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+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]
+****************************************