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Subject: Re: Micros and PostScript
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Date: Sun, 12-Oct-86 17:17:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 12 17:17:00 1986
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Nf-From: mcomp.UUCP!p40001    Oct 12 16:17:00 1986


> /* ---------- "Micros and PostScript" ---------- */
> About 3 weeks ago I mailed out a request asking people what microcomputer
> they had that supported PostScript.
> ...
> In a nutshell: As far as I can tell, only PCs and Macs are using PostScript!
> A bit disappointing don't you think?

As far as I can tell, PostScript support at this time is not a matter of which
micro you are using, but what programs you are running on that micro.

Currently, the only machines which have BUILT-IN support of PostScript are
output devices such as the Apple LaserWriter, and two Allied Linotype 
photo-typesetters.

In all other cases (including MAC and PC), PostScript support is provided
by applications programs. This includes the various desktop publishing 
programs, as well as PostScript post-processors for such programs as TROFF 
or TEX (yes, both of these run on micros, as long as these micros run UNIX). 
You will not see a lot of Amiga-specific or Atari-specific PostScript 
applications as long as only their competition (Apple) has a reasonably 
priced PostScript output device. You don't expect Commodore or Atari to be 
real keen to help sell Apple LaserWriters, do you?

This covers pretty much all 16-bit and 32-bit micros. To run a PostScript
application on an 8-bit micro is not impossible, but difficult because of
memory constraints. But if you want to know what can be done on, say, an Apple
//, read Don Lancaster's column in the COMPUTER SHOPPER.
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