Read pc-created pdf files on a Mac Classic...

[juanjavier]

How could I create .pdf files Adobe-Reader 1.0 compatible? This is the software I have got installed on my Classic.

I use ps2pdf software in my Linux box to create my own .pdf files, but these are only backwards compatible up to Reader 3.0 as a minimum.

Hence, Adobe Reader 1.0 for Apple Macintosh will not read them... >

Is there any workaround? Any pdf creator Reader 1.0 compatiblle, perhaps?

What could be done on this?

Regards.

 

[porter]

What could be done on this?

Postscript to text?

 

[juanjavier]

Postscript to text?

--I prefer to render .pdf files, if that is possible.

It is known that ps2pdf will do but outputting Reader 3.0 compatible files as a minimum... :-/

The other option is...Does any reader Classic compatible that accepts 3.0 compatible files exist? I suppose it does not.

So here my quiz lies....

Regards.

 

[tomlee59]

You will need to find an old copy of Acrobat (the full version that contains Acroexchange) that supports saving in version 1.0 format. IIRC, version 2 was the last to do so. Good luck on finding such old software. It was rare back then; more so now.

 

[Dog Cow]

I've got Acrobat Reader 3.0 and I'm fairly sure it will work on a Classic. I will test it out tonight and see.

 

[juanjavier]

I've got Acrobat Reader 3.0 and I'm fairly sure it will work on a Classic. I will test it out tonight and see.

---Perfect, Dog Cow. Kindly keep me informed.

Best regards and thx for the quick help and responses.... :beige:

 

[Dog Cow]

Hi, it looks like 3.0 will work on non-PPC Macs, but they need a 68020 processor or better. So, looks like a no-go unless you've got some other Mac hiding around somewhere! :-(

http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/mac/3.x/ar302.sit.hqx

 

[juanjavier]

Hi, it looks like 3.0 will (...) need a 68020 processor or better. (...) you've got some other Mac hiding around somewhere! :-(

---No, I haven't. I will have to search a bit deeper.... :-/

 

[tomlee59]

You *need* to write a version 1.0 file. A Classic (and all other 68000-Macs) can only read 1.0 documents. Not even 2.x will work.

You have a tough search ahead of you.

 

[juanjavier]

You *need* to write a version 1.0 file.

-----How is that done? ps2pdf will write .pdf files AdobeReader *3.0* compatible as a very minimum. Chances are either I could find an earlier ps2pdf version or any other app...

A Classic (and all other 68000-Macs) can only read 1.0 documents. Not even 2.x will work.
You have a tough search ahead of you.

----Yup. I am in touch with the pdf-devel gnu mail list to see if they could point to somewhere.... :?: :?: :?:

 

[Mac128]

How could I create .pdf files Adobe-Reader 1.0 compatible? This is the software I have got installed on my Classic.

Just out of curiosity, why do you want to read PDF files on your classic? What kinds of things are you transferring for use on your Classic in PDF?

 

[wthww]

Honestly,, I'd convert to postscipt and be done with it.

//wthww

 

[MrMacPlus]

Honestly,, I'd convert to postscipt and be done with it.
//wthww

Yup and then find Illustrator.

 

[tomlee59]

You *need* to write a version 1.0 file.

-----How is that done? ps2pdf will write .pdf files AdobeReader *3.0* compatible as a very minimum. Chances are either I could find an earlier ps2pdf version or any other app...

I answered this in my very first response (please reread it): You must obtain an original copy of the app from Adobe. It is very old, and therefore hard to find. Others here recognize the level of difficulty, hence the many suggestions to consider alternatives.

There are very few documents out there that are 1.0 compatible, anyway, so the only things you will be able to read are ones that you produce yourself. Given that situation, you'd be far better off simply creating documents in some other format, in my opinion. But if you are obsessed with the notion of producing v1.0 documents, I've given you the only known method for doing so.

 

[juanjavier]

Just out of curiosity, why do you want to read PDF files on your classic? What kinds of things are you transferring for use on your Classic in PDF?

---Why would I want a Classic itself? Why would I want to run Cubase in a Classic? Why do I want to collect things? It is supposed that when you find something for collector purposes and try to find it useful, the more things you get for it (software, programs, apps...), the better it is.

---I managed to load Cubase from Steinberg to implement a tiny midi-sequencing studio that works fine with the Classic. I have got Eudora for mailing purposes. I installed Adobe Photoshop 1.0 to transfer Macintosh Classic screenshots for a blog, thought surely it can be userful for a lot more things. I installed Adobe Reader to display any .pdf file it is able to read (it includes Acrobat Reader Help, the Reader Tour, the Lincense.pdf and support.pdf). ...in a machine that costed me less than €100, or $140....

Probably this will grow up in the near future. It depends on how do I persevere on it. But if your question is....«Why would you want to load that program or do that thing in a Macintosh Classic»....why would a forum like this should exist?

Anyway I do admit that probably the .pdf path on a Classic seems to be harder than I expected in the beginning.

(...) But if you are obsessed with the notion of producing v1.0 documentss...

-----No. I am not obsessed with anything. I ask you to kindly choose carefully the words you use. To persevere or stick to something when everyone tells you «that thing you want to do is impossible, consider seriously to give it up» led me (and many others, mostly people who persevere on something) to positive results not so long ago. Read this, which prooves I am right on it. Chances are that I could find a workaround when that Adobe Acrobat 1.0 full version you point, which includes AcroExchange turns out to be completely erradicated from the web. But I think that more research has to be done by now.

As you said earlier this thread, «You have a tough search ahead of you.»

Anyway, this has not to be taken as a flame or fight. Nothing more different from my intentions. Just the other way round. Thanks a lot to everyone of you all for the help and opinions.

 

[nlp]

How could I create .pdf files Adobe-Reader 1.0 compatible?

there is a free utility for windows, "pdf version converter" that converts to "1.x" (maybe x=0):http://www.nicepdf.com/products.html

 

[juanjavier]

(...) maybe x=0
---x turned out to be different than 0. :lol: :lol:

 

[tomlee59]

(...) But if you are obsessed with the notion of producing v1.0 documentss...

-----No. I am not obsessed with anything. I ask you to kindly choose carefully the words you use.

Not quite sure why you chose to be offended, but no offense was intended. You need to relax. Note also that I didn't assert that you were obsessed, only that *if* you were obsessed, then...

 

[tomlee59]

there is a free utility for windows, "pdf version converter" that converts to "1.x" (maybe x=0):http://www.nicepdf.com/products.html

That's a great find, nlp. Although it won't convert to 1.0, it still allows the reading of many newer Acrobat docs on older Macs that might only be able to handle versions up to, say, 3.x. And that's very helpful.

Thanks!