dale@altnet.UUCP (dale) (11/06/87)
I have a system III machine for which I have acquired a DIABLO 630
printer. I would like nroff to understand this printer. What do I need
and how do I do it?. There are macros? for the daisy 300/450 and some
HP terminals, but no daisy wheels I ever heard of.
Any help would be appreciated. I can be reached at 408-964-6700 during
the day and 408-446-9816 at night. Or email me at
{dlb,altnet,auspyr}!eridani!dale or uunet!altnet!dale.gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (11/17/87)
In article <202@altnet.UUCP> dale@altnet.UUCP (dale) writes: >I have a system III machine for which I have acquired a DIABLO 630 >printer. I would like nroff to understand this printer. What do I need >and how do I do it?. There are macros? for the daisy 300/450 and some >HP terminals, but no daisy wheels I ever heard of. That's DASI 300 & 450, not daisy. A DASI 300 was a HyType I printer and a DASI 450 was a HyType II printer, as I understand it. The Diablo 630 is a HyType II printer, I think, so use "nroff -T450".
russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence) (11/18/87)
In article <6686@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes: > In article <202@altnet.UUCP> dale@altnet.UUCP (dale) writes: > >I have a system III machine for which I have acquired a DIABLO 630 > >printer. I would like nroff to understand this printer. What do I (do)... > > That's DASI 300 & 450, not daisy. A DASI 300 was a HyType I printer > and a DASI 450 was a HyType II printer, as I understand it. The > Diablo 630 is a HyType II printer, I think, so use "nroff -T450". Unfortunately, the -T450 switch does not really work perfectly for the 630. I don't have the manuals with me at the moment, but as I recall there were some minor changes in the 630's command set that screw up 'tbl' and 'eqn'. Also, there are several different flavors of the 630: a basic 630 and a more "intelligent" version. The more intelligent version would have a fully extended HPR05 board that performs a lot of word processing functions --- proportional spacing, underlining, shadow print, etc. We were unable to most of those features until we got our hands on Bruce Townsend's table building programs. Our ps mode still s*cks (thanks to bugs in nroff), but at least we get pretty good tables. -- Russell Lawrence (WP Group POB 306, Metairie, LA 70004) AT&T: +1 504 456 0001 UUCP: !{philabs,hpda,nbires,amdahl,...}!uunet!wpg!russ COMPUSERVE: 72337,3261
jfh@killer.UUCP (11/24/87)
There is a package that came down the net before The Great Name Change
which could be used to build character tables for nroff. I am willing
to send it out if need be, but I'd much rather have someone figure out
what archives it's in so I don't duplicate someone else's job.
- John.
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"Don't Have an Oil Well? Then Buy One!" (214) 231-0993bruce@bnr-vpa.UUCP (11/26/87)
In article <2203@killer.UUCP> jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes: >There is a package that came down the net before The Great Name Change >which could be used to build character tables for nroff. I am willing >to send it out if need be, but I'd much rather have someone figure out >what archives it's in so I don't duplicate someone else's job. I am the author of the "table" utility referred to above. It is for use with USG systems that do not have the ability to prepare new nroff terminal driver tables. I have recently sent a new version to the moderator of comp.sources.unix (two weeks ago), but have not heard anything back, nor have I seen any articles recently in that group. Perhaps he is on vacation, or busy with other things. In any case, I hope to have it distributed net-wide soon! The new version is much better than the old. Some bugs have been found and fixed, and there is a better Makefile. Also, for those who have HP-UX, with nroff supporting Kanji characters, the old table utility is broken. The new one will support this. -- Bruce Townsend (bnr-vpa!bruce) Phone: (613) 726-3008 Bell-Northern Research Usenet: {utzoo, utcs}!bnr-vpa!bruce P.O. Box 3511, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4H7