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From: jensen@gt-eedsp.UUCP (P. Allen Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: NeXT secrets
Summary: Laser Printer has no memory or computer
Message-ID: <532@gt-eedsp.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 17:05:26 GMT
References: <15478@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1740@eos.UUCP>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 16

In article <1740@eos.UUCP>, lyman@eos.UUCP (Lyman Taylor) writes:
>.....
> 	A possible solution to this is that perhaps there no COMPUTER inside
> the box.  That's right your local LaserWriter is really a deadicated computer
> constantly running PostScript.  Well with the NeXT machine you already have
> one postscript interpreter inside your own box.....

The laserprinter has no computer - Or memory - It uses the NeXT
CPU for everything and sends an image over a "special high-speed"
laser printer interface.  Looks like it will only work on the NeXT
box !
-- 
P. Allen Jensen
Georgia Tech, School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA  30332-0250
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