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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: TeX Product Announcement
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Date: 13 Oct 89 17:40:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Oct 13 12:40:00 1989


Announcing the availability of the first BETA_TEST version of a
new TeX dvi file previewer for the Microsoft Windows environment.

This is a Windows version of my dvivga previewer. It should run
under Windows on any display, though it will produce output
stretched vertically if you have a display without square pixels. 
It looks really bad only on CGA. On my 600x800 vga display it is
quite lovely - you can view many files with 145 d.p.i. fonts that
look really great (click on that size before opening a file).

If you are interested in helping me test this thing please send
e-mail to me at mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu. You will need
Internet anonymous ftp capability to get the fonts from 
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, unless you already have dvivga fonts.

The final release version of dvimswin will be freely distributable
for non-commecial purposes. The beta-test version is not intended to
get beyond those I send it to, as the possibility of it being bug-free is
zero, though **I** can't find any bugs. 

Just as for dvivga, and other Windows programs in general, the 
faster the computer the better. On a plain XT it will be very
slow indeed.

Doug McDonald