Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!oliveb!pyramid!voder!apple!bc From: bc@apple.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Macintosh II not Macintosh ][ Message-ID: <1282@apple.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 13:59:14 EDT Article-I.D.: apple.1282 Posted: Tue Jul 7 13:59:14 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jul-87 06:46:13 EDT References: <80@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu> <170011@acf3.NYU.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 17 Summary: How to do background printing (a non-cheap solution) Assuming you have a Mac II and a Laserwriter for development, (If you are willing to settle for an Imagewriter, then spool boxes are insanely cheap) if the only thing you need is background printing, then get LaserSpool or equivalent, and the cheeepest secondhand mac that will run it. Chances are, this config will be cheaper than some UN*X boxes that I would care to mention, with equivalent capabilities. And, when you are not spooling the Great American Program, you have a whole 'nother processor to test out your programs on. And you can have it Right Now, not Real Soon. (I'm not kidding. This is a cost-effective solution.) (DISCLAIM: My address may say "apple", but I'm an MIT student working here for the summer. They won't tell me their official opinions, so any resemblance is coincidental.)..................................bc