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  • Re: A blast from the past: digging through my old files

    From scott@scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Jul 7 15:25:23 2025
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    In article <103hekq$2uatg$1@dont-email.me>,
    Kelvin Sherlock <kelvin@pro-kegs.uucp> wrote:
    In <l616Q.1607015$G6Lf.1361795@fx17.iad>
    scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) writes:
    I imaged the hard drive from my IIGS, booted it with MAME, loaded a >>32-year-old Apple user group newsletter produced in an 8-bit DTP package, >>and (through a few steps with modern hardware) converted it to a PDF for >>your perusal:

    https://alfter.us/2025/06/22/a-blast-from-the-past/

    Aside from the clip art, that doesn't look 8 bit. Very impressive.

    PublishIt! was a neat bit of software. I think I might've run off the first issue or two on my Imagewriter, but once I had PostScript output figured
    out, there was no going back. :)
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