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From: rokicki@rocky.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: How can I get TeX in C?
Message-ID: <214@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 10:53:20 EST
Article-I.D.: rocky.214
Posted: Thu Mar 26 10:53:20 1987
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Summary: Common TeX and CTeX

In article <281@pluto.UUCP>, warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein) writes:
> Is there somewhere from whence one can ftp the source to TeX
> in C?  Or the original and code to compile it on UNIX?  Or
> somewhere I can order a tape from?
> Or do I have to buy it, and if so, who sells it and how much
> does it cost?

Mail doesn't seem to be working to your site from here, so
please excuse the posting.

There are two versions of TeX in C currently available.

Common TeX is available from Pat Monardo, originally out of
Berkeley.  A posting about a week ago had his phone number
for information about that.  It is free, but various people
report various problems with it, although I believe someone
on the East Coast has gotten it to successfully pass trip.
The note he posted ended with:

>If you would like to receive information about Common TeX
>on the IBM PC, please address all correspondence to 
>	
>		Pat Monardo
>		softsmarts, inc
>		299 California Ave, #205
>		Palo Alto, CA 94306


CTeX is available from n^2 Computer Consultants in Texas.
Talk to Norman Naugle at (409) 845-3104.  It is not free,
but it is not expensive.  It passes trip and has been brought
up on everything from the Amiga, 3B2, IBM RT, Vaxen, Convex,
to a CRAY.  It requires the standard Washington distribution
for fonts, however.  I believe pricing for Universities is
$150 per CPU, or $1500 for a site license.  (It might be $100
per CPU.)  Commercial licenses are double this or less.

-tom