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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GhostScript executable for PCs ?
Message-ID: <434.247B5B38@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 25 May 89 01:23:42 GMT
References: <2297UD092096@NDSUVM1>
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In article <2297UD092096@NDSUVM1>, UD092096@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:
 >I've seen people ask this question before, but have never seen an answer.
 >Is an executable version for IBM-PC type machines available for anonymous
 >ftp somewhere?  I know where to get the source code, but don't have a
 >Turbo-C compiler.

I, on the other hand, do have a Turbo C compiler, but do not know where to
find the source code.  If it turns out that I can use it, and it's not
overly large (ftp'ing anything over about 500K gets to be a real drag
when it's your personal machine that's tied up, and it's done at 2400 baud),
and not too much work is required to make it compile under TC2.0, I
might consider compiling it.  Could someone please let me know where it
is?  (Mailed replies will be fine...)

What exactly is GhostScript?  From what I've heard, it's some sort of
Postscript clone.  What printers can it handle?  What, exactly, does it
DO?  Do you have to feed it an on-disk file?  Can you send it the printer
output of a program through a pipe?  Most importantly, will it work
with my Star NX-10 printer?  (The NX-10 is "mostly compatable" with the
Epson FX-80 (minor things that "nobody would want to do" are not supported,
such as setting the line spacing to 0/216 inches...Things that, unfortunately,
DVIESP uses...Grr...), and fully compatable with the IBM graphics printer.)

 >If anybody E-Mails an answer, I promise to summarize to the net.

This just about goes without saying, but I'll do the same.

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