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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
- Subject: Re: LaserWriter weirdness: "bind" command illegal?
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 05:09:26 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- Lines: 26
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1h67u6INN9ks@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1992Dec22.033349.5292@ll.mit.edu>
- Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu
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- In article <1992Dec22.033349.5292@ll.mit.edu>, black@ll.mit.edu (Jerry Glomph Black) writes:
- >We have numerous LaserWriters on our UNIX network, using gatorboxes as
- >bridges. No problems for months. Recently an OLD, ORIGINAL Apple LaserWriter
- >(not PLUS, not IINT, etc.) has rejected most of the postscript stuff I send it,
- >with the error something like:
-
- "Something like"? "SOMETHING LIKE"? Let me get this straight. The problem's
- not important enough for you to remember the exact error, but you expect help?
- What the fuck are they teaching people these days?
-
- >illegal command: bind. This is megaweird, my
- >suspicion is that somebody downloaded & saved some nasty dictionary crap into
- >it, which it has retained. Is there a way to check, or do a massive reset
- >to this beastie?
- >
- >(Please email guesses to black@LL.MIT.EDU.... Thanks!)
-
- Flame also emailed to the moron in question.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-