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From: mae%vygr@Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division})
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: online database graphics
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Date: 20 May 88 22:13:07 GMT
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Probably the wrong group to follow up on this, but here goes.

You should look into Postscript as your PDL(Page Description Language). Sun has 
choosen (and extended) Postscript as basis for NeWS. 

An interesting NeWS demo is an Atari ST acting as a NeWS server via RS-232.

Is Postscript a standard? Seems to be for printers, at least.
mike (sun!mae), M/S 5-40
"There's nothing human that's alien to us." - A. Einstein