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From: ravi@mcnc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Laser printer
Message-ID: <2026@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Feb-87 01:11:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  7 01:11:58 1987
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Reply-To: ravi@alvin.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
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Summary: Laser printer will not need special interface

>What about upgrading the current ST's to accept the expansion peripherals
>that will be available on the Mega's.  It seems like there may be a lot 
>of yet to be developed peripherals that we will miss out on unless something
>is done. (like the Atari Laserprinter, for example)


The following is taken from a note posted to Compuserve by Atari:

 "The Atari Laser Printer driver is being modified to 
 output VDI printer workstation calls thru the DMA port.  Therefore, 
			  	      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (my emphasis)
 developers can simply treat the Atari Laser Printer as any other VDI device.

 .....
 
 ADDITIONAL:     The 300 dot per inch printer will be sold for less than 
 $1500 US. "
 

	Rest easy, folks!
								-ravi