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From: ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: emTeX drivers do read PK files (was Re: emTeX, TUG, and gratuitious rudeness)
Summary: emTeX is an outstanding TeX package for MSDOS (and free)!
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Date: 1 Sep 90 16:07:48 GMT
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I have tried dosTeX, sb30TeX, Nelson Beebe's DVI drivers, and the Aug 90
version of emTeX. I found that emTeX is easily installed, well documented,
complete, functional (TeX, LaTeX, DVISCR (vga), DVIDOT (mx80), MF, MFJOB),
and reasonably fast. It is an outstanding implementation of TeX for MSDOS
and will probably cause people who charge for impelemtations much grief
(emTeX is free)!

With the previous articles having such a negative tone about emTeX I
thought I ought to post something that reflects its true character.

Thanks and appreciation go to Eberhard Mattes for making it all possible.

You can get emTeX via FTP from:

    terminator.cc.umich.edu (here in the states - University of Michigan)
    rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Stuttgart Germany - i would guess)

login as 'anonymous'.

From the emTeX documentation I understand you can also mail formatted
5.25 high density floppy disks and a self addressed, return postage paid
package to:

    Eberhard Mattes
    Teckstrasse 81
    D-7141 Moeglingen
    Federal Republic of Germany
    
and he will send the latest version to you.

Pass the good word along!

Mike
ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu