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In article <1992Sep28.163058.6642@RedBrick.COM>, jfr@RedBrick.COM writes:
|>In article <2097@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) writes:
>
|> >
|> >Oh, btw, how is Sun making DisplayPostScript run on those X terminals?
|> 
|>   This is not a very difficult thing to do.  X11R5 has the ability to
|>   support extensions to X, including such things as Font Servers and
|>   Display Postscript managers.  The actual extension will run on an
|>   X-client machine since most X-servers will not have the extension
|>   directly available (although it is possible that X terminals will
|>   start to support some of these extensions directly).  

some corrections/nits:

first, X11 has always supported an extension mechanism, since R1
(9/30/87).  also, the Font Server is not an extension, though its expected
to assist future extensions.

in NCD's case the DPS extension will be in the server (ie, X terminal).
(in fact, by definition any extension is in the server). 

Adobe has demoed (at this year's Xhibition) a server which allows XDPS
to be translated by another server into raw X calls, which will allow
any X server to display XDPS.

-- 
Dave Lemke				lemke@ncd.com
Network Computing Devices, Inc.