holtz@cascade.carleton.CDN (Neal Holtz) (07/28/87)
We have a LaserWriter attached to a PC-clone via RS232C (soon to be networked, in some manner, but will remain serially attached). We are using Wordstar 4.0, Wordperfect, TeX and other stuff that emits straight PostScript. Problem is that Wordstar only uses Diablo emulation mode, while everything else sends more or less well-behaved PostScript (less, in the case of WordPerfect). All this seems to require continually changing that silly little rotary switch in the back, to switch from Diablo emulation mode and back again. I can't beleive that there isn't a hook into that emulation mode from LaserWriter PostScript, except I can't find it in my (rather old) documentation. Anybody know what it is: i.e., how can I get at the Diablo emulator without touching the rotary switch? The alternative seems to be writing a Diablo emulator in PostScript; if my first question can't be answered, does anyone have such a beast that they would be willing to share? In a related question, it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to write a replacement RS232 driver for PC's that would honour XON/XOFF and DTR protocols, and would pop up little window on the screen to display messages from the LaserWriter. Anyone know of such a thing? Neal Holtz Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario (613) 723-0192