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Article #6195Re: PostScript on Computer Displays
From: Mike Hoegeman
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 22:46
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 22:46
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In article <1991Jun3.140245.13924@engage.pko.dec.com> davis@3d.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis) writes: > >In article <284554CA.424F@deneva.sdd.trw.com>, thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark R. Thomsen) writes... >>I have three questions. >> > . > . > . >> >>Question 1: Are there computers other than NeXT (DPS), SGI (NeWS), >>and Sun (NeWS) that create graphics for the computer screens in >>PostScript - real, planned, or mythical? >> >DEC's DECwindows system includes the Display PostScript X extensions. > . > . > . NeWS runs on other things like mac II's and 386 PC's under OS/2 I think. If you are really ambitious and have the bucks, you can buy the X11/NeWS source for like 1000 dollars and hack away. Supposedly it comes with some nice porting guide documentation and is relatively painless to get it running quickly on dumb framebuffers.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!wlbr!roger.imsd.contel.com!mh From: mh@roger.imsd.contel.com (Mike Hoegeman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: PostScript on Computer Displays Message-ID: <1991Jun3.224629.19668@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> Date: 3 Jun 91 22:46:29 GMT Article-I.D.: wlbr.1991Jun3.224629.19668 References: <1991Jun3.140245.13924@engage.pko.dec.com> Sender: news@wlbr.imsd.contel.com (news) Organization: Contel FSD, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: roger.imsd.contel.com