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From: mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au
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Subject: Re: HP IIIsi
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Date: 10 Apr 91 12:44:35 GMT
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> The 1000 page thing is especially nice.  Ed. price here for the
> PostScript-equipped model with ethernet interface and 4MB extra memory
> is only slightly more than $4K!
> 
> *Unfortunately*, the ethernet interface is for Novell or 3Com networks
> only.  Anybody know if HP's going to come out with an interface that
> UNIX machines can connect to (e.g., by telnetting to it)?  Or even a
> LocalTalk interface?

 Wow, the educational price in Australia is about A$8K! This includes
2Mb of RAM (total), PostScript and an under-the-counter AppleTalk
interface.
 
 Apparently HP aren't releasing their AppleTalk option until August/
September this year, but a dealer has found a third party source but
it is _very_ expensive. Even at this price the printer is better
value than the out-dated NTX printer which sells for about A$6K thro
consortiums here.

 I haven't seen the printer's (IIIsi) speed yet, I hope to give it
some Postscript benchmarks in the next week or two.

 I would be interested in any speed tests (eg. vs NTX) of the IIIsi
using PostScript if anyone happens to have any results.

 Regards,
 Malcolm