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From: david@geac.UUCP (David Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Where can I get common TeX?
Message-ID: <530@geac.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 07:54:28 EST
Article-I.D.: geac.530
Posted: Tue Feb 10 07:54:28 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Feb-87 18:53:48 EST
References: <5823@ukma.ms.uky.csnet>
Reply-To: david@geac.UUCP (David Haynes)
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In article <5823@ukma.ms.uky.csnet> sean@ukma.UUCP writes:
>
>I can send someone a tape if necessary.  Does anyone have the address of
>the person at Stanford that I should talk to to also get the "real" Tex
>distribution?
>
>Sean


Enough people seem to want this kind of information that a response
to the net seems warranted.

TeX can be ordered from:

Maria Code, Data Processing Services, 1371 Sydney Drive,
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Cheque drawn on a US bank payable to Maria Code or
Money Order in US funds.

The tapes available are:

ASCII generic format
EBCDIC generic format
VAX/VMS backup format
DEC 20/TOPS-20 dumper format
IBM VM/CMS format

Font tapes:

200/240 dpi CM fonts
300 dpi CM fonts

Tapes are $92 for first tape, and $72 for each additional tape.
Each tape is rated at 2 lbs. shipping weight.

Shipping rates are:

Domestic priority mail:			$1.00 / lb.
air mail to Canada or Mexico:		$1.50 / lb.
export surface mail (all countries):	$1.00 / lb.
air mail to Europe, South America:	$4.00 / lb
air mail to Far East, Africa, Isreal:	$6.00 / lb.

California residents must add local sales tax.

This information was obtained (Feb 9, 1987) from the American
Mathematical Society. They also publish TUGboat, a periodical
representing developments in TeX, LaTeX, amsTeX and other
flavours of TeX.

-david-