22 Oct
2002
22 Oct
'02
11:05 p.m.
[[ the systems I used were the Compugraphic PowerView
10 (mostly) and 5
(sometimes) -- these were special machines running on an 80186 and booted
from floppy. (There might have been a hard drive interface for 'em, but
you
wouldn't wanna see the price!!!)
Yes, there was a hard drive unit. The one I have was OK as of last year and
working with my CG systems (MCS5/MCS10?). Yes, lots of 186's. The floppy
units
can still be used for running programs and loading fonts.
Also have a couple of the Compugraphic (hacked and rebadged NEC 286's)
boxes.
Later in life, I used a [brainfreeze on the model
number]
3400?
output unit that did everything with a CRT to create
the characters,
lenses to change the size, and fonts & metrics were all on floppy.
8" floppies. I just scrapped one of these phototypesetters a couple
of months ago. Kept most of the parts but discarded the frame/carcass.
Also kept the "CRT box". It's unique, for sure.
IIRC, on the later unit, the output was somewhere in
the
2400DPI range. (this back when lasers barely made 300dpi, and Canon's
bubblejet was just getting up to 180x360 dpi...)
The Compugraphic laser phototypesetter I have is a model 9600. IIRC
its only 600DPI.
Bill