Personal computers and All-In-1; Document transfer and translation
The Savannah River site is currently utilizing a multi-vendor approach to provide Office Automation. Personal computer workstations include the Apple Mackintosh, IBM PC, DEC Rainbow and DEC VAXmate. Users of these workstations typically employ a variety of word processing and graphics packages to produce documents, many of which need to be exchanged in revisable form with users of different word processing packages. Since most of these users are utilizing terminal emulators to access the departmental ALL-IN-1 systems, the need/desire to translate and/or transfer workstation-created documents via electronic mail naturally arose. We will discuss our enhancements to document transfer capabilities of ALL-IN-1 to support host-initiated file transfer to and from any of the above mentioned workstations. Documents, including attachments, may be uploaded to, or down baded from, ALL-IN-1 in their native format or with conversion. Document conversions are performed ''transparently'' using ALL-IN-1 DSAB's or third party packages with attributes such as rulers, soft returns, bolding, and underscoring preserved. Support for translation independent of transfer is also provided and a ''Get From Personal Computer'' option has been added to the editor menus. Included in our discussion will be a summary of the supported terminal emulator file transfer packages, the various workstation to VAX hardware connections utilized, and the capabilities of the file conversion packages that are currently available.
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Plant
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 5502001
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-87-141; CONF-871248-1; ON: DE88003760
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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