melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (04/28/91)
In article <1991Apr24.132313.13844@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) writes:
I while back someone asked about available applications
that run under AmigaUNIX:
[from the latest AmigaTeX News, which I just received...]
Amiga Unix TeX available!
Radical Eye Software has also been hard at work on
a port of TeX to Amiga Unix! This software is now avail-
able at $300; it can be supplied on either floppy disks or a
I don't really want to start a flame war is this group, but isn't this
the same version of TeX that you get free with the NeXT?
followup to comp.sys.amiga.advocacy.
-Mikeschweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) (04/28/91)
In article <16dGfii.1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: < <In article <1991Apr24.132313.13844@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) writes: < Amiga Unix TeX available! < < Radical Eye Software has also been hard at work on < a port of TeX to Amiga Unix! This software is now avail- < able at $300; it can be supplied on either floppy disks or a < <I don't really want to start a flame war is this group, but isn't this <the same version of TeX that you get free with the NeXT? AmigaTeX is a commercial, value-added, implementation of TeX. It is not the same as the freely redistributable TeX implementations that are available for the Amiga and other platforms. <-Mike Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger Standard Disclaimer CompuServe: 74236,1645 Internet (Milnet): schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************
melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (04/28/91)
In article <2159@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil> schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) writes:
< Amiga Unix TeX available!
<
< Radical Eye Software has also been hard at work on
< a port of TeX to Amiga Unix! This software is now avail-
< able at $300; it can be supplied on either floppy disks or a
<
<I don't really want to start a flame war is this group, but isn't this
<the same version of TeX that you get free with the NeXT?
AmigaTeX is a commercial, value-added, implementation of TeX. It is not the
same as the freely redistributable TeX implementations that are available
for the Amiga and other platforms.
NeXT distributes a version of TeX from Radical Eye Software, not the
freeware version. It wouldn't mean much if they said Mathematica,
TeX, WriteNow, etc., if they were only giving you a version that
anyone could get. I think that you do get more with the Amiga
version. TeX and MetaFont are the only thing that the catalog claims
that NeXT ships.
-Mikeelg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green) (04/29/91)
From article <16dGfii.1@cs.psu.edu>, by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): > In article <1991Apr24.132313.13844@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) writes: > Radical Eye Software has also been hard at work on > a port of TeX to Amiga Unix! This software is now avail- > able at $300; it can be supplied on either floppy disks or a > > I don't really want to start a flame war is this group, but isn't this > the same version of TeX that you get free with the NeXT? Not unless the version of TeX with the NeXT has a nice "X" previewer, ability to include Amiga IFF images, a bunch of drivers for common Amiga printers... I'd probably use a PD TeX under Unix, though. Most of the stuff in AmigaTeX deals with AmigaDOS-specific stuff (like Amiga IFF) that I wouldn't have much use for under Unix. -- Eric Lee Green (318) 984-1820 P.O. Box 92191 Lafayette, LA 70509 elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM uunet!mjbtn!raider!elgamy!elg Looking for a job... tips, leads appreciated... inquire within...