Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!Wiseman.pa@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: Wiseman.pa@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@uw-beaver (Wiseman.pa@PARC-MAXC.ARPA) Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: WASHINGTON.ARPA mailer was obliged to send this message in 50-byte Message-ID: <760@uw-beaver> Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 12:14:09 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.760 Posted: Mon Dec 5 12:14:09 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Dec-83 20:32:31 EST Sender: root@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 40 individually Pushed segments because normal TCP stream transmission timed out. This probably indicates a problem with the receiving TCP or SMTP server. See your site's software support if you have any questions. Return-Path: Received: from PARC-MAXC.ARPA by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Sun 4 Dec 83 10:54:40-PST Date: 4 Dec 83 10:54:21 PST (Sunday) From: Wiseman.pa@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Subject: Re: new device In-reply-to: To: Rich $alz cc: Brian Reid , laser-lovers@WASHINGTON.ARPA ReSent-date: Sun 4 Dec 83 16:37:56-PST ReSent-from: Richard Furuta ReSent-to: "Laser Lovers": ; Agfa has demoed the P400 being driven by a Lisa at the Hannover Faire, however, the system required a VAX mini inbetween. Compugraphic (which is owned by Agfa) is already marketing the Personal Composition System with Lisa directy driving an 8400 CRT-based phototypsetter. But the only images that can be produced on Lisa can be output (2 pgs/min). Therefore none of CG's fonts are available. The company has told analysts that it will implement all the functions of its MCS-10 composition system on LISA by 1H/84. The new software would maintain the Lisa interface and "what you see is what you get" The P400 printer will probably be available by then. Right now the CG/LISA package is pretty limited. Since LISA is running flat out now on the 68000, they may have trouble driving the P400 without more hardware (i.e. the microVAX chip set recently announced). The company/product combination clearly has potential, but I think the deliverables will be weak through 84. Appreciate anything more you may hear about the products Ben Wiseman Xerox OSD 415-494-4759