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Re: Ghostscript for MS Windows

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From: Kevin Grover
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:43
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In article <3111@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, rjw9917@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Richard J. Willard) writes:
) From: rjw9917@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Richard J. Willard)
) Subject: Ghostscript for MS Windows
) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:41:10 PDT
) Organization: 777 New Airplane Division
) 
) I think I remember seeing a news posting
) that ghostscript for windows was in beta
) testing and expected out sometime near
) the end of July '92.  Does anybody have
) an update on this subject?  ftp site?
) 
) rjw9917@bcsaic.boeing.com


Someone ported GhostScript 2.1 (I think) to MS WIN.  However, it was
VERY flakey.  It would routinely not work on trivial postscript
examples which worked in the DOS/UNIX version.  I don't think there
will be an 'official' port to windows any time soon.

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