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From: korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 87 21:37:58 PDT

> My department is interested in desktop publishing, however, we do not have
> a MacIntosh/LaserWriter setup. Instead we have several IBM PCs and a HP
> LaserJet. Questions:
> 
> 1) Will a PC, LaserJet, Pagemaker system work?

No.  You will NEED at least a PC/AT class machine.  Pagemaker will not run
otherwise (so sayeth the box; I've not bothered testing it yet).  

Ventura will run on a stockPC, but I don't recommend it.  Too slow.

> 2) Does Pagemaker require EGA?

No.  But you'll want at least EGA (640x350) resolution.  Better still to
get one of the EGA+ boards (like the Video-7 Vega Delux board) which can
give you resolution of up to 640x480 -or- 734x340 in 16 colors out of a 
64 color palete on either the NEC MultiSync or Sony MultiSpeed monitors.

> 3) Is a LaserJet adequate or will a upgrade to a LaserJet Plus be required?

I couldn't say--I haven't had a chance to test it yet.  If the LaserJet
turns out to not be adequate, don't bother with the LJ-plus; go straight
to either an Apple LaserWriter, or the new LaserJet/2.


In another article, someone asks if EGA resolution is enough for Pagemaker.  
I'd say yes.  Although if you can go to EGA+ (some call it SuperEGA; others 
claim [falsely] that it's PGA reoslution), I'd recommend spending the 
extra $$ for the greater resolution.


In a previous article I said that PageMaker on a 10Mhz AT was very slow.
I've since talked with Aldus, and straightened a few things out.  PageMaker
is very slow if it's not the only thing running under windows (ie if you
had the DOS window running as well); but if not, speed isn't more than
20% slower than a Macintosh in general.  Also there is a newer version
of Pagemaker (version 1.0a) that uses the newer runtime verison of Windows
which should help speed things up a bit more.


Peter

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