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From: Bron@cup.portal.com (George Bron Faison)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Unix/386 TeX binaries
Message-ID: <39319@cup.portal.com>
Date: 16 Feb 91 05:08:46 GMT
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>Is there any interest in a ftp'able binary distribution of TeX for
>Unix/386 systems?
>
>I can make mine available through one of the local ftp sites.
>
>The idea would be to offer a self contained collection of TeX +
>Metafont binaries ( from the latest web2c compiled with gcc) and
>formated manual pages.  This was generated under ISC 2.2.  I am
>assuming the binaries should run unchanged on the other SysV 3.2
>implementations.
>
>In addition the binaries, I would include the essential TeX, LaTeX and
>Metafont input files, and a full working system could be built.
>
>Any Suggestions?

Sounds good to me. 

Bron (bron@cup.portal.com)