psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (01/23/89)
<UNIX(R) is a registered trademark of AT&T, and should be used as an adjective> In article <1453@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: > Speaking of troff for MSDOS... I heard a rumor a while back that > Mortice Kern Systems bought a licence to the documentors' workbench > package with the intent of porting it to the MSDOS world. "MKS SQPS: Professional Publishing Software for the Power User "Now available for the DOS environment: all the power of UNIX [operating system's] troff at the fingertips of the most demanding PC users. Everything you need from UNIX [operating system] typesetting to create polished documents under DOS. Graphs [graf and pic], equations [eqn], bit-mapped images, tables [tbl]: all of these elements can be incorporated with ease into this flexible, macro-driven text formatter. "MKS SQPS is an enhanced [and licensed!] derivative of AT&T's powerful Documentor's Workbench, optimized for use in the DOS environment." (Quoted from MKS's ad in the Fall '88 Programmer's Connection catalog.) List $495, Programmer's Connection $479. As I understand it, driver programs for HP and Postscript printers are extra. > I've used the MKS Toolkit, and have been > pleasantly surprised at how well it does in making MSDOS congruent > with the feeling of [U|Xe]nix systems. Of course, it isn't > perfect, but we are talking of something based on a heart of MSDOS > ya know. The toolkit is an exceptional value in terms of the > functionality it adds versus the money you spend. What he said. Awk, ksh, vi, and over a hundred other utilities, based on those in the UNIX operating system. List $169, Programmer's Connection $129. > --Bill, wtm@impulse.UUCP Paul S. R. Chisholm, psrc@pegasus.att.com (formerly psc@lznv.att.com) AT&T Bell Laboratories, att!pegasus!psrc, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I personally am a satisfied customer of both Programmer's Connection and MKS; but I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.