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From: vernard@prism.gatech.EDU (Vernard Martin)
Subject: [ibm-pc-misc] Re: LaTeX
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Archive-name: tex/packages/mcgrath-msdos-tex/1991-03-11
Archive-directory: vax.eedsp.gatech.edu:/pub/TeX/ [130.207.226.2]
Original-posting-by: vernard@prism.gatech.EDU (Vernard Martin)
Original-subject: Re: LaTeX
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In article <1991Mar1.083811.9024@cm.cf.ac.uk> rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill) writes:
>Does anyone know of a Public Domain LaTeX compiler,
>
>i.e a program that will convert LaTeX into dvi.
>
>I've looked in several FTP sites, found dvi viewers but no LaTeX compilers

There is a complete TeX, LaTeX, SliTeX, etc package available via anon ftp
at vax.eedsp.gatech.edua (130.207.226.2) at Georgia Tech.  look in /pub/TeX
and you should find a readme file there that gives you all the info. I use
it on my 386 PC. It is based on TeX 3.0 so it is the latest version.

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