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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1770.0. "POSTSCRIPT viewers???" by MANTIS::LONG () Wed Oct 12 1988 15:14

Is there any utility ( PD or commercial ) that will allow me to view POSTSCRIPT
files on the Amiga?  So many people are putting their documentation into files
aimed at POSTSCRIPT printers that I come to a screaching halt when I find I 
have to wait till the next day to print out something I only need to glance at
( my desk is piled a few feet high with documents I couldn't look at online )
I seem to be able to do about any kind of work at home nights but read PS 
documentation. Getting an LPS40 for home seems a bit extreme.

I looked around for any mention of this and if I missed it please point me to 
the proper note(s).

	Thanks,
		Dick

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1770.1	PsIntrp in FF 101 might be what you want..	PUERTO::ALVAREZ	Miguel,from sunny Puerto Rico	`Wed Oct 12 1988 17:24`	17
	RE. 0 I found the following in the contents description of Fish Disk 101. I have never used it, though. I believe fish disk 101 is available on node TAPE, which holds the files previously located in mvcad3. I'm sure another noter will answer with more details. Miguel A. CONTENTS OF DISK 101 -------------------- PsIntrp A postscript interpreter that reads postscript files and previews them on an Amiga screen. Interactive input and output takes place in a small window. The page to be show is composed behind the window in an interlaced screen with 16 colors. Can also take input from a file. Includes source in assembler. Author: Greg Lee
1770.2	May be a disappointment	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Wed Oct 12 1988 19:04`	5
	Re: .1 If this if the interpreter that I've tried using, it is a very limited subset of postscript. For example, it lacked the postscript primitive used for bitmapped images.
1770.3	still looking	SPIDER::LONG		`Thu Oct 13 1988 19:30`	2
	re:-1 and it crashs very easily
1770.4	GHOSTSCRIPT maybe?	DNEAST::PFISTER_ROB	I cant put THAT here.....	`Fri Oct 14 1988 11:18`	5
	GHOSTSCRIPT (from GNU) supposedly will display Postscript onto an X-Windows machine. It might be a bit much work to port it to the Amiga to. (Unless someone has written X-11 for the Amiga) Robb
1770.5	Duck has it now!	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Fri Oct 14 1988 18:16`	5
	Re: .4 >(Unless someone has written X-11 for the Amiga) Someone has. But it hasn't been released yet.