Re:What is the smallest possible valid PDF?
by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:12PM
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Not exactly on topic, but this reminds me of somewhere around the year 2000, where i had to produce "documentation" in a hurry, in under an hour before delivering and deploying some systems. I think i used Dia, but am not sure anymore.
Anyways, all essential information in DIN A4 landscape mode, nice diagrams with network structure, IP numbers and so on, ready.
Now what? Remember it was around the year 2000, what to use?
Floppy disks of course! Saved it, looked at it and thought it had gone wrong somehow because it listed as 4KB only.
Used another floppy, lowlevel formatted with fdformat to be sure, taking minutes, hurry, hurry! Saved again.
4KB!? WT..?
Booted up another system, loaded the PDF with different readers, worked.
Shrugged and hoped it worked at the customers site also, which it did, they even said it looked nice and clear.
Now what? Remember it was around the year 2000, what to use? Floppy disks of course! Saved it, looked at it and thought it had gone wrong somehow because it listed as 4KB only.
Used another floppy, lowlevel formatted with fdformat to be sure, taking minutes, hurry, hurry! Saved again.
4KB!? WT..?
Booted up another system, loaded the PDF with different readers, worked.
Shrugged and hoped it worked at the customers site also, which it did, they even said it looked nice and clear.
If only they knew...