jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) (02/10/88)
I feel a responsibility to respond to pjh@hao, but uucp doesn't seem to feel the same way. This netter saw a remark I made about TeX on my 3b1: Yes TeX lives on 3b1s! Dr. Edward L. Hepler did a port and offered Common TeX and some drivers (plus a 3b1 previewer). It was too large to post, so he requested that you send him 12 formatted floppies. It has been a while since he made the offer; you should contact him to see if he is still "in the business". (Maybe he's reading this and can post a follow up, since at least one 3b1 user was unaware of the offer.) If you work with TeX and have a 3b1, I'd like to keep in touch. I'm trying to decide if I should buy a NEC P6 24pin printer. (Since I can't reach pjh, maybe someone else wants to start a TeX email correspondence :-). Dr. Edward L. Hepler Adj. Prof. (VLSI Design and Advanced Computer Architecture) E.E. Dept. Villanova University elh@vu-vlsi Cheers. -- John Campbell ...!arizona!naucse!jdc unix? Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.
rosalia@mozart.UUCP (Mark Galassi) (02/15/88)
In article <564@naucse.UUCP> jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) writes: >Yes TeX lives on 3b1s! Dr. Edward L. Hepler did a port and offered >Common TeX and some drivers (plus a 3b1 previewer). It was too large >to post, so he requested that you send him 12 formatted floppies. I got the package from Ed, and I am willing to make it available via anonymous ftp from "noether.sunysb.edu". Before I do that, I need to know if anyone who uses UNIX PCs has arpanet access. Please send me mail if you have arpanet access and would like TeX for the 3B1; or if you have an estimate that lots of other UNIX PC owners have this. In passing: the TeX port works nicely, the previewer is a bit strange though. Probably because it tries to fit things on the monitor which has a funny resolution, and it also tries to match up fonts with the UNIX PC fonts. -- Mark Galassi ...!icus!mozart!rosalia { these opinions are mine, and should be everybody else's :-) }
elh@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Edward L. Hepler) (02/17/88)
In article <11@mozart.UUCP>, rosalia@mozart.UUCP (Mark Galassi) writes: > In article <564@naucse.UUCP> jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) writes: > >Yes TeX lives on 3b1s! Dr. Edward L. Hepler did a port and offered ... > I got the package from Ed, and I am willing to make it available via > anonymous ftp from "noether.sunysb.edu". Before I do that, I need to ... > In passing: the TeX port works nicely, the previewer is a bit > strange though. Probably because it tries to fit things on the > monitor which has a funny resolution, and it also tries to match > up fonts with the UNIX PC fonts. > -- > Mark Galassi No, the previewer does not use the UNIX PC fonts. There are fonts which have been generated using metafont for the UNIX PC previewer package. The base for the metafont generation was calculated from the 3b1 monitor specs. Some of those look strange (compared to what they will look like coming from a laser printer) due to the low bit density (bit pitch) of the 3b1 monitor. It does substitute in a font of a different size if the required font size is not present on the system.... Ed Hepler elh@vu-vlsi
hartman@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu (02/21/88)
>/* ---------- "Re: 3b1 TeX (available via anonymou" ---------- */ ... > I got the package from Ed, and I am willing to make it available via > anonymous ftp from "noether.sunysb.edu". Before I do that, I need to > know if anyone who uses UNIX PCs has arpanet access. Please > send me mail if you have arpanet access and would like TeX for the > 3B1; or if you have an estimate that lots of other UNIX PC owners > have this. ... > Mark Galassi > ...!icus!mozart!rosalia Has anyone been able to to get this yet? I can't seem to find the host "noether.sunysb.edu", and mail I sent to the address given above got bounced back. Anybody had better luck? Could someone send me the internet number of "noether"? --------------------------------------------------- Mark Hartman ihnp4!uiucdcs!hartman hartman@m.cs.uiuc.edu
tobin@uicsgva.UUCP (02/22/88)
Ditto! I would be very interested in getting TeX off the net. tobin@bach.csg.uiuc.edu