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[Tom Schneider]

> Sorry to trouble you but I have an old file and I presume its from your website.
> It has bugged me for years as to what it is?
> It came to me corrupted, its file ending was changed to .ttt so has never been opened.
>    
>   Today I have managed to open it via notepad text and the first paragraph is:
>  
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0
> %%Creator: dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software
> %%Title: cl00.dvi
> %%Pages: 15
> %%PageOrder: Ascend
> %%BoundingBox: 0 0 596 842
> %%DocumentPaperSizes: a4
> %%EndComments
> %DVIPSWebPage: (www.radicaleye.com)
> %DVIPSCommandLine: dvips -f cl00
> %DVIPSParameters: dpi=600, compressed
> %DVIPSSource: TeX output 2000.05.09:1253
> %%BeginProcSet: texc.pro
>   
> It then goes in to program laugauge.
> Could I enquire what software would be required to open this (correctly) and what would be its true file name?
> If it is not usable may i enquire what was information on the file?
> The cork's are awaiting a reply!
> You know when something really baffles and bugs one at the same time.

That's a PostScript file, probably a graphic of some kind.  The
language is quite nice for doing graphics and it is used in many
modern printers.  Here's some information about it:

http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/postscript.html

On a Mac, OSX, make the file name end with .ps and try to open it.  It
should convert automatically to PDF and open in the Previewer.

Tom

  Dr. Thomas D. Schneider
  National Institutes of Health
  National Cancer Institute
  Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program
  Molecular Information Theory Group
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  toms at ncifcrf.gov
  permanent email: toms at alum.mit.edu (use only if first address fails)
  http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/