Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!haven!decuac!decwrl!shelby!riacs!agate!bionet!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Big Tex Message-ID: <136553@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 2 Jun 90 05:44:31 GMT References: <1117@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: na Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 15 In article <1117@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> (climber) writes: >Is there a PD or commercial version of Big Tex for the Amiga? I have >a table that ordinary TeX (with 64k limit) choked on. "Big TeX" on an IBM PC is one that is compiled in "large" model to get around the segment restrictions. There is no such beast on the Amiga because it is not necessary. AmigaTeX from Radical Eye can use as much memory as you have to format documents. (I believe the port of Common TeX can as well but it may have to be contiguous memory). -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"