trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) (07/24/89)
Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be broke. regards trevor
kg@elan.elan.com (Ken Greer) (07/24/89)
From article <376@trevan.UUCP>, by trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor): > > Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will > work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be > broke. > > regards trevor Eroff, an enhanced DWB package with LJ and PS support is available from: Elan Computer Group, Inc. 888 Villa Street, 3rd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 Phone: 415-964-2200 FAX: 415-964-8588
wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) (07/27/89)
In article <376@trevan.UUCP> trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) writes: > > Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will >work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be >broke. The DWB supplied with V/AT is version 1.0 rather than 2.0, and thus does not work with a lot of the current postprocessors. There are a number of products available under Microport V/AT, such as TPLUS, EROFF, and SOFTQUAD; if you are on a tight budget, the best buy is probably LEVERAGE from Urban Applied Science. It provides all of DWB 2.0, as well as JetRoff (HP LaserJet support) and also provides a "Natural Language Frontend", which provides more mnemonic commands than the usual cryptic *roff requests. O'Reilly's recent TROFF book (published by Howard Sams) is provided as documentation. Cost is $175 for both 286 and 386 versions of UNIX; contact John Rosemont at uunet!urban!jlr. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: {texbell, attctc, dalsqnt}!dcs!wnp DOMAIN: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us or wnp%dcs@texbell.swbt.com NOTICE: As of July 3, 1989, "killer" has become "attctc".
shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) (07/29/89)
In article <376@trevan.UUCP<, trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) writes:
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< Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will
< work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be
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< regards trevor
How do you think it's broken. I've been flogging it, with a couple
of backends for laserwriters and laserjets that have come over the net net,
and apart from the generic Sys V bug of not being able to mount more than 10
fonts, it's fine.
Stephenwnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) (07/31/89)
In article <708@physiol.su.oz> shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) writes: >In article <376@trevan.UUCP<, trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) writes: >< >< Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will >< work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be >< broke. >< >< regards trevor > > How do you think it's broken. I've been flogging it, with a couple >of backends for laserwriters and laserjets that have come over the net net, >and apart from the generic Sys V bug of not being able to mount more than 10 >fonts, it's fine. Well, it's not exactly broken, and probably works with many backends, but he's trying to use it with JetRoff, which was written to work with DWB 2.0, and Microport's 286 DWB is an earlier version. Their 386 version is version 2.0, though. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: {texbell, attctc, dalsqnt}!dcs!wnp DOMAIN: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us or wnp%dcs@texbell.swbt.com NOTICE: As of July 3, 1989, "killer" has become "attctc".
shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) (08/02/89)
In article <8818@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) writes: < In article <708@physiol.su.oz> shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) writes: < >In article <376@trevan.UUCP<, trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) writes: < >< < >< Please could anyone tell me where I can get a troff which will < >< work under Microport V/AT. The one supplied by Microport seems to be < >< broke. < >< < >< regards trevor < > < > How do you think it's broken. I've been flogging it, with a couple < >of backends for laserwriters and laserjets that have come over the net net, < >and apart from the generic Sys V bug of not being able to mount more than 10 < >fonts, it's fine. < < Well, it's not exactly broken, and probably works with many backends, but < he's trying to use it with JetRoff, which was written to work with DWB 2.0, < and Microport's 286 DWB is an earlier version. Their 386 version is version < 2.0, though. < -- < Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 < UUCP: {texbell, attctc, dalsqnt}!dcs!wnp < DOMAIN: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us or wnp%dcs@texbell.swbt.com < NOTICE: As of July 3, 1989, "killer" has become "attctc". But the backend that I was using with was the last version of Jetroff posted to the net. Mind you, Rick has a few versions later than that that he'll send if you register. Stephen
bill@inebriae.UUCP (Bill Kennedy) (08/05/89)
In article <718@physiol.su.oz> shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) writes: >In article <8818@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) writes: >< In article <708@physiol.su.oz> shocking@physiol.su.oz (Stephen Hocking) writes: >< >In article <376@trevan.UUCP<, trevor@trevan.UUCP (trevor) writes: >< >< [ Trevor and Wolf's remarks deleted, that's not my follow-up... ] > > But the backend that I was using with was the last version of Jetroff >posted to the net. Mind you, Rick has a few versions later than that that >he'll send if you register. > > Stephen You're time must not be worth much. What you get for your $50 "if you register" is gobs of updates and fonts. If you've slogged through the original posting for only eight hours over the last year, you're worth (by definition) $6.25/hr. JetRoff, in my opinion, is one of the best deals around at only $50 for a dabbler, $100 for a business. I don't have time to struggle, fail, complain, and not buy. I'm not a stranger to struggle, failure, or complaining, but JetRoff is "Plug and Play". Stephen's right about "he'll send you if you register", Rick does and he stands behind his work. It's no fun at all, just run a make and start using it. I struggled, like Stephen, for a lot more than eight hours, so we all know what I'm worth... -- Bill Kennedy {texbell,att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill bill@ssbn.WLK.COM or attmail!ssbn!bill