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From: frankk@cwi.nl (Frank Kuiper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: TeX on IBM-PC (compatible) and HP-LaserJet II
Message-ID: <355@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 09:43:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: sering.355
Posted: Thu Oct 22 09:43:09 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 00:59:04 EDT
Reply-To: frankk@cwi.nl
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, NL
Lines: 47
Keywords: TeX, LaserJet, math


I normaly don't read this newsgroup, so this question might have
travelled the net before ...

A foreign visitor of our institute is showing interest in obtaining
a PC with wich he can produce mathematical documents.

Currently he thinks about buying the following:
	- Commodore PC 40, with 40 MB hard disk.
	- HP LaserJet II
	- WordStar


As I mentioned in the 'Subject', he wants to use TeX. This is a major
point. As a mathematician, he really wants all the possibilities
that TeX can give him. So which TeX should he use? Which macro
libraries (like LaTeX) are available?

Second question: which printer can be used, given that a driver for
that printer is available.

Is it perhaps better to obtain a printer that can read PostScript?
(Like the QMS-80?)

There are some limitations in all this:
- The budget is US$ 15.000 and nothing more.
- In the area where he lives not all the brands of machines are
	supported, so for instance Macintoshes and LaserWriters
	are not a good choice for that reason.
- The system will be used by a mathematician, not a hw/sw expert.
- He will be the only user of such hw/sw, so support of any kind
	by anyone is unlikely.

Please respond to these questions via e-mail (frankk%cwi.nl@uunet.uu.net).
As our guest is leaving again very soon, I'd appreciate a prompt reply.

In your respones, please also name company and address of the products
you prefer.

Thanks very much for any response.


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