Hi John >> I'm reinstalling Pismo just now - about halfway through the Tiger updates, >> then I'll put OS9 on, then PM6 and then check - I may not complete this >> today but I'll let you know by this time tomorrow. >> >> Please confirm you have PM 6·0, not PM 6·5. (I have both, so I'm happy to >> try either. My preference was for PM6·5 because it seemed a little more >> stable and have a better user-interface than 6·0. But I'll happily install >> whichever is needed to try your PDF experiment.) As I recall, we often found >> it best to create the .PS (postscript file) first, then throw that at >> Acrobat Distiller. This route worked on a beige G3, my Pismo, G4/466, >> G4/800, G4/1GHz. I've not yet tried it in Sheepshaver. >> >> If I get it to work, but you still have difficulty, I'd be happy to make the >> PDF for you. I could even throw it at InDesign (I have Adobe Creative Suite >> 3). >> >> cheers >> >> Bruce >> > Bruce the version I have is 6.0. It works on 7.5 and 8.6 only. But when I try > to bcreat any file other than a PM I get all kinds of printer alarms and > errors. I would buy PM7 if I knew it would handle all my nod foles and run in > OS9 ans OSX. Thanks for your interest.
Hmmm. Sorry, I don't quite understand 'nod foles'. I'm pretty sure I've had PM6·0 working under OS9 - and will check it on Pismo soon. AFAIK, PM7·0 was a an OS9/classic package. I've never tried running it natively under OSX. (I found it a bit more crash-prone than PM6·5. (In fact, I recall the way we handled crashy PM7·0 files was to ResEdit them to PM6·5 filetype and creator, then use PM6·5.) Since then, InDesign has ruled the roost. I've been able to open most PM6·x files I've had to deal with (about 10 in the last 2 years) with InDesign CS3, sort a couple of text-reflows, save as InDesign files, then export press-ready PDFs. InDesign, IMHO, took the best ideas in PageMaker, a few ideas from Quark (which were rubbish because Quark was rubbish full stop but were included because switchers wanted them, I guess), shoved in a lot of useful features and made a very nice - but rather expensive - DTP package. The ability to save as screen, print and/or press-readyPDF without any worry has been very, very welcome. I've only known one OS9 application run badly under classic under OSX - and that was a shoot-em-up/run-em-over gore-fest. I did notice speed-rductions, presumably because OSX was running on (for it) under-powered processors, then running an emulator/translator, on top of which was the OS9 software. But in general, it worked. cheers Bruce -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
