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Re: GS for hercules?

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From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:52
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Re <9301080624.AA19140@raisin-nut> <1ii95lINN8sl@agate.berkeley.edu>:

> Are there any plans to have ghostscript handles hercules
> monitors?  The documentation I read said that the then-
> version couldn't do this (ver 2.5...), that there was a
> collision between graphics and characters.

I don't plan to ever do anything specifically for Hercules monitors.
You might be able to get Ghostscript to drive them by using the BGI
device (you'll have to reconfigure and recompile) and redirecting
stdout to a file.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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