mfc@medoc.ec.bull.fr (Matt.Caprile) (08/29/90)
***** WHERE TO ORDER UNIX TEX 3.0. *****
I would like to whole-heartedly thank the two people (so far)
who have sent me info on UNIX TeX 3.0.
Apparently, I mistyped the address. The correct address for
requesting a UNIX TeX tape (from the U. of Wa.) is
elisabet@max.acs.washington.edu
Since I received two info files I found useful, I am reposting
them (since I haven't seen them in the news over the last
few months).
Forwarded message:
*Date: Mon, 9 Jul 90 09:12 PDT
*From: ELISABET@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU
*Subject: UNIX TeX 3.0 distribution info.
Hello: This is in response to your request for information on
the UNIX TeX Distribution. The file is long (450 lines), but
worth reading.
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June 1990
A full distribution of UNIX TeX may be ordered from:
NORTHWEST COMPUTING SUPPORT CENTER
DR-10, Thomson Hall 35
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
(206) 543-6259
The distribution is available in five forms:
1) on an industry standard 2400-foot, 1/2-inch, 9-track
tape reel, tar format, blocked 20, 1600 bpi, 1 file;
2) on an industry standard 2400-foot, 1/2-inch, 9-track
tape reel, cpio format, blocked 5120, 1600 bpi,
ASCII headers, 1 file;
3) on a 450-foot, 1/4-inch, 4-track streamer cartridge,
tar format, (physical format = QIC-24);
4) on a 600-foot, 1/4-inch, 4-track streamer cartridge,
cpio format, ASCII headers, (physical format = QIC-24);
[AT&T 3B2 sites: regret to say, you will NOT be able to read
our cpio cartridges. If you have an NCR Tower or a Stellar
machine around, you can unload the material on such a drive
and ethernet/ftp the files over to your 3B2.]
5) on a laser-disk, NeXT format.
If you have an old system with a cartridge drive that can
read ONLY QIC-11, 8000 bpi recordings, let us know; we'll
do our best to accommodate you.
Regret to say we cannot write 9-track on cartridges,
nor can we write TK50 cartridges for the Microvax,
nor cartridges for ISI drives.
Please specify clearly the form in which you would like to receive
the distribution: 9-track tar tape reel, 9-track cpio tape reel,
tar cartridge, cpio cartridge, laser-disk.
Costs for duplicating & distributing this free & public domain
software are:
+" 2400' 9-track magnetic tar or cpio tape reel $140.00
," 450'tar or 600'cpio streamer cartridge $165.00
or laser-disk
Purchase Order/Invoice Handling Fee $ 10.00
or Payment by Wire Handling Fee (see below)
Shipping Fee: Canada (non-UPS; see below) $ 20.00
Overseas: DHL courier $ 30.00
(see below) Air Parcel Post $ 20.00
Payment:
It is easiest for us to handle payment by check (drawn on a U.S.
bank and payable in U.S. Dollars). The check should be made out
to the University of Washington (IRS Tax I.D. number 91-6001537).
If payment is to be by Purchase Order requiring us to send you
an invoice through the University of Washington, there is a
a Purchase Order/Invoice Handling Fee of $10.00, owing to the
processing charges we incur. Please note that if you are sending
a check at the same time as you are sending a purchase order,
it is not necessary to add on this PO/Inv Handling Fee.
For overseas orders, direct payment by wire may be made to:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Account # 002-138-0641
For: Northwest Computing Support Center, # 14-0449
in payment of UW INVOICE # ______ [if applicable]
Security Pacific Bank--University Branch
1300 - NE 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98105 U.S.A.
We would very much appreciate it if you would add on a $10.00
Payment by Wire Handling Fee--the amount the bank at this end
charges us for their handling of direct wire payments. Again,
if you are paying by wire at the same time that you are sending
us a hard copy of your purchase order, it is not necessary to
pay the P.O./Invoice Handling Fee, since we will then not need
to send you an invoice; it is necessary only to pay the Wire
Payment Fee. If, however, an invoice is required before wire
payment can be made, we regret to say we must ask you to add on
the cost of both the Purchase Order/Invoice Handling Fee and
the Wire Payment Fee.
We regret to say we are not able to handle payment by credit card.
We do not take confirming orders by phone.
We have no fax facilities.
Processing of orders begins directly a check or purchase order is
received. When all is going well, orders are shipped within
two weeks of receipt. It is then in the hands of the carrier.
Shipping:
U.S. orders: no shipping fee when shipped UPS Ground
(delivery in eight working days).
If it is necessary that your order be shipped RUSH,
we would be glad to do so; but please clearly label
it as such, and please send an additional $8.00 for
shipment via DHL.
Canadian orders: no shipping fee when shipped UPS Ground
(service only to Province of Ontario,
and metropolitan areas of Montreal, Winnepeg,
Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver,
and Victoria).
All other areas in Canada, please add $20.00 shipping fee for
shipment via Airborne.
Overseas orders: please add
$30.00 shipping fee for shipment via DHL;
$20.00 shipping fee for shipment via Air Parcel Post.
We label the software for customs as free & public
domain with no commercial value; we declare only
the actual cost of the physical medium on which the
software is written.
Please provide clearly the particulars of the SHIPPING ADDRESS.
If at all possible, please supply the NAME and PHONE NUMBER of
an individual to whose attention the order may be shipped.
This information is frequently useful to the carrier who delivers
the parcel to you.
UPDATES: Because of the low cost of this software, there are no
provisions for upgrades other than to order anew. The cost is strictly
administrative: what it takes to do this distribution.
We try to keep updated to the latest releases from Stanford.
Please know that TeX is relatively stable, and it is not necessary for
an end-user to keep up with every new version. In February '89,
Barbara Beeton of the TeX Users Group recommended to readers of TeXhax
"that most users should periodically (at this point, that's probably
every year or so) obtain an up-to-date version of the tailored
distribution for their system." For those with access to anonymous
FTP, the latest changes to TeX, METAFONT, and WEB-to-C are available in
the ftp/tex directory on june.cs.washington.edu. This is the only UNIX
TeX FTP site which Dr. Pierre MacKay maintains.
Except for files available via anonymous ftp in the "tex" directory,
we are unable to transfer files electronically.
* * * * * * * *
Since TeX is free and public-domain software, just about everything
that can be sent out in source form is included on the tape. There
are no licensing restrictions, and only minor copyright restrictions
as noted in the affected files. Because all the software collected
into the distribution is licensed free of charge, we provide no
warranty (a "No Warranty" statement is to be found in the file
./TeX3.0/README on the tape).
Since TeX is free and public-domain, you may wish to know why there is
a fee at all for your tape. Simply put, it covers the costs of having
this site open and operating. It is a distribution fee entirely set on
the basis of recovering the costs of operating this distribution, which
is self-supporting and not financially subsidized by the State of Washington.
By necessity, we are frugal. Our UNIX work is done on two isolated SUN2/120
machines. We do our best within our means to help you with difficulties
you may encounter during the installation of the basic TeX and METAFONT
material, and trust you to understand that our ability to help with machine-
specific problems is limited.
* * * * * * * *
The distribution includes sources for both BSD and System V UNIX.
The original organization of the distribution reflected the use of
Pascal for all compilations of TeX, TeXware, BibTeX, METAFONT, and
MFware. This has now been supplemented by a more convenient and more
generally portable WEB-to-C compilation (working directly from WEB
code supplied by Stanford, using common change files which seem to be
valid for all UNIX systems) for TeX, TeXware, BibTeX, METAFONT, and
MFware.
LaTeX (including SliTeX and BibTex) and AMSTeX are macro packages
processed by TeX, and do not require any further compilation.
* * * * * * * *
Pascal change files have been consolidated and compressed. They are
not updated. After six months or so, they will be removed, unless
there is some urgent reason for keeping them.
* * * * * * * *
The version of TeX produced through WEB-to-C is smaller, faster,
tastier, and altogether superior to the Pascal compilation. It has
the additional advantage that if your site needs a TeX with a truly
gigantic capacity for boxes and macros, you can compile it under C.
(UC Berkeley Pascal puts a 16-bit limitation on array indices, which
prevents this expansion.) It is genuine TeX, and passes the
nefarious trip test in all respects. The above remarks are true for
METAFONT, TeXware, BibTeX and MFware, and should ultimately be true
for all programs written in the original form of WEB. C compilation
has been successful on a wide range of Unix machines, and has become
the only system fully supported in the UnixTeX distribution, but it
is also likely to smoke out bugs in some C compilers on new systems
just as the Pascal compilation did for many versions of Pascal.
* * * * * * * *
A partial list of machines on which TeX 3.0--a new and different TeX--
has been successfully compiled under WEB-to-C:
Apollo DN560 BSD4.2+Domain/IX 9.7 cc 4.89 bsuggs
TeX trips without -O. Metafont does not trap.
DECstation3100 Ultrix 3.1 cc mackay
All programs work even with -O optimization.
HP9000 HP-UX 6.5 gcc 1.36 spqr
i386 386/ix 2.0.2 gcc 1.36 karl
32-bit TeX: gcc 1.36 does not compile tex5.c correctly
(core dump in make_math_accent); this is not exercised
by the trip test. cc compiles it OK, though. The
16-bit TeX does not have this problem.
Masscomp 5600 RTU 4.1A cc spqr
But: trap test for METAFONT core dumps.
MIPS/2000 RISC/os 4.01 cc 2.0 lgy
For either systype=bsd43 or systype=sysv. -O1 works, but
-O2 doesn't.
Sequent Symmetry Dynix 3.0.12 cc morgan
cc -O fails on mf/x11.c; just compile that without -O.
Sun 2 Sun Unix 3.2 & 3.4 cc mackay
Passes trip and trap; compiles 32-bit TeX; all parts
can be compiled with cc -O, but long lines in mf2.c
and mf4.c break the compiler. Simple editing corrects
this. Oversize case statements in gftodvi.c and
vftovp.c cause yacc errors; again, simple editing solves
the problem. See ./PROBLEMS
Sun 3 Sun Unix 3.4 gcc 1.36 karl
Sun 386i SunOS 4.0.1 gcc 1.36 karl
32-bit TeX: gcc 1.36 does not compile tex5.c correctly.
Compiling it with cc works, though.
But cc -O fails with Metafont: see ./PROBLEMS.
Sun 4/110 Sun Unix 3.4 gcc 1.36 karl
Sun sparc SunOS 4.0.3c gcc 1.36 karl
vax 11/750 4.3bsd gcc 1.36 karl
* * * * * * * *
Current versions of standard programs in the distribution are:
TeX 3.0 (plain.tex version 3.0)
tangle 4.0
weave 4.1
dvitype 3.2
pltotf 3.2
tftopl 3.1
LaTeX 2.09 (release of 24 May 1989)
SliTeX 2.09
BibTeX 0.99c
METAFONT 2.0
gftodvi 3.0
gftopk 2.2
gftype 3.0
mft 2.0
pktogf 1.0
pktype 2.2
and the new virtual font programs
VFtoVP 1.0
VPtoVF 1.0
Various foreign language utilities, German, Greek, Portuguese, Swedish,
Dutch, and a first run of TeX-Xet for Semitic languages.
Fonts in tfm (TeX Font Metric) format: describes fonts for TeX.
Includes all useful information about font characters except what
they will actually look like on paper. Is size independent
and device independent, and can therefore be used on any
system that runs Tex. It will give you a valid DVI (DeVice
Independent) output file, but will be of no use to give you
readable hard (or CRT) copy output.
Fonts in mf source format: the full set of Computer Modern as released
from Stanford; utility fonts for character proofs, etc. (not
made with cmbase.mf); LaTeX and SliTeX fonts.
Fonts in pk format: very device-dependent, so only supplied for
a small range of common output devices. Standard shapes
and sizes declared in plain.tex, lfonts.tex, sfonts.tex, and
webmac.tex are here, in 118, 200, and 300 pk (dpi)
series. The 300dpi fonts are sent out in write-black and
write-white flavors (CanonCX and Ricoh 4080).
No provision is made for the global magnifications of LaTeX
style files (such as bk11.sty). If your site needs these or
similar magnifications, you will have to run METAFONT to get
them. The pk files for the principal LaTeX and SliTeX
alphanumeric and symbol fonts are in a separate list.
The Euler fonts (includes Fraktur) come in pk format only.
(If you want [euler].mf source files, get in touch with the
American Mathematical Society, which will make these
available under license.) All these fonts may be converted
to gf format (the format produced by the METAFONT program) by
using the MFware program pktogf.
Old METAFONT fonts: AMS fonts--Cyrillic, and special symbols (created
with old METAFONT-in-SAIL) have been converted to pk format.
There is no use in the mf files for these unless you are running
a DEC10 or DEC20 with a SAIL compiler.
Fonts in pxl format: No more. All the best drivers use gf or pk
these days. If you really need pxl, you will have to compile
and run pktopx.
NOTE: For those who wish to go on using am series fonts, the files
am_plain.tex, am_lfonts.tex, and am_webmac.tex are provided.
Drivers for DVI Output (producing intermediate files of one sort or
another):
Imagen (two styles) [dviimp uses Pascal compiler for BSD]
LaserWriter (PostScript)
QMS/Talaris (QMS 800/1200/1500/2400)
LN03
If you need an HPLaserJet driver, we recommend you get in touch with
Dr. Nelson Beebe (801) 581-5254; e-mail: Beebe@CS.UTAH.EDU; let him know
that you have a UNIX system.
Screen Previewer Programs:
dviapollo--uses GPR & Apollo font files
dvipage (runs under SunView)
dvisun (uses entire display screen)
dvitovdu (written in modula; even weirder spacing)
dvitty (for alphanumeric terminals; weird spacing)
texsun (runs under SunView)
texx (runs under X-Windows)
xdvi (runs under X-windows)
[Regret to say that--not having the equipment--we are unable to
support the programs in the DVIware (previewers and printer drivers)
directory. The programs are passed on to you because they are
frequently requested.]
* * * * *
If you have any questions concerning this distribution of TeX, please
feel free to write or to call Elizabeth Tachikawa at the address and
phone number given above; email: elisabet@max.acs.washington.edu.
Phone calls concerning TeX are received 8:00 am - 12:00 noon Pacific
Time, Mon-Fri (a recorder is on otherwise).
* * * * *
A bit about us: When Donald Knuth's TeX first began to migrate
into a broad range of operating systems, and away from exclusive
dependence on the Stanford University SAIL compiler, the TeX
Users Group saw the need for a system of volunteer "site
coordinators" who would collect and organize the system-specific
files needed to compile TeX on various operating systems. In
1983, Dr. Pierre MacKay and his then-graduate-student-assistant
Richard Furuta took over the work for the UNIX operating system.
Since 1985, when Richard Furuta went on to become a professor at
another university, Dr. MacKay has had sole responsibility for
UNIX TeX.
This particular version of the TeX distribution grew with the
increasing popularity of UNIX itself, and eventually required a
small amount of administrative support to continue. The
Northwest Center was established to provide this support.
Our distribution fee covers the cost of tapes, preparation, mailing,
telephone, wages of an office assistant, and University overhead
fees. We are not funded by the State, and operate on what we charge
for the distribution. Some computing and communications resources
are supplied by the Department of Computer Science at this
University. The equipment we use for copying tapes was originally
funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
We welcome donations. If anyone is exasperated with our UNIX hardware
limitations (two isolated SUN2/120s, no laser printer), they are welcome
to loan the Northwest Center whatever machine they wish to have TeX
and METAFONT smoothly ported to, or on which they wish to have previewers
and printer-drivers compiled and tested and for which they wish to have
better installation instructions written.
Since we are small, we appreciate prompt payment--anything that can
help us cut down on the time we spend on paper work; and we rely upon
you for feedback on the quality of the distribution as well as for
the undertaking of such projects as will improve what is distributed
(but please check with Dr. MacKay before taking on any such tasks).
All work done by Dr. MacKay to improve and maintain this distribution
is unpaid and voluntary. The software itself--thanks to the ideals
of Donald Knuth and all who have contributed programs to the distribution--
is free.
The association with the humanities is one of the special features of
the UNIX TeX distribution. Pierre MacKay is professor of Classics
and Near Eastern Languages with research interests in Greek, Arabic,
and Turkish literature. The Humanities and Arts Computing Center--
under whose aegis the Northwest Center operates--also supports work
on other languages, especially the languages of the Indian sub-
continent. The maintenance of this version of the Tex distribution
is thus an offshoot of research work on the adaptation of TeX and
Metafont to such context-sensitive and bi-directional scripts as
occur in many of these languages. For a discussion of some of the
problems involved in the computer-assisted digital photocomposition
of these scripts, please see "Typesetting Problem Scripts" by Dr.
Pierre MacKay, in BYTE (Feb. 1986): 201-18.
*******************
Site distributions of TeX are coordinated through the TeX Users Group
(TUG). We urge all users of TeX and METAFONT to join TUG for support
and to keep informed of the latest developments in the TeX world
particularly through the journal, TUGboat. Call/Write: The TeX Users
Group, P. O. Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940-9506; phone: 401-751-7760.
A membership form is sent with each order.
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