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From: jimh@hpsadla.HP (Jim Horn)
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Subject: Re: Questions and Comments Amigoid...
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 16:44:46 EDT
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Ooops - I forgot the two questions that originally started me on this...

*    There was a reference in net.micro.atari16 to an implimentation of TeX
for the Amiga.  Does anyone know anything about this?  (Yes, I asked the
poster of that note and am still awaiting a response.)

*    With TeX for the IBM PC family, there has been a lot of interest in
and a real market for the J-Laser card which allows those machines to
generate the video signal for the Canon CBX marking engine (the guts of the
laser printer used in the HP Laser Jet, the Apple Writer, and others).
Since we've got 8 Meg (or 10, if you wish) of address space to play
with, plus the speed and capabilities of the 68000, Blitter, and friends,
we should be able to utilize a similar card very, very well.  Considering
too that Ricoh and others are driving the cost (and size) of the marking
engines down steadily, I can't help but wonder if anyone is doing such a
board.  If so, good!  If not......

Thanks in advance for any pointers, inputs, or other nuggets of wisdom!

	Jim "First, ray traced graphics.  Then, a graphic Ray Tracer" Horn
	(707) 794-3130	  1212 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, CA  94928

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