I normally run Arachne (and everything else for that matter) on my '486 where
Arachne has to run on a ramdisk to keep my blood pressure down.
Is that because, without the ramdisk, Arachne gives the hard drive too hard a
drive, threatening to cause its demise? I don't like the sound Arachne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I normally run Arachne (and everything else for that matter) on my '486 where
Arachne has to run on a ramdisk to keep my blood pressure down.
Is that because, without the ramdisk, Arachne gives the hard drive too hard a
drive, threatening to cause its demise? I
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:42:09 -0800, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:43:02 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
The attached file _should_ clear things-up (a little bit anyway)g
(report created by WATCH.EXE)
alright.. Glenn how about telling us where you got that WATCH.EXE
On 16/02/00 Clarence Verge wrote:
snip
It might be a good idea to put a Honda engine in a Reynard chassis
to enter an F1 race, but putting a supercharger on a Honda Civic to
pull a trailer uphill is just silly.
I hope the fractured analogy is amusing to some.
;-) The late Frank Costin,
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:41:15 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
Richard, I personally prefer a flat address space and have always found the
segmented Intel architecture repulsive. That hardly excuses adding more
software to my hardware just so it can run an incredibly bloated version of a
Hi
"Glenn McCorkle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
GM Or does someone know of a DPMI that will work on less than a 386 ???
Sorry ... but this is impossible.
286- don't have the necessary MMU.
GM Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
CU, Ricsi
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Richard Menedetter [EMAIL
Clarence wrote:
Hi Bernie;
Hello to you too Clarence :)
But WHY does it work for you ?
Read on...
The really strange thing here is how many people it DOES work for who
apparantly
are using either a 32bit DOS extender or a Protected Mode Interface without
being aware of it.
I do not use it -
Mike wrote:
I found cwsdpmi in my \Arachne directory, which is in my path.
I can't find it in the 1.61 zip file so I can only guess that
it came along with the QV APM (the only APM I have installed).
It's in the original distribution. It's required for the following lines:
image/png
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
Now, if we could just find a PDF to text converter that doesn't
require 386+
Or does someone know of a DPMI that will work on less than a 386 ???
Hi Glenn;
My manual for QEMM 8 says DPMI is any industry standard method for allowing
DOS applications to access
Hi
Clarence Verge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
CV You are right, it clears it up - but ONLY a little.
CV You had posted that it still worked after you changed your path
CV to EXCLUDE cwsdpmi.exe.
CV ??
No ... Glenn has excluded dos4gw from path, and it worked, because cwsdpmi
WAS STILL in path.
Hi Ricsi, Clarence,
RMCV Is everyone using DOS in a Window box ??
RMNo ... but very many people have cwsdpmi in their path !
I've discovered why the xpdf utilities run for me...
I found cwsdpmi in my \Arachne directory, which is in my path.
I can't find it in the 1.61 zip file so I can
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
The attached file _should_ clear things-up (a little bit anyway)g
(report created by WATCH.EXE)
---snip
$4B Exec program C:\XPDFDOS\CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program \CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program C:\1BATCH\CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program C:\1COMMON\CWSDPMI.EXE
You are
Mike Millen wrote:
I've discovered why the xpdf utilities run for me...
I found cwsdpmi in my \Arachne directory, which is in my path.
I can't find it in the 1.61 zip file so I can only guess that
it came along with the QV APM (the only APM I have installed).
Hi Mike;
I downloaded QV
Hi
Clarence Verge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
CV QDPMI is NOT loaded as I have never needed it for anything before.
Now it would be handy :)
And many other programs need it. (eg DJGPP Arachne as Michael has announced
it)
CV I think I want to keep it that way.G
Why ?? QDPMI needs less than 3 KB
Hi
"Glenn McCorkle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you by any chance running a DOS extender like DOS4GW.exe ?
Maybe this thing needs to run in 32bit mode. :-((
GM That might be it. I _do_ have DOS4GW.EXE in c:\1common
GM And my path statement includes c:\1common
GM I'll remove
Hi Clarence,
CVPDFTOTEX EXE 964341 99/08/04 10:23
That's the one I've got, too.
CV I:\XPDF-0.90- 17:30:37PDFTOTEX F:SUPPORT.PDF I:SUPPORT.TXT
CVLoad error: no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip
I tried this again... no problems.
I don't understand why not, but I *do* have the runtime dpmi
I wrote:
Ok, I haven't tried this (espacilly since I haven't installed the program
yet) but something like this would perhaps be better since it doesn't make
Arachne start Arachne.
file/.pdf TXT|@c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe $1 $2
Ok, it does work :) (but it took quite some time for my Free Pascal
Mike wrote:
RMHow do you view .TEX (TeX, LaTex) in DOS ???
RMI'm looking for a Tex viewer for DOS for a very long time
edit (or any other text-editor) will do perfectly fine. What you probably
need is a tex2dvi utility (and then a dvi2ps). I don't remember where I got
mine from but do a
Mike Millen wrote:
Hi Clarence,
CVPDFTOTEX EXE 964341 99/08/04 10:23
That's the one I've got, too.
CV I:\XPDF-0.90- 17:30:37PDFTOTEX F:SUPPORT.PDF I:SUPPORT.TXT
CVLoad error: no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip
I tried this again... no problems.
I don't understand why not, but
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:57:39 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
Are you by any chance running a DOS extender like DOS4GW.exe ?
Maybe this thing needs to run in 32bit mode. :-((
That might be it. I _do_ have DOS4GW.EXE in c:\1common
And my path statement includes c:\1common
I'll remove c:\1common
Hi Glenn,
Here's my first Beta version of a PDF "plug-in" for Arachne.
GMSimply add this line to mime.cfg
GMfile/.pdf |c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe $1 $t\pdf.txt \n arachne $t\pdf
GM.txt
Excellent!
Thanks, Glenn... it works a treat!
Mike
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Mike Millen wrote:
CVMM What 12+ char. dirname? My files live in \xpdf.
CVPkunzip complained that it couldn't create the directory XPDF-0.90-DOS
Ah... you used -d maybe?
CV CVEven when trying the seemingly simple pdf to text converter
CV CVit wanted me to download a
Hi
"Glenn McCorkle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
GM Here's my first Beta version of a PDF "plug-in" for Arachne.
GM Simply add this line to mime.cfg
GM file/.pdf |c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe $1 $t\pdf.txt \n arachne
GM $t\pdf.txt
GM That's it.
GM We _should_ be able to view PDF files as TXT
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:52:34 +0100 (MET), Bernie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
snip
Ok, I haven't tried this (espacilly since I haven't installed the program
yet) but something like this would perhaps be better since it doesn't make
Arachne start Arachne.
file/.pdf
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:38:08 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
CVMM What 12+ char. dirname? My files live in \xpdf.
CVPkunzip complained that it couldn't create the directory XPDF-0.90-DOS
Ah... you used -d maybe?
Yes, that happened to me as well.
(had to use pkunzip without the -d option)
CV
CVGlenn McCorkle wrote:
CV
CV ftp://ftp.foolabs.com:21/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip
CV might work as a PDF veiwer "plug-in" for Arachne.
CVHi Glenn, Mike;
CVIf I may comment here, I have downloaded the above and it is my
CVopinion that by itself, it performs NO useful functions in
Hi Ricsi,
RMMM I find PDFTOTEX invaluable. With List it allows me to read pdf
RMMM documents very quickly in DOS without having to load windoze and
RMMM start Acrobat.
RMHow do you view .TEX (TeX, LaTex) in DOS ???
RMI'm looking for a Tex viewer for DOS for a very long time
Mike Millen wrote:
CVGlenn McCorkle wrote:
CV
CV ftp://ftp.foolabs.com:21/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip
CV might work as a PDF veiwer "plug-in" for Arachne.
CVHi Glenn, Mike;
CVIf I may comment here, I have downloaded the above and it is my
CVopinion that by itself, it
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
Thanks very much Mike.
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com:21/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip
might work as a PDF veiwer "plug-in" for Arachne.
Hi Glenn, Mike;
If I may comment here, I have downloaded the above and it is my opinion that
by itself, it performs NO useful functions in
GMUnfortunately, AcroDos will not work with the new format of .PDF files
GM.
GMFor now, the only way a "pure DOS" user can get the text from a new
GM.PDF is to send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not any more, Glenn. :)
Go to www.foolabs.com and download the XPDF
On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 10:06:46 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
GMUnfortunately, AcroDos will not work with the new format of .PDF files
GM.
GMFor now, the only way a "pure DOS" user can get the text from a new
GM.PDF is to send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not any more, Glenn. :)
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