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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Why is Mac PostScript a problem
Summary: More proprietary bs
Keywords: mac postscript
Message-ID: <1406@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 18 Jul 90 02:22:07 GMT
References: <9674@hubcap.clemson.edu> <2514@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk>
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In article <2514@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk>, liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts) writes:
> In <9674@hubcap.clemson.edu> philip@hubcap.clemson.edu (Philip L Harshman) writes:
> 
> 
> Mac LaserPrep files are a problem because they make use of such
> a wide range of PostScript esoterica and have built-in
> assumptions about the kinds of printers they might be used
> 
> Some of the eexec stuff actually contains a string of gibberish
> which is passed to cexec (is this 68000 code?), so that may
> cause some hassle with printers onther than the LaserWriters.

Yes it is 68000 machine language. I would appreciate it if someone would
email me the eexec portions of the laser prep file, as I don't have a MAC
to get it from.  I'd like to look at the 68000 code a bit.  I'm currently
tearing Cexec stuff appart, and documenting how it works.  I'm looking for
all the cexec stuff I can get my hands on.

I suspect that Apple does these sorts of things, to encourage people to
buy THIER laserprinter, rather than someone elses.  I'm sure that is why
the original laserwriters didnot have a centronics port...etc...

Cheers
Woody