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From: dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
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Subject: Re: Anyone seen Amiga GhostScript???  (Now, re: Post)
Keywords: PostScript
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Date: 28 May 91 12:23:45 GMT
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As far as I know, GhoScript or whatever isn't on the Amiga.  But this
shouldn't cause a bunch of gcc owners to madly start porting, because
there are already 2 PostScript options on the Amiga.  As the previous poster 
pointed out, there is a PD PostScript interpreter, Post, which is now at 
version 1.6.  (V. post1.5 is on ab20)  I have great respect for the author 
of this program.  It really is great.

The other option is commercial, PixelScript, and would work great
for the person who prefers a slightly slicker presentation, and wants
phone support.  (Support for Post is here on the net, though not by
the author.)

In any case, I think there should be more hoopla about these two programs--
both produce great output, and not too slowly, either.  (Running on a 68000,
though, makes one realize how slow a NeXT would be with the '000 in it,
instead of a '030.)  Postscript isn't really built for speed.

dylan
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