DOS ain't dead

Hi, Can Somebody has some idea, how to create readable PDF version 1.0 for old Acrobat Reader for DOS? I use pdfwriter in gpl ghostscript 8.63 under DOS compiled via DJGPP, but output is only 1.1 or higher
use -dCompatibilityLevel=1.0, or does it exist version of Acrobat which can open version 1.1 or if I can set parameters in pdfwriter as distiller to can open pdf in Acrobat Reader for DOS. Thank you
david

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Hi,
HOWTO create this format with pdfwriter >

%PDF-1.1
%ÇÇ쏢
5 0 obj
<</Length 6 0 R>>
stream
q 0.0573885 0 0 0.0573885 0 0 cm
q
Q
q
14590.2 9070.85 m
0 9070.85 l
0 0 l

this works with ACROBAT, but I get this from pdfwriter, and ACROBAT write,
cannot rebuild file

%PDF-1.1
%Çì<8f>¢
5 0 obj
<</Length 6 0 R/Filter /FlateDecode>>
stream
x<9c>í=Ù<92>^\7r^ß^^Gx^?¡ü°áîXu^Q÷A¿x¨^Y¯yhÈ%giK#?P$µâr<86>#<91>\­­Oñßè^Cô ~У^_ô ^[áL
Ht¡^ZÝT<8b>^Z­$<86>H
<95>ÈL$òÂÑ<9f>u¬ç^]Ã?ÿ<8f>/^N®Ý·Ýo_

this looks like binary output, can I switch to text out ??

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Aha, Acrobat Reader 1.0 can`t rebuild PDF files from compressed PDF`s by LZW, if I can PDF1.1 non compressed, I can open it with Acrobat

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> Aha, Acrobat Reader 1.0 can`t rebuild PDF files from compressed PDF`s by
> LZW, if I can PDF1.1 non compressed, I can open it with Acrobat

Try "-dCompressPages=false" (or "#false" for Watcom builds).

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> Try "-dCompressPages=false" (or "#false" for Watcom builds)

many thanks but I think that output PDF is corrupted I can`t open it, but PDF file looks like right PDF ?

> > Try "-dCompressPages=false" (or "#false" for Watcom builds)
>
> many thanks but I think that output PDF is corrupted I can`t open it,
> but PDF file looks like right PDF ?

Better ask the Ghostscript guys for such stuff.
I don't even have a PDF 1.0 referencce, but I found pdfreference12.pdf.

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> Better ask the Ghostscript guys for such stuff.
> I don't even have a PDF 1.0 referencce, but I found
> pdfreference12.pdf.

I had corrupted output due to fopen 'b' when I build gs by djgpp
now it is OK, but I can`t get lower PDF to open with acrobat
Thank you for your help

If 8.63 fails you so much, just try "good ol' 8.55":
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/file/gs/8.55/

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> If 8.63 fails you so much, just try "good ol' 8.55":

OK, 8.63 works well just now, but Roberto wants to have graphics output to VESA do you compil this with allegro, grx, bgi or another graphics library for DJGPP?
I use patch from gs8.55 for VESA, but I don`t get usable output, can I ask you how to right set env for grx, allegro library and Makefile?
thank you david
I don`t know nothing about graphics in DJGPP, it is not curses for text console

> OK, 8.63 works well just now, but Roberto wants to have graphics output to
> VESA do you compil this with allegro, grx, bgi or another graphics library
> for DJGPP?
> I use patch from gs8.55 for VESA, but I don`t get usable output, can I ask
> you how to right set env for grx, allegro library and Makefile?

I don't know. I don't use it, and I didn't compile it. Sorry, just offering an alternative to 8.63.

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From the above message, I presume there is program by name pdfwriter which converts from text to pdf. I could not find any such in GS 8.16, the last version I was able to use in my computer. Is it something new ? Or shall it be found outside the Ghostscript for DOS packages ?
Regards
JAS

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> From the above message, I presume there is program by name pdfwriter which
> converts from text to pdf.

Ghostscript contains an output device named "pdfwrite" to turn PostScript files into PDFs. You can read more about at http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/cvs/Ps2pdf.htm.

For "dumb" conversion try text2pdf by Phil Smith.
For creating PDF manuals in DOS I recommend Lout + Ghostscript or Halibut.
Another one is MakePDF by Herbert Kleebauer, but it requires more knowledge about PDF internals.

I've never tested 1999 PasPDF.

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