CompuServe Messages

Steve, Nathan, Stephen, Thanks. When I bought my LWII NT I really only wanted a proof press before going to Lino. I didn't worry too much at the time about upgrades but thought I could rely on the machine as conforming to an industry-wide standard PDL. I couldn't afford a II NTX at the time, but figured that I would probably be able to upgrade the 68000 micro processor to a 68020 or maybe even an 030 if that became necessary. I thought for sure that future changes in the PostScript interpreter would be nothing more than a ROM change. I also (wrongly) assumed that there would be a third party market for upgrades (speedups, etc). After all, the machine is 'just' a 680×0 computer with a laser driven xerographic device rather than a CRT. Now with changes in the PostScript standard evolving, and the Apple/Adobe estrangement, these machines may become orphans. It may not be possible to see output on a LW that will closely enough approximate the output on a PostScipt image setter which is using a version of PostScript that has been updated. I do not think that Apple is going to be interested in updating the machines' innards to keep pace with Adobe-PostScript. I sure hope that Adobe itself or some third party will perceive a market need in this area. Rich