The Atari Alternative: Mega4
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The Mega4 desktop publishing system from Atari Corp is under-powered and over-priced. The system uses the Mega4 microcomputer and SLM804 laser printer, along with the SH205 hard drive and page makeup software. The Mega4 computer uses the 68000 microprocessor and contains 4 megabytes of RAM and the mouse-based GEM windowing system. Graphics cards and accelerator boards are currently unavailable. There is no internal hard disk, therefore a SH205 hard drive, $899.95, is required. The 300-dpi SLM804 laser printer produces eight pages per minute but loses quality in fine text and hairlines. The system lacks page description capabilities, relying on application programs to provide these functions. The Mega4 computer costs $2,399.95. The SLM804 laser printer lists for $1,999.95. A complete package with all hardware and a page makeup software program costs $4,395.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
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The Quickdraw face-off: Apple's Laserwriter IISC meets GCC's Personal Laser Printer Plus
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GCC Technologies makes the 300-dot-per-inch Personal Laser Printer Plus ($2,199) Apple Computer makes the 300-dpi Laserwriter IISC ($2,799). Both products, which work with Macintosh microcomputers, use the Quickdraw page description language, keeping expenses to something less than they would be if PostScript had been used. Quickdraw, however, means that the typography will not be as good, and Quickdraw does not print graphics created in drawing programs that use PostScript. These printers - useful for memos or short reports, with minimal type requirements and without PostScript graphics - are not for design environments. The Laser Printer Plus, with a larger type library, better print quality and a lower price, is the better buy.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
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The Mac in living color
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Apple will be releasing 32-bit Quickdraw in 1989, a breakthrough product that will boost the Mac's system software by giving the user the potential of seeing 16.8 million colors, only limited by the number of pixels on the screen. Six companies have already announced plans of releasing 24- and 32-bit video cards when Apple's product is ready, to take advantage of the new Quickdraw. Rastertops's Colorboard 232 and Micron Technology's Macrocolor Boar both offer 32-bits, but 8 of these bits are reserved for application program uses. Some of the other boards offered are: Radius's Direct Color-24, Personal Computer Peripherals's PCPC 11-24, Supermac Technology's Spectrum-24 and Truevision's Nuvista 1M.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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