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- From: marc@targon.UUCP (Marc Dierikx)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari laser...old
- Message-ID: <2886@targon.UUCP>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 07:01:00 GMT
- References: <1993Jan10.235621.13460@bsu-ucs> <2885@targon.UUCP> <1993Jan11.203928.13484@bsu-ucs>
- Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Infosyst.,PO 29, 4130 EA Vianen, Netherlands.
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- In article <1993Jan11.203928.13484@bsu-ucs> 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
- >Yep. By Diablo and FX80 _emulator_, do you mean what is called a driver on
- >WordPerfect, and other programs? Or is there some sort of emulator cartridge
- >like for the HP DeskJet?
- >
- > -Matt
-
-
- Well it's not a cartridge. The diablo emulator is just a program you
- run before printing (or at startup). Any text output is redirected to
- the dma bus. It does also do bitmaps however (ghostscript and tex
- use this for example). I don't think this was a diablo feature :-)
-
- The fx80 emulator is an accessory which is a bit smarter, but it uses
- a huge amount of memory (configurable, but for bitmaps you need at least
- about 1-1.5 meg) immediately after startup, while the diablo
- emulator just needs 1 meg when you print something.
-
- Marc
-