I have a vague memory of someone I know plotting a Mandelbrot set by means of sending a PS program to calculate it to the nearest printer.
At the time I came across one of those print jobs, the Apple LaserWriter (II?) had a faster processor than a Mac, so it was likely faster than generating the picture on a Mac then printing the result.
If you picked the wrong region it would tie up the printer for hours (modulo power-cycling IIRC).
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At the time I came across one of those print jobs, the Apple LaserWriter (II?) had a faster processor than a Mac, so it was likely faster than generating the picture on a Mac then printing the result.
If you picked the wrong region it would tie up the printer for hours (modulo power-cycling IIRC).