Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: StyleWriter printer Message-ID: <1991Apr5.042542.15231@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 5 Apr 91 04:25:42 GMT References: <9104050352.AA27439@apple.com> Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 13 MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: >The StyleWriter will NOT work with ANY Apple II computer, unfortunately. >The official papers on it say that it was designed 'specifically' for the >Macintosh (i.e. specifically not for the Apple II). I've heard a rumer that >they're working on a driver for the GS, but I seriously doubt it'll happen. Ah, the specifically business is because the StyleWriter is totally dependent on the host for bitmap rendering, and Apple likes making a big deal about the graphic nature of the Mac as opposed to the 'character-based' MS-DOS. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu