Msg: 4880 *Conference*

01-12-94 17:17:12

From: RON WIESEN

To : RON HOLZER

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #3655 (HP DESKJET PRINTER)

I saw Rick's reply to you about getting the Epson FX emulation card for your HP
Desk Jet 500, doing "screen dumps" and desk top publishing.  Rick intends to
sell NATIVE, a program that puts the Model T's font into a printer so that all
character shapes of your Model T computer are accurately portrayed by your
printer whenever you print something.  In other words, NATIVE speaks to your
printer in it's "native" language and describes all the character shapes that
are "native" to your Model T.  NATIVE is for Model 100, 102, and 200 laptops
and covers a large variety of 9-pin and 24-pin dot matrix, ink jet, bubble jet,
and laser printers.  NATIVE does NOT: ask you any questions; care about HIMEM
addresses (it's so small it uses the TELCOM "previous screen" buffer); conflict
in any way with other programs; need to remain in memory after you use it!
 
Unlike "screen dump" programs where you can only print a paltry 8 lines at a
time, NATIVE makes your printer smart before you do any printing.  Later when
you print something, your printer thinks it's a Model T screen and portrays
Model T character shapes on paper even if a non Model T computer is sending the
print matter!  Of course the printer doesn't have size restrictions like a
computer screen.  So applications like SuperRom become real "laptop publishing
systems".  It's nice to see line-draw and other Model T character shapes print
on paper exactly as they look on the screen!  By the way Ron, the character
shapes of the Model 100, 102, and 200 differ so whichever of these Model T's
you run NATIVE from is the one that "downloads" the printer; the computer which
causes printing (IBM clone maybe) doesn't matter.
 
Assuming you now have the Epson FX emulation card installed in your HP Desk Jet
500, you're ready for NATIVE.  To date I've sent Rick a master copy of the user
manual and a distribution disk for NATIVE.  He's always busy and as yet hasn't
got around to offering NATIVE for sale through Club 100.  It sounds like NATIVE
is what you need to marry your Model T to your HP Desk Jet 500.  Keep your eyes
peeled for NATIVE Ron.
 
If you can't wait for Rick to offer NATIVE, let me know and perhaps he'll let
me sell you a copy now.  Good luck with the HP Desk Jet 500 and happy Model T
computing.
 
        Regards,      Ron Wiesen