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From: mike@cimcor.mn.org (Michael Grenier)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Latex for IBM compatible PC.
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.114054.27124@cimcor.mn.org>
Date: 13 Apr 91 11:40:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: cimcor.1991Apr13.114054.27124
References: <1991Apr10.212036.1@newton.claremont.edu>
Organization: Scandia Microsystems
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From article <1991Apr10.212036.1@newton.claremont.edu>, by dhosek@newton.claremont.edu (Don Hosek):
> In article <1991Apr7.224625.9352@cec1.wustl.edu>, abed@saturn.wustl.edu (Abed M. Hammoud) writes:
>>I would like to know if there is a version
>> 	of latex for the IBM compatible PC's. 
> 
> OK, time for the periodic Jon Radel plug...
>  
> OK, now the various versions of TeX. I have little direct
> experience with the bulk of these packages (the only one I've
> used in for actual work is PCTeX and that not much), so I may
> make mistakes.

Don then talks about 5 MSDOS based TeX packages.

There is also (at least) one commerical version of TeX for PCs that
will run under UNIX called Scandia TeX for $195. There are certain
advantages of a UNIX environment especially in some of the dvi
drivers. A review exists in the Apr. Computer Shopper.

    -Mike Grenier
     mike@cimcor.mn.org