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From: cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Subject: Re: What features would you like in GNU troff?
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Date: 6 Aug 89 05:37:43 GMT
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In article <9746@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes:
>In article <8881@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) writes:
>Long ago there was "troff", which produced output for just one type of
>phototypesetter. (In fact this is still the troff that comes with BSD.)

Long ago is relative.  Unfortunately, the troff the comes with SCO
Xenix is "classic troff" that works only with CAT devices.  The
problem is finding a CAT machine outside of the Smithsonian!  As an
historian, I suppose I should be happy that for only $150 or so SCO
sells me a genuine heirloom, something that will appreciate in value
if collecting old software ever acquires the status of art deco lamps
or bubble gum cards, but in the meantime, I am pissed off.

Earl H. Kinmonth
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University of California, Davis
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