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From: nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan)
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Subject: Re: New Driver (2.1) for HP's DeskWriter
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Date: 18 Feb 91 02:01:15 GMT
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drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin) writes:


>Has anyone else seen this?  I just checked a local BBS and found
>version 2.1 of the DeskWriter drivers (AppleTalk and non-AppleTalk).
>Supposedly a lot of bugs are fixed (including the one which could
>corrupt the Memory Manager in v2.0) and there is now support for
>low-level printing calls.

I found it on America Online on February 13th, a few hours after it had
been posted.  The dates on the HP files are from December, 1990, though.

>Does HP ever distribute these things widely, though?  It's not on
>any FTP sites I've seen (I *have* sent the package to SUMEX, Rascal,
>etc.) and I never received an upgrade notice.

Same here, although I understand that your dealer is supposed to provide
this 'service'.  Hell, I've never heard ANYTHING from my dealer since I
bought the thing over a year ago, and I've been in there several time to
buy new ink cartridges.

>For that matter, is HP on the net so I can ask without having to
>call long distance?

I've seen HP postings, but I don't think they can 'officially' post anything.
If HP hasn't any objection, I'll send it to comp.binaries.mac

Please, dear readers, DON'T ask me to e-mail it to you.  

Michael Nolan
nolan@helios.unl.edu