Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!TAAB5
From: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Subject: Re: Anyone seen Amiga GhostScript???
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.072905.6367@news.iastate.edu>
Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
Reply-To: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
References: <Jon_Wolf.3278@amicol.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 07:29:05 GMT
Lines: 35

In article <Jon_Wolf.3278@amicol.UUCP>, Jon_Wolf@amicol.UUCP (Jon Wolf) writes:
>>From: bwhemphill@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Barry Hemphill)
>>        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 know of something better for the Amiga. POST 1.6. It is a really good
>Postscript interpreter. It uses a library format so not only can Post do the
>interpreting, but you can interface to this library. There is alreadya
>program to conver Postscript fonts to Amiga bitmap fonts using the Post
>library. Also, the source code has been posted in a seperate release. It
>blows away PixelScript.

   Where is this POST 1.6 and this postscript font to Amiga font converter?
I have only seen versions of Post up to 1.5.  If you have 1.6, it would
be nice if you could make it available on an FTP site somewhere (AB20 would
be perfect).

>
>-- Via DLG Pro v0.97b
>
>     ___               _     __  _
>    (   )             ' )   /   //  /)
>     __/________       / / / __|/  // 
>    / /  (_) /) )_    (_(_/ (_) \_//_
>   (_/                           />
>                                </ 
  -------------------------------------------------------------
 / Marc Barrett  -MB- | BITNET:   XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET        /   
/  ISU COM S Student  | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU   /      
------------------------------------------------------------    
\        The great thing about standards is that          /
 \       there are so many of them to choose from.       /
  -------------------------------------------------------
