LaserWriter Plus

[Scott Stevens]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:49:23 -0500
John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote:

> At 09:19 PM 4/9/2005, der Mouse wrote:
> >> Back in 1988, when sending a semi-complex page took tens of minutes
> >> to spool, PS was magic for me -- computer control was returned in
> >> less than half a minute and I could keep working while this complex
> >> page was formed on the printer.
> >
> >I still remember the time, soon after we (at the university lab I
> >worked for at the time) got our first LaserWriter, when I wrote PS
> >code
> 
> Well, back in that day, the Laserwriter had a CPU quite comparable to
> what was in the personal computer.  Same for the Commodore 64 and its
> 1541 disk drive.  :-)
> 

The LaserWriter had one of those massive 64 pin DIP package 68000 chips
on it.  Often the LaserWriter had a more powerful CPU than the Macintosh
connected to it.

-Scott