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From: peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM SCRIPT Formatter
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Date: 18 Mar 88 17:23:07 GMT
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Summary: ShareWare version available

>From article <1294@ntmtka.UUCP>, by mike@ntmtka.UUCP (Mike Tietel):
>> Does anyone know of a program for the PC which does IBM mainfame
>> SCRIPT formatting?  How about a DOS version of nroff which would

I have a copy of PC_SCRIPT that I ordered from Microcom Systems. (they
advertise in Byte - disk WORD-2) It is shareware, and requires a $35
registration fee. I don't know if it has anything more than vanilla
printing support. (e.g. using ^M, ^H to do underlining and stuff) It
is supposed to be a complete implementation of Waterloo Script, and is
written by Modular Designs of somewhere in California. 

Note - I cannot vouch for the honesty of Microcom Systems (not the
modem people) - PC_SCRIPT's copyright prohibits distribution for any
fee. (although $3.50 is close enough to free :-)


				Peter Desnoyers
				peter@athena.mit.edu