Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!193.141.40.65.MISMATCH!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer04.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx14.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A blast from the past: digging through my old files References: <103btei$1bd47$1@dont-email.me> Organization: USS Voyager NCC-74656, Delta Quadrant X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) From: scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) Originator: scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) Lines: 27 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: https://www.astraweb.com/aup NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:43:01 UTC Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:43:01 GMT X-Received-Bytes: 1965 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:49208 In article <103btei$1bd47$1@dont-email.me>, Hugh Hood wrote: >I'm glad you got the stock PublishIt! 4 furnished LaserPrep to work with >GhostScript. I remember having to make some modifications to it when I >used to run those PublishIt! PTD files through Adobe Acrobat Distiller to >make .pdf files. As I recall, I never had to do anything special to print the files back then either. I think Ghostscript also worked well back then as a previewer, so you didn't waste your quota on something that didn't look right. >Again, thanks. Will there be more? There could be...think I have maybe a year's worth of newsletters, or maybe more. I also have a bunch of AppleWorks word-processor files that I might try bringing into the present. Many (most?) of them used TimeOut SuperFonts (?) for NLQ printing on the Imagewriter I had at the time (and still have, though it's been years since I last used it); converting that to a modern format while preserving the formatting might be an interesting exercise. -- _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail) (IIGS( https://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?