GMoretti@massey.ac.nz (Giovanni Moretti) (07/03/90)
I need to find the spec's for the DIF file format, preferably online as ordering books from New Zealand is expensive and slow (3-5 months delivery). Magazine references would also be appreciated. If you can point me at a definition of the spec, I'd appreciate it. Thanks Giovanni -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | GIOVANNI MORETTI, Consultant | EMail: G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz | |Computer Centre, Massey University | Ph 64 63 69099 x8398, FAX 64 63 505607 | | Palmerston North, New Zealand | QUITTERS NEVER WIN, WINNERS NEVER QUIT | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
belkin@teecs.UUCP (Hershel Belkin) (07/06/90)
>I need to find the spec's for the DIF file format, preferably online as >ordering books from New Zealand is expensive and slow (3-5 months delivery). >Magazine references would also be appreciated. >If you can point me at a definition of the spec, I'd appreciate it. I have a good book called "The DIF File", by Donald H. Beil, published in 1983 by Reston Publishing Company, Reston, VA 22090 (A Prentice-Hall Company). The book covers the mechanisms of data interchange using DIF format and various software packages. It also includes such chapters as "Guidlines for using DIF" , and "A tutorial on DIF", and includes lots of diagrams, etc. to explain the use of the DIF format. An appendix of this book is called the "DIFF Technical Specification", and has been reproduced from the original (c) 1983 by Software Arts Products Corp. (the DIF trademark holders). (The title page of this appendix names something called "DIF Clearninghouse", PO Box 368, Newton Lower Falls, MA 02162. If you can't locate this book, then perhaps you can locate the Technical Specs under that name... BTW, the book also has a lengthy bibliography on the DIF file format. (I bought the book a number of years ago, but never really used it for any project, so I'm no DIF expert :-) Hope this helps! -- +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+ | Hershel Belkin hp9000/825(HP-UX)| UUCP: teecs!belkin | | Test Equipment Engineering Computing Services | Phone: 416 246-2647 | | Litton Systems Canada Limited (Toronto) | FAX: 416 246-5233 | +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+