Re: Quality text output cheap

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From: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1986 16:34

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> This is a followup to Message-ID: <189@maynard.UUCP>, posted to
> net.text and net.wanted.sources, in which I asked for "quality text
> output cheap".
> ...
> Most people suggested `ptroff' or `Transcript' from Adobe Systems.

What's "ptroff?" If it's well known, I'd better change the name of
our local vtroff simulator for the Printronix P-600 to something other
than "ptroff!" (What does this have to do with quality text output!?)
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Quality text output cheap
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 11:34:34 EST
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