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Subject: TeX previewers
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 15:04:00 EST
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               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
 
                                          Robert Malouf
 
                                          Marine Sciences
 
                                          24-Feb-1987 02:57pm EST
FROM:  RMALOUF
 
TO:  Remote Addressee                     ( _INFO-VAX@SRI-KL.ARPA )
 
SUBJECT: TeX previewers
 
Hello,
 
     I got a copy of DVItoVDU from Kellerman & Smith, and it is fantastic.
However, I have a old IMLAC graphics terminal that would be perfect for
viewing TeX plots - the screen is big enough to hold a full-size 8 1/2 x 11
image.  Unfortunately, I don't have a Modula-2 compiler, and I don't relish
the thought of translating all of that Modula-2 code into VAX Pascal.  Does
anyone have a TeX previewer written in any other language that I could add
IMLAC terminal support to?  What about a _cheap_ Modula-2 compiler?  We
have an 11/730 running VMS 4.5 with FORTRAN and DIBOL, and have access to
an 8600 with Pascal, PL/I, and C.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I hate to see a good graphics terminal go unused.
 
                           Thank you,
                                Rob Malouf
                                RMALOUF@SBCCMAIL.BITNET