kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) (01/13/89)
From article <7897@mtune.ATT.COM>, by rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran): > > The problem we have [with Mks's] is that their troff generates a > proprietary intermediate code, which means we are obliged to use > their post-processors instead of being able to ship it up to our > Unix hosts for post-processing. MKS also (at last inquiry) had not > ported the Imagen post-processor from the SoftQuad code, which would > have been helpful for us. EROFF for MS-DOS, from Elan Computer Group, has been shipping for over two years before MKS's and does not have the shortcomings you've have mentioned: 1. Eroff does not use a proprietary intermediate code. It's real diTroff. You can use your own home grown postprocessors others. You can send the output to your UNIX systems as you wish. 2. An Imagen driver is available from Elan too, along with LaserJet and PostScript drivers. 3. Eroff contains unique memory management exclusively for MS-DOS to get around the MS-DOS restricted address space. 4. Eroff has been benchmarked as up to twice as fast as MKS's by an independant consultant. Elan Computer Group, Inc. 410 Cambridge Avenue, Suite A Palo Alto, CA 94306 415-322-2450 Ken Greer elan!kg