jeffrey Mogul
>> at Compaq. Let's see how this evolves and knock on wood!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>                              Bernhard
>
> One thought, along the basic premise of preserving the older dying docs,
> for history and the hobbyist/educational crowd....
>
> What formats are available for use?  I would think pdf or ps output would
> be good, but on some of the older docs, I have no idea of what is the
> standard DEC inhouse publishing format.

Many DEC documentations were prepared with DECwrite (derivative from
early generation of FrameMaker, from rumers) and stored in
PostScript format.  However, due to incompleteness of their
PostScript'ize conversion process, old PS docs sometimes fails to be
printed out with modern PS printers.  I once experienced hardships
to produce PDF file from an old DEC PS file by 'hand-tuning'.

Tohru Nishimura