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From: wnp@iiasa.ac.at (Wolf PAUL )
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Subject: Re: SVR 4.0 troff is ancient BSD version
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Date: 30 Nov 90 15:38:45 GMT
References: <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com>
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In article <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com> npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes:
)A poster asked the origins of the troff in System V
)release 4. It's an ancient Berkeley version; in fact,
)I think Bill Joy ported it himself. It's in the BSD
)compatibility directory. Works great if you have an
)APS phototypesetter.

Actually, it probably expects a C/A/T.

But don't despair: That is exactly what PSROFF, recently posted
to alt.sources, is for: to convert that C/A/T output to either
ditroff output format, HP PCL, or Postscript.
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