#GoScript/BlasterBoard
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Does anyone here have experience with a Postscript compatible
interpreter called GoScript? How good is it? There is a product
called a BlasterBoard that goes in a PC and connects to a HP
Laserjet to give you Postscript on what would otherwise not be
a Postscript compatible printer. Has anyone used it?
What do you think about it?
Thanks,
Will
Will, Haven't ever used the BlasterBoard, but I have used GoScript. It likes
memory (you need an additional 1 meg in the HP, and it hogs almost all of the
640K in your computer), but other than that, it's okay. About three months ago
PC Mag did a story on PostScript and PostScript-clone boards, with a sidebar on
Freedom of the Press and GoScript. If you don't have PC Mag or keep back
issues, try a local library. Sorry — I don't recall the exact issue.
You might also want to think about PacificPage from Pacific Data. It is a
PostScript emulation cartridge that fits into one of the cartridge slots of the
HP. It doesn't require memory in the computer, a board, a video interface, or
software, but it does need an additional 2 MB of RAM in the printer (for a
total of 2.5 MB, minimum). I have one now and although a little slow (but
somewhat faster than GoScript), it works well. Note that neither GoScript nor
PacificPage use real PostScript. Anyway, for what that's worth…
— Gordon