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From: manheime@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ken Manheimer)
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Subject: Where to get TeX?
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 10:35:35 EST
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It's time for me to obtain TeX for our lab and i have very little
knowledge about my options.  I'd appreciate basic information about
good supply sources for TeX and TeX manuals (i saw mention of
'TeXbook' while browsing net.text) and preferably some previewing
mechanism.

We have here various versions of the sun workstation and a VMS VAX
hosting Eunice (Eunice v 4.2, which is essentially bsd 4.1 c w/out
mpxio), an imagen 5/480 (connected to an ethernet, which is in turn
connected to the other suns and the VAX), and soon will have
similar connection with a Sun laser printer.

The only text formatters we currently have for these machines are
in the nroff/troff vein, specifically nroff and itroff, imagen's
troff.

Any assistance is much appreciated!

Ken Manheimer.