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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: TeX DVI previewer for PS/2
Message-ID: <47700018@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 30 Jun 88 17:32:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jun 30 12:32:00 1988


I have written a TeX screen previewer for the IBM PS/2 family. This thing
is based on the driver family by Nelson Beebe et.al of Utah. It  requires
a system with 512K and a VGA or MCGA screen (monochrome or color) or
a clone with a mode 17 480x640xblack and white. I will eventually
put the source code in his FTP-able archive. I could post the binary
in comp.binaries.ibm.pc if anyone is interested. However, to use it 
you would need the fonts. They can be gotten by ftp from Utah. The
problem is that to use it well you need lots of fonts, including 
at least those at 92, 100, 110, and 121 dots per inch, plus a few others.
Utah does not have 92 and 110. Without those, it will work, but
does a lot of sluggish font substitutions. I have no way to let people
get these, and they are too big to post. This thing is quite fast,
at least on my Model 80, and looks a LOT better then the commercial
EGA ones I foolishly paid big bucks for. Let me know if anyone
is interested in this right now. Eventually (when Beebe gets back
from vacation) it will definately appear.

Doug McDonald

(mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu)