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Post #2 by CelGen
Source ForumLaserwriter Lisa? — #2
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateWed, 30 Dec 2015 - 23:21
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/laserwriter-lisa.3184/
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After a bit of further research I answered my own question: Not natively.

The LaserWriter relies on PostScript being exported from the host computer. The Lisa predates Apple's implimentation of PostScript by a couple years. In theory one could port PostScript to LOS but it seems to have QuickDraw as a prerequisite which again the Lisa does not have but Macs had for the most part in ROM. The Lisa as-is has a pretty high overhead. Fitting a graphics application, PostScript exporter and the QuickDraw emulation into the 1mb RAM simply is not feasable unless I'm going at this the wrong way.

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