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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Imagewriter dead?
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Date: 29 Mar 91 22:13:43 GMT
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In article <1991Mar29.202419.9939@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
>
>Since the Stylewriter costs the same as the Imagewriter, does that mean
>that the Imagewriter is dead?
>
>Can I run a Stylewriter on a Mac with one meg RAM and no hard disk?
>(Imagewriter works fine.)  How about a Mac 512?  (Imagewriter works fine.)
>Yes, we still have lots of these 512s in use...

The Imagewriter isn't dead-- there are applications requiring continuous
form paper and/or impact printing that the ImageWriter will be good for.

I suspect the stylewriter will work fine on a Mac Plus w/1 MB (don't know if
the drivers will work with a 64K ROM), though with very few fonts.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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