braun@m10ux.UUCP (MHx7079 mh) (04/20/87)
A friend of mine is thinking of doing something in desktop
publishing, but I am not too familiar with it.
So here are his questions:
Will PageMaker run on a AT+T POC 6300 Plus (an 80286 machine)?
Will it need a color monitor?
Does PageMaker really need an AT, or is it just too slow
on a regular PC?
More generally:
What are the hardware requirements to run PageMaker?
Is an AT+T PC 6300 Plus really compatible with an AT?
I don't have any magazines with ads for Aldus(?) around,
or I would call them and ask.
Thanx,
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Doug Braun AT+T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ
m10ux!braun 201 582-7039geller@eli.UUCP (David Geller) (04/22/87)
In article <198@m10ux.UUCP>, braun@m10ux.UUCP (MHx7079 mh) writes: > Will it need a color monitor? No - PageMaker runs under Windows. Thus, the display type is more a factor of the drivers you are using under Microsoft Windows. EGA, however, seems to be the popular route to take for PageMaker. > Does PageMaker really need an AT, or is it just too slow > on a regular PC? It is not so much the speed of PageMaker as is the speed, or LACK of speed of Windows. You can't really run this program on a plain 'ol PC. Even a TURBO (8Mhz) 808X system would be pushing it - especially if you use a high resolution display. Personal Publishing and Publish! (exclamation point part of name) are two excellent sources for desktop publishing information. You can obtain more precise speed data from some of the articles they have published. You want speed and GREAT desktop publishing? Try VENTURA PUBLISHER. I know I keep harping about how great Ventura is on the net - but it is quite good and version 1.1 due out in two weeks promises to be VERY good. And I like an underdog (GEM, DG, Ventura...) And if you have wondered why HP has chosen to use PageMaker in their "system" it is, more than likely, because Xerox distributes Ventura (read Political). For anyone intersted - we use Ventura on AT Clones we make and sell, with a Princeton Graphics Image Scanner, Mouse Systems BUSS Mouse, and Postscript printer (QMS PS800+ starts shipping from QMS this FRIDAY!). David Geller UUCP: ..!seismo!sundc!eli!geller Electric Logic, Inc. Telex: 6503003778 2025 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 220 MCI Mail: PRESS Washington, D.C. 20006 Compuserve: 72667,1312