Re: What is PDF? (Re: PRE)

lilley (lilley@afs.mcc.ac.uk)
Thu, 4 May 1995 07:08:55 +0500


Liz McQuarrie said:

> To find out more and get a free PDF reader, visit the Adobe home page
> at http://www.adobe.com .

To save time for anyone who uses Unix (unless they have a Sun)

<http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/AcrobatWWW.html> says

"Adobe has FREE Acrobat Reader software available that you can download
for Macintosh, Windows, DOS, and Sun UNIX."

<http://www.adobe.com/Software.html> also tells us that the MS-Windows
and Mac software is at version 2.0 while the DOS and Sun (4.1.3 or
Solaris 2.3) versions are at version 1.0. It also says:

"Sorry, no other versions of Acrobat Reader are currently
available

We are working on versions for Windows NT and HP/UX as well as some
others. Schedule and availability have not yet been announced."

This does not sound too hopeful for Unix users.

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