greid@adobe.UUCP.UUCP (03/21/87)
I plan to implement Brian Reid's archive server software very soon to
make available the PostScript print files for many documents that are
of interest to PostScript developers. The way this mechanism works is
to mail a specific request to the archive server, and it will in turn
mail you back some files or a list of available files (or an error
message, if you mail it nonsense). When I work out the details of
this, I will post a message describing how to access these documents.
Since we are not an ARPA site, it is not feasible to support FTP access
to them, and the mail archive seems to be a reasonable way to promote
access to these documents and files.
Here is a list of what is planned for the archive server:
* AFM files for all released fonts
* Developer's notes and documents
* Sample PostScript programs, as appropriate
* APD files for current PostScript devices, when they become
available
* A list of currently available PostScript printers, their
manufacturers, and salient features.
* A sample Adobe Illustrator file, for those interested.
* Lists of known bugs
* Sources of further information (for instance, the PostScript
Language Reference Manual).
* perhaps others
My hope is that this will help eliminate us as the bottleneck in
emanating useful information to PostScript developers. Suggestions
are welcome.
Glenn Reid
Adobe Systems
PostScript Software Support