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Subject: Re: PC MacBridge
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 15:50:52 EDT
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From: "Roger C. King" <RCKing@MIT-MULTICS.arpa>

I have had great success modifying the printer drivers for XyWrite II
Plus to get them to output PostScript code. XyWrite, from XyQuest in
Bedford, MA, is an excellent wordprocessor which can then be used, of
course, to take any ASCII file and output the appropriate PostScript.
XyWrite III, available soon, supports proportional fonts, and also
adapts easily to PostScript, and is thus compatible with any
font you might want to call up internal to the LaserWriter or
download to it. However, XyQuest has not as yet sent out
any official LaserWriter drivers, so you have to be able
to do it yourself (not too difficult, I am not a 'hacker' in what I
would call the formal definition, if there is one, of the word) or
modify unsupported drivers like my own to meet your own needs. 

Roger King
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

I am willing to offer XyWrite II Plus drivers to anyone that might
want them.