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From: icsu8053@ming (Craig Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Uniterm metafiles
Message-ID: <3095@caesar.cs.montana.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 90 03:20:46 GMT
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In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes:
>In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) writes:
>>
>>[...]
>>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather
>>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me
>>'Unable to open VDI device'.
>>[...]
>I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole,
>but I have not got an answer. 
>
>Ralph

I have used UniTerm to print and save Tek MetaFiles with no problem. It seems to
work depending upon which GDOS you're using.  Of course, the printer and 
meta.sys file must be in your assign.sys file.  But, I have found that with
EXACTLY the same assign.sys file, UniTerm would print with my G+Plus but would
NOT work with the ACM GDOS included with the Gemini desktop.  Don't ask me why,
it's a mystery to me.  By the way, I finally discovered a program to convert
the .GEM files produced by UniTerm into the standard .GEM format.  If there are
enough requests I will post it to comp.binaries.atari.st.  It can be found on
GEnie as well. 

Craig Pratt
BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu
GEnie: C.PRATT4
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