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From: ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard  Ferris)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: LaTeX for PC/XT/AT with Epson LX-800 device driver
Summary: Try SB26TEX
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Date: 10 Oct 89 19:03:08 GMT
References: <4901@cps3xx.UUCP> <3650@draak.cs.vu.nl>
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In article <3650@draak.cs.vu.nl> msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) writes:
>In article <4901@cps3xx.UUCP> hendrick@frith.UUCP (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes:
>>I understand LaTeX is available by anonymous FTP from many sources.  I
>>would like to find a version that I can run on my PC.  If possible, I
>>
>
>From Simtel, you can get DOSTeX. This includes LaTeX, an Epson
>device driver, and much more. (The Epson driver does not work
>correctly at my computer.)
>

I have found that SB26TEX, which is also available there, is much faster
at compiling than is DosTeX.  It does not come with a previewer but you
can use whatever one you want.  Note that SBTEX comes with its own
TFM files but does not have LATEX, LPLAIN or LFONTS files which must
be obtained in order to create the LPLAIN.FMT file.


RF



Richard T. Ferris
ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania