flatau@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (flatau) (10/14/90)
I got tex.tar from byron.u.washington.edu. We were able to get TEX and LATEX to work. However, there are some problems with this particular implementation: 1. web2c doesn't compile so the .c files for tex, mf, and bibtex were taken from another UNIX system on which web2c works 2. The C code is for the small TeX (not for Big TeX). 3. This is 2.95 (and not 3.0) 4. patch doesn't compile ============================================== a) Is there anybody who would have implemented TeX3.0 for RISC6000 ? (I guess from sources at labrea.stanford.edu distribution, under UNIX3.0 subdirectory there. This, by default, builds Big TeX.) b) If not 3.0 how about version 2.95 or whatever but with Big Tex implemented and, perhaps, working web2c ? (I got C code from Sun, where web2c works, so I could tangle tex.web with ctex.ch patched with BIGTEX.PATCH. However I get core dump when running initex on plain.tex) Peter
andrewn@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andrew D Nimmo) (10/16/90)
From article <10238@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>, by flatau@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (flatau): > I got tex.tar from byron.u.washington.edu. > We were able to get TEX and LATEX to work. > However, there are some problems with this particular > implementation: > ............ > Peter Just before the RS6000 was announced, I wrote to IBM asking if they would like TeX ported to their new machines, in return for time on the machines. After much delay I was told that Univ. Washington where preparing a port---I don't know if this was officially undertaken, but IBM gave me the impression that a working TeX would be available soon (I was told this ~6 months ago) I guess someone official at u.wash can help. Andrew -- Andrew D. Nimmo, VLSI & Graphics Research Group, | JANET: andrewn@uk.ac.sussex.eaps EAPS II, University of Sussex, Falmer, | INTERNET: andrewn%uk.ac.sussex.eaps@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk BRIGHTON, East Sussex, BN1 9QT | BITNET: andrewn%uk.ac.sussex.eaps@uk.ac TEL: +44 273 606755 x 2617 | UUCP: ...mcsun!ukc!syma!andrewn or andrewn@syma.uucp
ron@woan (Ronald S. Woan) (10/17/90)
In article <3627@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, andrewn@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andrew D Nimmo) writes: Andrew> Just before the RS6000 was announced, I wrote to IBM Andrew> asking if they would like TeX ported to their new machines, in Andrew> return for time on the machines. After much delay I was told Andrew> that Univ. Washington where preparing a port---I don't know if Andrew> this was officially undertaken, but IBM gave me the impression Andrew> that a working TeX would be available soon (I was told this ~6 Andrew> months ago) Andrew> I guess someone official at u.wash can help. I have it from reliable sources that the IBM port of TeX 2.95 is now available as a product, at least domestically. Take the following to your local rep.: PRPQ P91068 Program number 5799-DRR Numerous people, though, have reported successful porting of the 3.0 distribution from labrea.stanford.edu (don't use ANSI prototypes and some string function definitions may be incorrect)... +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +