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diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..29bc8064ca --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #15 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 18:06:38 +0100 +Message-ID: <22797.766429598@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 15 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 15 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + TEX for PDP11 + + {Announcements}: + CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:58:29 -0305 +From: olympiad%earn.irearn@earn-relay.ac.uk +Subject: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + +HELP + How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running + the VMS operating system ? Please help me. + + Best regards, + H. Dehghani + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:15:01 -0000 +From: P Taylor (Postmaster) <P.Taylor@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + +>> How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running +>> the VMS operating system ? Please help me. + +I have recently completed bootstrapping a complete TeX installation for VAX/VMS +using the most recent sources and think it is now sufficiently stable to allow +me to place a backup saveset in the CTAN archives. This should solve most of +your needs, but if you use PostScript you will need to bootstrap one of the +public domain DVI/PS systems as I use a proprietary (Arbortext) one which I am +not at liberty to distribute. + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:56:23 +0000 +From: ejw@atmospheric-physics.oxford.ac.uk +Subject: TEX for PDP11 + +Is there available a distribution of TEX for the PDP11 to run under +RSX11M-PLUS also a DVI driver for the HP LASERJET-PLUS for same. I +would be gratefulfor any help you can give me. +Jim Williamson, Department of Atmospheric Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, +Oxford, OX1 3PU. Tel (0865) 272906. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 20:11:12 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available + +[ UK TeX users will be able to purchase this disk from the UK TeX + Users Group for the equivalent of $35. It will be available in early + June, but prospective buys should give their names to Sebastian Rahtz + (spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk) now, if possible. This will allow the UKTUG to + purchase a large enough stock. +] + ======================================== + ==== Announcement: 4allTeX CD-ROM ==== + ======================================== + + +4TeX: a TeX Workbench for MS-DOS PC's +===================================== +TeX and all its companions offer an enormous amount of possibilities. +This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that +almost anything is possible. The disadvantage is that you need detailed +knowledge of all related programs to fully exploit the possibilities. + +4TeX is an attempt to integrate all major TeX related programs in a +shell that shields you from the tedious and frustrating job of setting +environment variables and program parameters. + +In 4TeX all functions are available through simple menus, so profound +knowledge of all underlying programs is no longer required. + + +4allTeX: the NTG distribution set +================================= +At the end of 1993 the NTG (the Dutch language oriented TeX user group) +released the package 4allTeX. It consists of a set of 31 diskettes, on +which the most important TeX and LaTeX related packages are assembled +in well structured modules. The set is especially interesting to MS-DOS +users it contains the complete 4TeX workbench. +Others will also find it valuable because of the `public domain' system +independent parts of it. This includes of course TeX and LaTeX files, +but also PostScript fonts. + + +4allTeX: the NTG CD-ROM +======================= +To simplify the distribution of 4allTeX, a CD-ROM will be released in June! +This CD-ROM should enable you to set up a 4TeX system with minimal effort. + +Amongst others, the CD-ROM will contain: +- - - - a fully installed 4TeX 3.10 workbench, ready for use; +- - - - the complete 4allTeX distribution set; +- - - - the MAPS (NTG's `Minutes & APpendiceS', articles on TeX related topics) + of recent years in PostScript format; +- - - - all TEX-NL en UK-TEX mailing list discussions of recent years; +- - - - extra documentation, such as: + . `The TeXbook' and `The Metafont book' in TeX code, + . TeX, LaTeX and Metafont introductions, + . very extensive bibliographies on miscellaneous TeX related topics + in BiBTeX format, + . indexes to TeX macros and to files on the Comprehensive TeX Archive + Network; +- - - - extra programs, such as: + . GNUplot, + . GhostScript, + . dvi utilities, + . PostScript utilities, + . Polish and Cyrillic fonts, + . WEB: literate programming. + +>> The CD-ROM will include the updated documentation on 4TeX <<, +an A5 sized booklet of approx. 120 pages, that explains how 4TeX works +in depth. + +>> The CD will be produced in a limited edition, and no reprint is +scheduled as yet <<. Therefore it is wise to make reservations. For users +in The Netherlands and Belgium this is done by sending e-mail to the NTG +secretary (P.O. Box 394, NL-1740 AJ Schagen, The Netherlands) or the NTG +board (cgl@risc1.rug.nl), specifying how many CD-ROMs you want. +Those who pay >>>> before April 15 <<<< (postgiro 1306238, t.n.v. +penningmeester NTG, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, specifying `CD-ROM' +and the desired number) have first rights. Members of UKTUG see the +head of this message. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + tex-archive/FILES.bysize + tex-archive/MAP + tex-archive/README.archive-features + tex-archive/README.site-commands + tex-archive/README.uploads + +\section Digests + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + tex-archive/digests/uktex/94 + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + tex-archive/digests/texhax/94 + Latest TeXhax: V94 #02 + +\section Media Distributions + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + Our latest copy of May/June 1991 contains: + TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities + suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V + tar format, 1 file (36Mb) + + Send One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format + (DC600A or DC6150) with envelope AND stamps for return + postage to David Osborne (address below); due to currency + exchange, this service is offered only within the UK. + +\section TeX Implementations for Small Computers + +\subsection PC and Mac disks + + From January 1994 the UK TeX Users' Group is distributing an + emTeX kit for PCs, and an OzTeX kit for Macintosh. The cost + covers copying and postage costs, and the shareware fee for + OzTeX. Each set costs \pounds30, and is available from + Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB. + Cheques must be payable to `UKTUG'. Please note that this + service **is available to UKTUG members only.** + + Each set comes with an installation guide, and (at least) + full TeX and Metafont, a previewer, a PostScript driver, and + CM fonts. Two update disks a year will be sent out + automatically, with the current version of LaTeXe, and other + goodies. A subscription service will be available for + subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to + 3 disks a year with any material from the CTAN archives, but + this will be supplied `as is', without instructions. + + OzTeX and emTeX are also available on disk from TeX Users Group; + mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + + Enquiries for TeX for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to: + The Fast Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone + 0602 455250, fax 0602 455305. They also supply a variety of + TeX-related software in Atari format. + + Enquiries for disks etc. can also be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section Postage Rates + + Quarter-inch cartridges: UK: GBP 1.00, Europe: GBP 2.00. + +\section Postal Addresses + + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Unix cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + Internet: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk + + TeX Users Group + P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA. + Internet: TUG@TUG.org + +\section UK TeX Users Group + + Details available from + Jonathan Fine, 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3HY, UK + or from + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 15] +**************************************** |