Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!mips!decwrl!ucbvax!NISC.SRI.COM!cwilson From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: translation programs that would be useful... Message-ID: <20450@fs1.NISC.SRI.COM> Date: 27 Aug 90 09:41:18 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 49 Working with All These Lovely Computers, I've come up with a list of utilities that would be highly useful, I believe... Note that these are things that I would find useful, your wants/needs/desires may vary.. Section A: System Dependent Stuff ---------------------------------- Macintosh: FFTs (foreign file translators) for SparcStation 1.4M and 720K 3.5" floppies, MSDOS floppies, ProDOS floppies. Chooser patch to allow standard UNIX printers to be selected. OS patch to allow access of HFS (Macintosh OS) disks from A/UX. Apple IIGS: FSTs (file system translators) for Macintosh, Sparc (UNIX), MSDOS floppies. SLIP-based NFS. (two problems) SparcStation (UNIX): device drivers (yes?) for MSDOS, Macintosh, ProDOS floppies. Section B: (mostly) System Independent Stuff --------------------------------------------- (Unix, A/UX, ergo, C code that is portable) AppleSingle/AppleDouble file utilties to allow extraction of data forks, resources, and whatnot from the UNIX side of the world. Conversion programs that could translate MS Word 4.0 -> ascii,ps,tex,troff macdraw/paint -> pbm (i believe these exist),ps PageMaker -> FrameMaker,tex,troff (hoh yes.. :) Note that most major spreadsheet programs are available for the above platforms, so conversion programs either exist or aren't necessary. Just thinking out loud. I can definately see some commercial possibilities here for the enterprising programmer, although half the work would be finding data sheets for the formats... --Chan Chan Wilson SRI Intl. Network Information Systems Center 333 Ravenswood Ave., EK289 Internet: cwilson@nisc.sri.com Menlo Park, CA., 94025 Phone: (415)859-5921