toml@xrxns.UUCP (Tom Love) (05/02/89)
i am considering two st-related purchases, and would appreciate
hearing from anyone with either direct experience or reliable
information on either of these subjects.
1. moniterm viking monitor. i know that the tube is bloody expensive,
but i'm still interested. problem is, i keep getting weird signals
every time i poke at this topic. a guy from moniterm told me that
they are having trouble getting atari to release a driver they need
to successfully field the moniterm monitor as a product. however,
i keep hearing that it is being shown at trade shows. i called
moniterm, they say the board is ready, for $800, but they won't sell
it to me directly, i need to deal with a sales rep.
a. what is going on here?
b. what software works currently with the viking?
c. what role does this missing driver play?
d. how/where could i buy the interface board? preferably at a good
price.
e. when will the spectre 128 support the moniterm viking?
f. anyone with direct experience out there????????
2. second question: hp deskjet.
i am almost certainly going to buy either a deskjet or deskjet+.
the $/dpi ratio is just too terrific to pass up. i am curious about
two things:
a. what is the driver situation for gem-based applications? and
b. does anyone have experience with imagen's ultrascript for the
deskjet? in either gem or spectre/mac environments.
given a relatively unreliable mail feed, and the fact that these
may be common interest issues, and the relatively narrow group
of people qualified to repond to these queries, i don't feel too
bad in encouraging you to post, rather than mail, your responses.
(i'd be happy to receive mail too, if you want to give it a shot.)
thanks in advance.
tom love
Xerox Engineering Design and Documentation Systems
PO Box 2000 Leesburg, VA 22075 (703)729-8000
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