Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!crl!scotth From: scotth@rocco.labs.tek.com (Scott Herzinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: DeskWriter/Stylewriter on Minimal Mac (correction) Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 23:20:15 GMT References: <1991Jun14.232624.1489@world.std.com> <2137@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> Sender: news@crl.LABS.TEK.COM Organization: Tektronix Computer Research Lab Lines: 31 In-reply-to: erude@ils.nwu.edu's message of 17 Jun 91 17:24:30 GMT > > My brother in law has a 1MB Mac Plus with no hard drive. Is it > > possible (practical?) for him to use either a DeskWriter or a > > Stylewriter? What limitations might there be? > The Deskwriter requires a hard drive and you would be hard pressed to > run it with only 1M RAM. Your friend needs a hard drive (badly) and > probably a RAM upgrade. Just a slight correction: a DeskWriter doesn't require a hard drive. A hard drive is only needed to store the HP DeskWriter printer fonts, which you *don't need* if you use TrueType. TrueType works well with the DeskWriter and the results are of the same quality regardless of whether you use the HP printer fonts or TrueType. Since you much have to use TrueType with the StyleWriter, this evens the score down to the question of which driver (StyleWriter or DeskWriter) runs best (at all?) in 1MB? I can't answer this question; can someone else report on using the StyleWriter on a 1MB machine? TrueType is available via anonymous FTP; I've used it daily since I grabbed a copy. It comes with Times, Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol. Others cost money (same as HP). The DeskWriter is a lot faster than the StyleWriter. That's about the only other objective information I can provide. Scott -- Scott Herzinger scotth@crl.labs.tek.com Computer Research Lab, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500 MS 50-662, Beaverton, OR 97077