‘The Camelot Project’

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Solution • PostScript… • Device-Independent • Can contain embedded images and fonts • Easily sent electronically • All the apps have printer drivers… People were sending it electronically... Apps were already producing PS to print, only a matter of redirecting this to a file No need to get app vendors to rewrite their software
But… • Not a viable solution • Requires PostScript compatible printers • Also PostScript required powerful computers to run • Typical office computers were under powered to run PostScript Remember this is the era when your PostScript laser printer was at least as powerful as your computer, probably more so MEntion Display PostSCript
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Page 3 and 4: Problem • Warnock realised that t
Page 5: The Camelot Project • To provide
Page 9 and 10: Speed • Even with the high-spec p
Page 11 and 12: Divide and Conquer • Second appro
Page 13 and 14: IRS Form PostScript • Hand-progra
Page 15 and 16: Rasterizing PostScript • Rasteriz
Page 17 and 18: Camelot • Warnock realised that t
Page 19 and 20: Operators • When the PS interpret
Page 21 and 22: Operators in Dictionary • The bot
Page 23 and 24: Graph Binder • Executing some Pos
Page 25 and 26: Interchange PostScript • Warnock
Page 27 and 28: IPS Viewer • Prototype Viewer cre

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