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> > > I have tried the one from arachne website on a pdf file I received. It
> > > does not work. This is what I get:
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > Exiting due to signal SIGNOFP
> > > Coprocessor not available at eip=0003accc
> > 
> > Does your computer have a coprocessor?
> 
> How do you know?
> 
> What if I do not have?

I think this error message is implying that pdftotext needs a math
coprocessor.

We use another diagnostic program (for DOS) called syschk.  You can find
it online somewhere.  It is shareware.  Type syschk and it gives you a
page of general information about your computer.  The first line for
my pentium 166 reads:

CPU:  Intel Pentium with       FPU:  Internal      

FPU is the coprocessor.  If it says something like none, you don't have a
math coprocessor.  Do you have a 486SX?

It then tells you speed, ROM date, memory, etc.  Do not trust the video
memory number.   I just noticed this computer has a VESA 2.0 video card so
I can try Xvesa from JP.

> > 
> > Do you have cwsdpmi.exe on the path?
> 
> Yes. In the same directory. The useful thing I can do is "pdftotext /?".


Try pdftotext on a computer that you know has a math coprocessor.