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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
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Subject: Re: PostScript on Computer Displays
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Date: 4 Jun 91 15:57:11 GMT
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In article <633.284AEC6C@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG> Wally.Meerschaert@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG (Wally Meerschaert) writes:
>
> MR> Question 1: Are there computers other than NeXT (DPS), SGI
> MR> (NeWS), and Sun (NeWS) that create graphics for the computer
> MR> screens in PostScript - real, planned, or mythical?
>
>Kludge used to display Postscript output on PC's under DOS/Windows:
>Using QMS GoScript, you can create a PCX file and then from there you
>are home free.  Even WordPerfect will display a PCX file on the screen.
>
>I don't know of any other DOS or Windows based products that will do the
>trick.  




Both GoScript (a commercial program) and Ghostscript (a gnu free product)
will display Postscript directly to the screen as ordinary MSDOS programs.
Ghostscript is reasonably easy to hack for any size screen you have.

Both work well, though there are some things one or the other may have
trouble with. GoScript produces quite excellent hard copy on HP Laser Jets.

Doug MCDonald