Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release

Subject	Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release
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From	Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net>
Date	2021-02-22 22:37 -0600
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Antoine,

I assure you that I would be more than happy to share with you any and 
all of the work I did on the DCPPD.

That said, the only LaserWriter driver source code that I had access to 
was in MPW/ORCA format and rather than spend the time to learn a new 
assembler (I'm a Merlin32 guy) and purchase the tools to use it, I opted 
instead directly to modify the LaserWriter driver by using Ewen's 
ChewBagger byte editor, with assistance from his BrkDown disassembler.

I did, in fact, study and use the source code in order to determine what 
to patch. It was invaluable, actually, because it was well commented. 
Without it, I would not have attempted this project.

My method involved semi-organized trial and error, patch and unpatch, 
and cryptic notes that I made to myself throughout the source code while 
I functioned in a bit of a manic state in the late night and early 
morning hours back in the late spring and early summer of last year.

There were over 12,000 lines of source code to examine and I placed 
patches throughout.

My intent, now that I've released the DCPPD, is to gather all my notes 
in order to document everything I did and assuming I complete that task, 
I may be able to provide the modified source for someone else to build.

My preference would be to build it from source myself, so as to ensure 
that I didn't overlook anything, but ...

Hugh Hood

On 2/21/2021 2:01 PM, Antoine Vignau wrote:
> Hi Hugh,
> Great work!
> Could you send me your source code to add it to the genuine source code, please?
> Thank you,
> Antoine
>

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Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-21 11:54 -0600
  Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-21 12:01 -0800
    Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-22 22:37 -0600
      Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 23:43 -0800
        Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 01:25 -0800
          Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-23 20:59 -0600
            Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release "duhas...@gmail.com" <duhast6377@gmail.com> - 2021-02-28 19:20 -0800
              Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-28 23:48 -0600
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-13 11:39 -0600
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Todd Holcomb <toddholcomb6@gmail.com> - 2021-03-13 14:12 -0800
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-13 21:32 -0600
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-03-14 14:59 -0700
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Steven Nelson <nelsonse48@gmail.com> - 2021-03-19 13:50 -0700
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-03-20 08:27 -0700
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-20 16:59 -0500
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> - 2021-03-22 17:54 +0000
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-23 23:41 -0500
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-20 17:11 -0500
              Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-01 00:33 -0600
          Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-23 22:54 -0600
            Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 18:25 -0800
              Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-25 20:45 -0600
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 00:53 -0800
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 03:21 -0800
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2021-02-27 11:29 -0600
                Re: Direct Connect PostScript Printer Driver - Official Release Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 13:13 -0800

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