Sun LaserWriter

[Scott R. Anderson]

In article <13400015 at mirror.UUCP> rs at mirror.UUCP writes:
>I write:
>>Sun Microsystems gets their LaserWriter from Apple, and they provide an
>>interface kit which has filters for troff, ditroff, Diablo, and plot(5)
>>output.  If you already have a LaserWriter, you can get it separately,
>>but they charge $1800.
>
>The same(?) functionality is available from Adobe (415-852-0271) for
>about one-third that for binary.  It is wonderful.

I just heard about the Adobe package, and I am curious if Sun is just
passing this on with a jacked-up price.  Anybody know for sure if there
are any significant differences?

					Scott Anderson
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