6 Nov
2012
6 Nov
'12
6:44 p.m.
On 06/11/12 7:16 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
It's stack based. Beyond that there's not that much similarity. The data
types and various other features were relatively modern for the time.
Definitely deserved its success - an elegant design with a good fit to
its application.
--Toby
> There
were, eventually, quite a few. I used the Corona/Cordata.
> and the JLASER
> and the Eiconscript (Postscript compatible and/or PCL)
> I had a switchbox at the input of my printer.
On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Dave McGuire
wrote:
Neat! I didn't know there were others.
Postscript really is a wonderful thing. :-)
I always assumed that it was a proprietary dialect of Forth.
Do you still have a LaserJet?
(I've got a few IIP's, but I don't want to deal with shipping those.)
I'm not sure where the box(es) of those cards are.
BUT, I can see a shoebox full of HP font cartridges, including several
Postscript ones, "25 in one", and Doctor Marty's ZIF socketed board.
I could send some of those in a Priority Mail box or two.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com