emuroga@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (11/05/87)
Has anyone heard of a program called Epstart? From what I understand
it allows using Epson printers with a mac. Any experience or more info-
mation on this?
Also, has anyone found a screen-saver DA that will work on the Mac II?
I have tried zoomidle (only runs in corner of screen) and stars 1.6 (bomb)
with no luck.
Eisuke Muroga
University of Illinois
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USENET uiucdcsb!emurogacm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa) (11/07/87)
In article <164500068@uiucdcsb> emuroga@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > > Has anyone heard of a program called Epstart? From what I understand >it allows using Epson printers with a mac. Any experience or more info- >mation on this? > > Also, has anyone found a screen-saver DA that will work on the Mac II? >I have tried zoomidle (only runs in corner of screen) and stars 1.6 (bomb) >with no luck. > Don't know about Epstart, but I've used JetStart, which is similar, but made for the HP ThinkJet printer. It works OK, but the installation program that comes with it is copy protected. I think you need version 2.5 (or whatever's current), because older versions don't work with Chooser. JetStart worked OK with the Mac II, also. As far as screen savers go, the Moving Lines FKey works just fine, but it's not automatic. Best one I've seen so far is Pyro!, which comes bundled with Suitcase.
techserv@kran.UUCP (11/09/87)
I work for Purdue Univ. and a prof. bought a copy of Epstart for his
Epson. This printer had an old serial port attachment in it but
he didn't use it much. The program seemed to work fine but gagged
on the serial port. If you have a serial Epson, You can probably
use Epstart. It has several drivers for different models of printers
The printer was on a Mac + also. I hope this has helped you some.
I am new to the News.
Brian Piersonhammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen) (11/09/87)
In article <164500068@uiucdcsb> emuroga@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > > Also, has anyone found a screen-saver DA that will work on the Mac II? >I have tried zoomidle (only runs in corner of screen) and stars 1.6 (bomb) >with no luck. Stars II works fine on the II. ZoomIdle 1.1 should work fine on the II, as it no longer hard-codes the screen size (ZoomIdle 1.1 has worked on every large screen I have tried it on so far, but I don't have a Mac II handy to test it on... :-( > >Eisuke Muroga >University of Illinois > >ARPA emuroga@b.cs.uiuc.edu >CSNET emuroga@uiuc.csnet >USENET uiucdcsb!emuroga Robert Hammen Computer Applications, Inc. hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen
ir353@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (Matthew Grayson) (11/10/87)
Stars 1.8 works fine on a single screen Mac II in 1bit/pixel mode. That may sound restrictive, but I'm in 2 color 95% of the time (color output anyone?) and single screen 100% of the time. I believe and hope that a newer and more amazing version is in the works. Matt (sdcc6!ir353@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu)