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From: jwwalker@usceast.UUCP (Jim Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: AMS TeX on MacIntosh ?
Keywords: TeX, AMS, Macintosh
Message-ID: <3307@usceast.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 90 21:48:45 GMT
References: <10944@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Organization: University of South Carolina, Columbia
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In article <10944@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> wjin@cs.purdue.EDU
(Woochang Jin) writes:
...
>Some questions.
>
>1) What kind of things does OzTeX include ?
>   AMS-TeX, LaTeX ?
I think so.  If they're not included, only some free ascii files would be
needed.  The bulk of the OzTeX distribution is font files in various faces
and magnifications.  There's also source code in Modula-2, which probably
won't be of much use.

>2) Can Mac read PC-formatted diskettes ?
Yes, a new Mac like your friend's can, using an Apple utility called Apple
File Exchange.

>3) The files seem to be compressed. The extensiton names end with '.sit'.
>   Where can I get the archive program for him ?
You need StuffIt, a shareware program which can be ftped from
info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu and probably many other places.  (A new
commercial version, called StuffIt Deluxe, just started shipping I think.)

>4) Any comments about installing OzTeX are appreciated.
I believe it comes configured for A4 paper.  You'll probably want to change
it (by editing the file Oz.config) to use 8.5 x 11 paper.

What kind of printer does your friend have?  OzTeX itself can only print on
PostScript laser printers, but I wrote a utility to let it print on
dot-matrix printers.
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   Jim Walker  jwwalker@cs.scarolina.edu  76367.2271@compuserve.com