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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The EthTeX Package V 1.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ 03/16/94
+
+ This is the first release of the EthTeX Package, a bundle of many people's
+ work--TeX by Donald Knuth, emTeX ported to personal computer by Eberhard
+ Mattes, LaTeX by Laslie Lamport, Ethiopian fonts, and many more.
+
+ In addition to the standard features of TeX, the package provides a suitable
+ environment for the Ethiopian Script users. More than anything else, the
+ purpose of the package is to open up the world of TeX to the users who until
+ now lack the means to produce beautiful books or documents with Ethiopian
+ Script beyond a word processor's scope.
+
+
+
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* The EthTeX Package
+
+ The system comes with ten 5.25" floppy diskettes and it will be available
+ also in a number of archive sites through FTP (File Transfer Protocol.)
+ services. If you don't have access to ftp service, you may get the package
+ from TeX Users Group or from me, but you must cover the expenses---material
+ and shipping & handling.
+
+* Hardware Requirement
+
+ IBM pc or compatible with 8086, 80286, 80386, or 80486
+ 640MB RAM
+ EGA, or VGA display adapter
+ About 8MB hard disk space
+
+* The System features
+
+ emTeX : TeX, LaTeX, METAFONT, and others stuff.
+ eLaTeX--a modified version of LaTeX featuring Amharic commands
+ Modified styles files to suit Ethiopian document typesetting
+ Ethiopian fonts (including METAFONT sources)
+ TeXshell
+ EthioME that includes MicroEMACS for Ethiopian Script editing.
+ Installer
+
+* Documents
+
+ All the following documents are included in distribution except the book
+ _Mestahafe eLaTeX_ and can be processed and printed. They are located
+ in "C:\EMTEX\DOC\AMHARIC" directory.
+
+ README.ETH : Introduction and installation guide
+ READ1ST.TEX : Introduction and installation guide (Amharic--TeX file)
+ VIEWER.TEX : Users guide for dvi file viewing (Amharic--TeX file)
+ PRTDVR.TEX : Users guide for printing dvi files (Amharic--TeX file)
+ TEXSHELL.TEX : Introductory TeXshell users guide (Amharic--TeX file)
+ ETHIOME.TEX : An Amharic reference manual for ETHIOME (a TeX file)
+ Mestahafe eLaTeX (written in Amharic):
+ An Amharic guide for producing books, reports, articles, letters,
+ and so on with Ethiopian script in eLaTeX.
+
+* The EthTeX Package on floppy diskettes: There are ten minimum high density
+ diskettes labeled as shown below.
+
+ 1. emTeX DISK 1 of 8
+ 2. emTeX DISK 2 of 8
+ 3. emTeX DISK 3 of 8
+ 4. emTeX DISK 4 of 8
+ 5. emTeX DISK 5 of 8
+ 6. emTeX DISK 6 of 8
+ 7. eLaTeX DISK 7 of 8
+ 8. EthioME DISK 8 of 8
+ 9. TeXfonts DISK 1 of 2 (for a single specified printer)
+ 10. TeXfonts DISK 2 of 2
+
+
+
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Distribution
+
+ The package is available from three sources:
+
+ 1. Archive site in which the system can be retrieved using a ftp services.
+ The sites includes: (Note: this may not be ready by the time of this
+ announcement.)
+
+ ftp.shsu.edu [192.92.115.10] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.44.19] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
+ ftp.dante.de [128.69.1.12] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
+
+ 2. It can be ordered directly from TUG (TeX Users Group) office. For more
+ information write or call the office.
+
+ TeX Users Group
+ P.O. Box 869
+ Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA
+ Phone: +1 (805)963-1338
+ FAX: +1 (805)963-8358
+ email: tug@tug.org
+
+ 3. It can be obtained directly from me also. For more information write
+ or call to:
+
+ EthiO Systems
+ P.O. Box 36921
+ Houston, TX 77236
+ Phone: +1 (713)995-4360
+ email: abassa@neosoft.com
+
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Abass B. Alamnehe
+P.O. Box 36921
+Houston, TX 77236
+e-mail: abassa@neosoft.com
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+