[Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person

[Craig Ede]

Since NeXTSTEP OS was based on UNIX, I think the Unix FM manual instructions probably cover most of the functioning of the FM program.

One thing to watch out for in such an old version of FrameMaker is the 'grey box' problem that used to crop up where graphics would suddenly become grey boxes. That problem gave us all fits back then in the early 90s This can be solved by increasing the temp space allocated to the user. Something would max out the temp space, and BOOM, grey boxes.

Good luck. FM5 is pretty close in features. You can look at the feature set difference between the two versions and that will tell you what to ignore in the manual. I do have a set of those manuals in English, but they are a couple of hundred miles away at this time.

Craig

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Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 12:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person

Is he asking for documentation on the Nextstation itself, or for *FrameMaker
for* the Nextstation?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:18 PM Klaus Daube <klaus at daube.ch> wrote:

> Dear friends
> I got the following mail (see the original at the end):
>
> > My name is Dr Ralf Alexander Kohler and by chance I visited your website.
> > Although, technically, it wasn't a coincidence at all, because I was
> searching
> > the Internet for documentation for FrameMaker 3.2  20 years ago I bought
> a
> > NextStation with Framemaker 3.2 installed. The plan at the time was to
> use it to
> > write my dissertation. Unfortunately, the computer broke down and I had
> to
> > switch to Linux/Latex. But now I have succeeded to build a Next computer
> > emulation with the exact working environment I had back then. While it's
> not
> > more than just a gimmick, I still would like to continue using
> FrameMaker. Now
> > my question: Do you happen to know if there is any documentation for
> NextStation
> > at all? And if so, how can I get it? I only found documentation for FM
> version
> > 5.0 on the net, but not anything to Next Computer. I would be very
> interested in
> > your answer.
>
> Has anybody of you old hares something hidden in the book shelves?
> I would volunteer to scan it and send the paper back (as a retired person
> i have time
> for such).
>
> Thank you
> Klaus
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mein Name ist Dr Ralf Alexander Kohler und ich bin durch Zufall auf Ihre
> website
> gestoßen. Wobei es genau genommen gar kein Zufall war, denn ich habe mit
> einer
> Suchmaschine im Internet nach einer Dokumentation für FrameMaker 3.2
> gesucht.
> Ich habe vor 20 Jahren eine gebrauche NextStation gekauft, die dieses
> Programm
> installiert hatte. Der Plan war damals, meine Doktorarbeit damit zu
> schreiben.
> Leider hat der Rechner vorher seinen Geist aufgegeben und ich bin dann auf
> Linux/Latex umgestiegen. Nun ist es mir aber gelungen, einen Next Rechner
> zu
> emulieren mit genau der Arbeitsumgebung, die ich damals hatte. Es ist zwar
> nicht
> mehr als eine Spielerei, aber dennoch würde ich mich gerne weiter mit dem
> Programm FrameMaker beschäftigen. Nun meine Frage: Wissen Sie zufällig, ob
> es
> für Next Rechner überhaupt eine Dokumentation gab? Und wenn ja, wie wurde
> diese vertrieben? Ich habe im Netz nur Dokumentationen zu Version 5.0
> gefunden,
> nicht aber irgendetwas zu Next Computer. Ich würde mich sehr auf Ihre
> Antwort
> freuen.
> Herzlichst,
> Ralf Alexander Kohler
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Klaus Daube             Phone:  +41-44-381 37 77
> Schäracher 11           Mail:   klaus at daube.ch
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>
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