FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET (03/20/87)
From mcvax!unido!tub!csch@seismo.css.gov (Clemens) >Both products (TEX & SIGNUM) are sold by GERMAN companies. >If you`re interested, I`ll send the addresses ... I would really like to see these products distributed in the US. Calling Europe from Alaska isn't much fun since they are almost 180 degrees out of phase with us time-wise. And from what I've seen international mail is one of the few things that makes US Mail look good. But be that as it may, I'd like to find out more about the products, particularly SIGNUM. Do they have English documentation? Will they work with US keyboards and ROMs? Any reviews? (I know the TeX packages have turned up in TUGboat.) Speaking of TUGboat, I called the US developer who makes an Amiga TeX and who was said to be working on an ST version...he said that his group had dropped the ST product because they felt the German versions made it redundant... Someone could earn my Undying Gratitude (for this month, anyway) by extracting instructions from the producers on how to order the products from the US (ie, price including postage in DM and preferred form of payment). Maybe Atari could give them a call and offer assistance in US marketing? They need products like these to be serious contenders in the academic arena. Don Rice University of Alaska, Fairbanks BITNET%"FXDDR@ALASKA" CIS 72337,3417 // KL7JIQ