[comp.text.tex] OzTeX 1.3

oztex@ellis.uchicago.edu (OzTeX Distributor) (10/28/90)

The new release of OzTeX (Version 1.3) is now available for anonymous ftp
from midway.uchicago.edu (in the pub/OzTeX heierarchy).  OzTeX is a free
version of D. Knuth's typsetting language TeX for the Macintosh.  Version
1.3 has significant improvements over version 1.2; in particular it
incorporates TeX 3.0 changes and can be configured in "large" versions 
that can handle huge macro packages.  (In particular, I have tested it
successfully with LamsTeX).  

OzTeX was written by Andrew Trevorrow, who certainly deserves praise and
thanks for his hard work on this project and for making the fruits of his
labour freely available!

OzTeX should work on any Macintosh Plus, SE, II or newer model.  It will
not work on a 128K or 512K Mac. OzTeX was developed on a Mac Plus with 1
Meg of RAM and a 20 Meg hard disk. This is just about the minimum hardware
configuration, given the large amount of memory required to run OzTeX and
the large amount of disk space needed to store  all the font information.
OzTeX uses standard pk fonts and tfm files (easily ported from mainframe
versions) and creates standard dvi files (which are easily ported to other
platforms). 

The application includes a DVI previewer, a PostScript
driver, and of course TeX (including IniTeX so it is possible to dump
preloaded formats).

For more information get the README file from midway!

For rudimentary support and additional information, send mail to
oztex@midway.uchicago.edu.

--Walter
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Walter C3arlip                               carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu
"the 3 is silent"                            c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu
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