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From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver
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Subject: Re: Apple Laser Writer
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 21:44:09 EDT
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From: William LeFebvre 

> According to Unix World Sun and Apple made a deal, and SUN is going to
> buy Laser Writers from Apple.

Yup.  I've got a brochure sitting next to me from Sun advertising
"The Sun LaserWriter".  It looks just like an Apple laser writer
'with the word "Apple" scratched out and the word "Sun" written in 
in crayon.'		(Paraphrased from Monty Python)

From the Brochure:
Software:
  Printcap output filters and translators for troff C/A/T files, ditroff
  intermediate output, plot(5) files, Diablo print files.

Other than that, it looks just like a LaserWriter.

			William LeFebvre
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			
                        or, for the daring: 

[[Editor's note:  I believe that Sun is marketing a combination of the
LaserWriter and a binary copy of Adobe's TranScript, and this is what
is being described here.			--Rick]]