Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: TeX or LaTex Message-ID: <35429@cup.portal.com> Date: 31 Oct 90 08:46:43 GMT References: Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 40 MATLEVAN@EKU (Jerry LeVan) in writes: Does anybody know if there is a binary FTPable version of LaTeX/TeX floating round out there (A/UX 2.0)? I probally do not have enough room for the sources :-( Sorry, I haven't seen TeX/LaTeX in distributable executable form for A/UX, but you're not joking about not having enough room. I just put together a collection of all the TeX stuff (sources, fonts, DVIware, MetaFont, etc.) for someone else and the compressed tar files added up to 22MB. You could run a reasonable subset with about 5 to 6MB HD space, but it's always nice to have "everything" just in case special requirements pop up. I don't have enough spare HD space on any of my A/UX systems (and these all have multiple 100+ MB HDs) to compile the collection, but I do have it up on my 3B1 and Amiga systems (thank goodness for mongo Maxtor HDs). Sources for most TeX-ware can be found at labrea.stanford.edu (IP 36.8.0.47), science.utah.edu (IP 118.110.192.2), and pawl.rpi.edu (IP 128.113.10.2). The central TeX clearinghouse for all-system distribution is in Sunnyvale CA and they charge only media and handling fees (my recollection is that about US$90 brings you everything); sorry, don't have the contact info available. The only TeX-related address I found in my files is: TeX Users Group c/o American Mathematical Society P. O. Box 9506 Providence, RI 02940-9506 I could make available what I have as a cpio saveset on 60MB DC600A tapes but I, too, must charge media and handling costs commensurate with my time required and wear-and-tear on the tape drives (have you ever heard the phrase "shoe-shining your data"? :-) You'd be advised to contact the TeX Users Group (because you don't want to know what I'd charge! :-) Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]