From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28916 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2023 14:25:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Mar 2023 14:25:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3872D412BA; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:25:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-x92c.google.com (mail-ua1-x92c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92c]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08B9541290 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:25:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-x92c.google.com with SMTP id s13so1249398uac.8 for ; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:25:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; t=1678371910; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=NZq3iKCfqikKQawtbWOfVss9WOaTKmAOiLNnyIPxFvk=; b=MlkO/aPKIrz2cc/RIxiBT2+zgnhFgGSxhD5IQKYipiJM+YlzlFCBnMbr3TY7k7/usl iaDq08iCpJHAjXnAPb7zGqDFV7qiyrptBVvn6deOMujT/8wzoIns4kZYivnALzR3/tL+ tKk0iEMBoXZzkKiCxoKRlGBvRT1HUxsH/xi2E= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678371910; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=NZq3iKCfqikKQawtbWOfVss9WOaTKmAOiLNnyIPxFvk=; b=OWcLNNa/Q1oBKrrnlPtb+WCHUqq+/yPMX+jPZ47Tnm90ZbPdfaQLK9J0DmVao/Iq4K qIijFP4hcZdQmzuCRLCbW8qTG0N5TVfymK7LEOnm8XZ16s1fW/2p5adiZYBHuA9V3ILN tgGkZu1awafvqOR4Slke2jyMVs4fN3NEuyd5y785YNELFJcvfYo3aw6v9wvf7WsKEp7G ano6SkR+z2quRHHBYRcWDad+QZzXropKbv9VULSr2pwdiIrWa2yDGwop5tV/a+Oi7Ou/ tu1hZmAV7X3+Rvu4aYlk6noh8fqqod60QS4l4CS4i82ciD7MgTOADwOW31BYPhHYQ61i 0z7g== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWneJgz6KRQ2QfKWwd0Q9bA7rfHeFtVhBgScLGgjt0c+o6htJTo ATt2LsNpFKOO+rf9Fp/n5LlxV4lqkA1Fz8cNIajbbw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set95Qc8jhOef6cAenhN6ahMWV2nlFGlRg7ybUkIYStqO2EMzm/RYEP9lVCqiImyOV0QtLj3fziBs7WYzRgw8hmo= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6122:ca1:b0:401:d1f4:bccf with SMTP id ba33-20020a0561220ca100b00401d1f4bccfmr22294243vkb.0.1678371909673; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:25:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <944F23E0-DBB0-45E3-AE08-3CF17AE98426@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <944F23E0-DBB0-45E3-AE08-3CF17AE98426@pobox.com> From: Clem Cole Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 09:24:43 -0500 Message-ID: To: David Arnold Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007a421905f67869d7" Message-ID-Hash: HH6ZZKEQR6FE33HTHOURFZ63INX6WISL X-Message-ID-Hash: HH6ZZKEQR6FE33HTHOURFZ63INX6WISL X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: segaloco via TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Fifth Edition Manual Restoration List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000007a421905f67869d7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As far as I know, Tom Ferrin wrote the original in the late 1970s - it is on the original UCSF tape as part of his UNIX graphics tools. That said, Joy may have passed it along on the BSD tapes also. It's called "vcat" and converts Wang C/A/T codes to plotter strokes on a smaller (11/12in wide IIRC) Varian (originally) and small Versatec [wet / kerosene style] plotter using the 200 bpi Hershey fonts that the CMU/MIT/Stanford XGP had used. IIRC, UCB had a large format Versatec (36"/48") and the UCB version could do N pages at a time. In the Adobe 'transcript' package is a similar program (based on Tom work) but outputs using Adobe Fonts. It might take some searching "foo" to find them, but Tom's program is what most of us used back in the day before the Imagen and later Apple LaserWriter - particularly after having had access to an XGP or a Xerox Dover in college ;-) =E1=90=A7 On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:10=E2=80=AFPM David Arnold wrot= e: > > On 9 Mar 2023, at 03:30, Angelo Papenhoff wrote: > > =E2=80=A6 > > > And even then one would need CAT emulation, which I > > haven't bothered with yet. > > That sounds like a fun project =E2=80=94 is there really no such beast al= ready? > > > > > d > > --0000000000007a421905f67869d7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
As far as I know, Tom Ferrin wrote the original in the = late 1970s - it is on the original UCSF tape as part of his UNIX graphics t= ools.=C2=A0 =C2=A0That said, Joy may have passed it along on the BSD tapes = also.=C2=A0It's called "vcat" and converts Wang C/A/T codes t= o plotter strokes on a smaller (11/12in wide IIRC) Varian (originally) and = small Versatec [wet / kerosene style] plotter using=C2=A0the 200 bpi Hershe= y fonts that the CMU/MIT/Stanford XGP had used.=C2=A0 =C2=A0IIRC, UCB had a= large format Versatec (36"/48") and the UCB version could do N p= ages at a time.=C2=A0 =C2=A0In the Adobe 'transcript' package is a = similar program (based on Tom work) but outputs using Adobe Fonts.=C2=A0 = =C2=A0=C2=A0

It might take some searching=C2=A0"f= oo" to find them, but Tom's program is what most of us used back i= n the day before the Imagen and later Apple LaserWriter - particularly afte= r having had access to an XGP or a Xerox Dover in college ;-)
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On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:10=E2=80=AFPM David Arnold <= davida@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 9 Mar 2023, at = 03:30, Angelo Papenhoff <aap@papnet.eu> wrote:

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> And even then one would need CAT emulation, which I
> haven't bothered with yet.

That sounds like a fun project =E2=80=94 is there really no such beast alre= ady?




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