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From: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: PostScript for the 8-bitters?
Message-ID: <878@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 4 May 88 18:20:36 GMT
References: <8805041527.AA02514@mitre-bedford.ARPA>
Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
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From article <8805041527.AA02514@mitre-bedford.ARPA>, by jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA:
> OK, you hackers out there, has anybody written a PostScript interpreter for
> the Atari 8-bitters?  How about a TeX package and software to print .DVI
> files?
> 
> Probably this sort of technology requires too much memory and computing
> horsepower for the 8-bitters, but they continue to surprise me, so I thought
> I'd ask anyway!  (I believe all of the above IS available for the ST.)

Unfortunately, I doubt you'll see it soon.  Most people wouldn't want to
wait 2-6 months for an image to be developed, and in 320x192 resolution.. :-)

The PS interpreter I have for Sun 3/50s takes 5 minutes to display a decent
sized graphics file.. :-(

To print DVI files requires you have access to fonts.  Fonts require 
megabytes and megabytes of disk storage.  Plus lots and lots of numerical
computations.  Unfortunately. :-(

Still like my 1980-edition 800 tho' !

-dg-



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