[comp.sys.atari.st] HP LJ IIP at $995

01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) (10/27/89)

Quoting the LJ IIP at $995 is like quoting a PC with 64K of memory. Both
are useless since the LJ IIP has a mere 1/2 meg. What's the price with
real memory.

I think Atari should run a series of ads throughout a TV program. At the
start, they would announce that they would be printing DTP files from
PC -> LJ, Mac -> LaserWriter and ST -> SLM804. Then they would start the
printing. After 5 minutes, a quick commercial break would announce that
the ST has finished all 5 pages, the Apple is on its second and the PC...
just hang in there. By the end of 15 minutes they could announce that the
Mac had wrapped up and wait, wait wait... the PC-LJ combo seems to be giving
us the first page. Well, you get the point. Go buy a LJ and hook it up to
your parallel port. If you really believe that 2 pages a minute is anything
but ASCII or the rate for multiple pages once the printer has received
its image that took 15 minutes to receive then I have some nice lakefront
property in the Northwest Territories for you guy.