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From: whitcomb@vivaldi.Berkeley.EDU (Gregg Whitcomb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga --> Mac LaserWriter II
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Date: 28 Oct 88 01:39:29 GMT
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> ...  You see, there are dozens of places now where one
> can go and rent time on a Mac/LaserWriter for a pretty cheap price.  I envy
> this public-access laser/hard-copy capability the Mac world has.
> 
> Since it's probably unlikely that these places will start installing Amigas
> tied to laser printers, the only solution is to show up with a Macintosh-
> readable disk.  I think it has been discussed before, but is it possible
> for the Amiga to produce a Mac-readable disk, ready to be cheaply lasered
> at the neighborhood copy store?
> 
> 		Phil Stone	 (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov  OR  phil@eos.UUCP)

They may not install Amigas, but they may do what some of the centers
in this area do: install modems!  It's no problem to dial up their
machines and download the postscript files.  They do charge a bit
more for downloading however (about the same or less than the printing
charge).


-Gregg Whitcomb (whitcomb@ic.berkeley.edu)