scotth@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott R. Herzinger) (11/17/89)
Does anyone know of a technique for converting text screen dumps made
on a PC clone into a reasonable facsimile that a Mac can use? A PC
dumps its screen buffer to a file, yielding a file containing the
non-ASCII characters representing line rules, etc. I need to view that
file on a Mac and integrate it in a document. I need to have the line
rules, etc., intact. I can imagine some techniques, but am hoping for
a finished product, commercial or otherwise, that will do the job.
Alternatively, can anyone clue me into possible simple graphics interchange
formats and relevant tools? These PC screen dumps can be transformed
into some sort of graphics representation. Maybe it would be easier
to import these.
Thanks,
Scott
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Scott Herzinger scotth%crl.labs.tek.com@relay.cs.net
Computer Research Lab, Tektronix, Inc.
PO Box 500 MS 50-662, Beaverton, OR 97077halff@nprdc.arpa (Henry Halff) (11/20/89)
In article <5081@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM> scotth@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott R. Herzinger) writes: >Does anyone know of a technique for converting text screen dumps made >on a PC clone into a reasonable facsimile that a Mac can use? There is a progrgram known as MacChuck published by Vano Associates that lets you run a PC remotely in a Mac window over serial interfaces or Appletalk. With this program, you can use the Mac's screen capture facility to capture a PC screen. Macchuck only works when the PC display is in character mode, so you can't use it to capture graphics screens. It does, however, faithfully represent all of the PC's graphics characters (and even includes the Mac bitmap fonts needed to do this). Highly recommended, costs $80 or $100 if I recall correctly. Vano Associates, Inc. P. O . Box 12730 New Brighton, MN 55112 612-788-9547 DISCLAIMER: I have no connection to Vano Associates other than as a satisfied customer. hh