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Article #23351Re: Atari laser...old
From: Marc Dierikx
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:01
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:01
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In article <1993Jan11.203928.13484@bsu-ucs> 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes: >Yep. By Diablo and FX80 _emulator_, do you mean what is called a driver on >WordPerfect, and other programs? Or is there some sort of emulator cartridge >like for the HP DeskJet? > > -Matt Well it's not a cartridge. The diablo emulator is just a program you run before printing (or at startup). Any text output is redirected to the dma bus. It does also do bitmaps however (ghostscript and tex use this for example). I don't think this was a diablo feature :-) The fx80 emulator is an accessory which is a bit smarter, but it uses a huge amount of memory (configurable, but for bitmaps you need at least about 1-1.5 meg) immediately after startup, while the diablo emulator just needs 1 meg when you print something. Marc
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!targon!marc From: marc@targon.UUCP (Marc Dierikx) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari laser...old Message-ID: <2886@targon.UUCP> Date: 12 Jan 93 07:01:00 GMT References: <1993Jan10.235621.13460@bsu-ucs> <2885@targon.UUCP> <1993Jan11.203928.13484@bsu-ucs> Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Infosyst.,PO 29, 4130 EA Vianen, Netherlands. Lines: 19