Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!se-sd!cns!dltaylor From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: An interesting idea... Message-ID: <912@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: 26 Apr 91 00:27:05 GMT References: Organization: NCR Corp. SE-San Diego Lines: 14 In judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: >Would it be possible to produce a cheap laserprinter (Postscript) that >used both the memory and processor of it's host machine? I'll say before the NeXToids. Theirs does just that. There are also interface boards that drop into PC's, but have their own CPU and RAM. They interprest the PS and dump it to the printer. My question is: why burn system CPU bandwith on a mutlitasking machine, since the cost of PS on a laser with it's own CPU already is so small. Dan