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From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Subject: Re: Anyone seen Amiga GhostScript???
Message-ID: <1991May30.232701.16436@javelin.sim.es.com>
Keywords: PostScript
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Date: Thu, 30 May 91 23:27:01 GMT

In article <anderson.675555665@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu>, anderson@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent James Anderson) writes:
> ewong@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Eldon Wong) writes:
> 
> >In article <1991May27.022940.14707@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bwhemphill@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Barry Hemphill) writes:
> >>	I've seen somewhere mention of a Postscript interpreter called
> >>Ghostscript.  I know there is at least an MS-DOS version and I think a UNIX
> >>version as well.  Does anyone know of a version of Ghostscript (or something
> >>similar) for the Amiga??  I decided my project for the summer would be to 
> [...deleted...]
> 
> >The product that you are referring to is called GoScript, not GhostScript (FYI).
> [...deleted...]
> >Eldon Wong
> 
> DING DONG YOU'RE WONG (Couldn't resist :)
> There actually _IS_ a product entitled GhostScript and I've used it on various
> UNIX boxes.  BTW: I too am interested in an Amiga GhostScript if anyone else
> has any info.
> 
> -Beej

Try Post. It is at the NASA archive in (I think) amiga/languages/post. I
use it with converted MAC post script fonts and it works very well. A recent
issue of .INFO reviewed it.

David

David Ingebretsen
Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation
600 Komas Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 582-5847 x3758

dingebre@es.com

