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In article <17433@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes:
>In article <28@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>, ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar) writes:
>> In article <POLLACK.89Dec5120903@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu> pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu writes:
>> >[..]
>> Re the showpage hidden ops.  Presumably Adobe will publish them when
>> 
>> One option to find these special "unlisted" instructions is to dump the
>> ROM contents using the PEEK operator posted a couple on months ago.  If
>
>The Redstone monitor is indeed in the roms.  It turns out that on version
>38.0 and below, you can download s1-s9 records and alter registers.  on ver
>[..]
>crude, but does work.  There is a reference to a peek operator that was posted
>[..]
>other neat and useful functions available also.  I arrived at these quite
>independantly of Adobe.
Why are we being forced to resort to dis-assembling ROMs to find out
all the features of PostScript printers?  While it does sound rather
mystical and exciting (like the old days of computing), it is a lot of
work.  Doesn't Adobe know that there are people determined to find
this kind of stuff out, and its just a matter of time before all their
secrets are common knowledge?

I find it a bit silly that people are using ROM monitors to find
"secret" PostScript commands when Adobe's "red book" claims to be the
complete discription of the PostScript language.  I realize that Adobe
needs to make a profit and protect its trade secrets, but I don't
think this is the way to do it.

Just a few thoughts after following a couple weeks on this topic...
   Dan
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God created the integers; all the rest is the work of man.
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