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+\centerline{\bf \TeX88\ -- the proceedings}
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+At last the proceedings! After what seems an etern\-ity,
+the proceedings of the 1988 European \TeX\ Conference at
+Exeter are available. I will not go into the excuses
+here, since I plan to talk about the production of the
+proceedings at \TeX90 at Cork. The proceedings are
+published by Ellis Horwood Publishers. On the one hand
+this makes them a little expensive at \quid39.95 (don't
+blame me, I'm only the editor), but on the other hand, it
+does mean that the production is quite good, with proper
+hard covers (remember hard covers?) and none of this nasty
+wire binding that locks up the book shelf. The paper
+quality is good too (much better than the current paperback
+edition of the \TB). I would also claim that the quality
+of the papers is good, although natural modesty forbids
+me from claiming that it is easily the best produced of
+any of the \TeX\ conferences, either in Europe or in the
+US.
+
+The macros described in some of the papers are available in
+the Aston Archive. In addition, the abstracts have also
+been placed there, in a sort of \BibTeX-style
+bibliography. To obtain information on which macros
+area there, and their exact location you need to read the
+file
+\begintt
+[tex-archive.digests.tex88]proc.info
+\endtt
+The `abstracts' are in the same directory, in a file
+named |abs.bib|. This last file has also been shipped to
+Heidelberg, and may very well be on their server too.
+
+TUG and the publishers are exploring ways of arranging a
+discount for members. It may be possible to extent this
+to other \TeX\ groups, but nothing has been finalised at
+present. If you went to the conference, your copy will
+either be in your hands or on its way. Fret not.
+Nevertheless there are about a dozen attendees whom I have
+been unable to trace. They are:
+Susan C Allcock,
+Josep Sarrate,
+Torbj\"orn Lindh,
+Ger W P M Bakker,
+Mark Liederkerken,
+David Hardy,
+Howard Hansford,
+Hubert Twum-Barima,
+Jim Curry,
+Harald Dahlmanns,
+G{\"u}nter Unbescheid,
+Neil Swindells and
+John Sheppard.
+If they can contact me with a current address, I'll be
+pleased to see that they get their copy.
+
+The |.bib| entry for the proceedings is:
+\begintt
+@proceedings{TeX88,
+title={{\TeX}: Applications, {Uses},
+ {Methods}},
+year={1990},
+editor={Malcolm Clark},
+organization={\TeX88},
+publisher={Ellis Horwood},
+address={Chichester},
+isbn={0139122966},
+price={\pounds39.95}
+\endtt
+
+\rightline{\sl Malcolm Clark}