johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz (John MacLean) (09/04/89)
Does anyone out there have any info on FSTs apart from GSOS release notes?
The current version of The Graphic Exchange (version 4.0 GSOS) will not
read a Mac or DOS 3.3 disk directly as versions 2.X and 3.X did.
This is because I have relied on standard system calls and on Apple coming
up with the goods. Unfortunately they have not - at least as yet.
At present, the only way to get a file to/from the Mac is to Apple
File Exchange it on a Mac (Who has a Mac anyway?), or to read/write it
over an Appleshare network using the System 5.0 Appleshare FST
(Who has an Appleshare net anyway?).
I was even quite willing to write my own - after all I have all the
necessary code, I just need to know the interfaces and file format.
However, my response from Apple in Oz (yes, I live down under) on request
for the docs was NO CAN DO. This also means that I will never be able
to support Newsroom Clip Art as in the previous version as it relies on
a custom OS and would need an FST written (obviously Apple will never
write such a beast).
Does anyone out there have such docs? - if so let me know where I can get
hold of them. Has anyone seen these FSTs working? - from my enquiries I
suspect that at least the Mac FST is complete, there seems to be some
other reason for not releasing it (FSTs in Mac System 7.0?).
In addition, I am still on the look out for details of any graphic file
formats to incorporate into The Graphic Exchange (in particular, the
GIF format, PC Paintbrush format, all Print Shop GS formats {full
panel graphics, fonts, etc}, Print Magic etc).
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