Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!eutrc3!rcst8
From: rcst8@eutrc3.UUCP (PJ Schoenmakers)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: DVItoVDU (the author himself, really)
Summary: Replies on my request
Keywords: DVItoVDU, VMS, Ultrix, \TeX, Acorn Archimedes
Message-ID: <291@eutrc3.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 88 11:52:57 GMT
References: <250@eutrc3.UUCP> <2815@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk>
Organization: Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Neth.
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In article <2815@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk>, dao@cs.nott.ac.uk (David Osborne) writes:
> In article <250@eutrc3.UUCP> rcst8@eutrc3.UUCP (PJ Schoenmakers) writes:

  ... stuff deleted ...

> >But, to ask him, I must contact him, and there's the _real_ problem.
> >Thus: QUESTION: Who knows the/a address of Andrew Trevorrow, preferrably
> >one on EARN/BITNET or UUCP??
> 
> Andy is working temporarily at the University of Aston, UK, until
> sometime in August, so if you're quick, you might just catch him
> at the address
> 	TREVORROWAK%uk.ac.aston@UKACRL.BITNET
> 
> I discussed with Andy doing just such a port as you mention...
> have you translated to another language, or are you using
> a Unix Modula-2 compiler?
> 
> David Osborne

Well, thanks to all people who sent me info about Andrew.
About the question on the language: I just ported the Modula-2 version
to our VAX/Ultrix machine, without -I think- using any special VAX tricks.
(The modula compiler we use here is just another YACC-one.)
So it will be made PD (of course). I am thinking about rewriting it
to C, because I want to run it on the Acorn Archimedes, for
which there is no Modula-2 compiler available.

This brings me to another
question: Has somebody got \TeX (or, preferrably \LaTeX) running on an
Archimedes? I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has it
running on a 1Mb (A310) machine with a harddisk.
I think that, if I can get \TeX running on the Arc I'll rewrite DVItoVDU
in C (ANSI-C, that is) and post it here, if anyone is interested.

You'll here from me, when the Unix - Modula2 version is ready.

Greetings,
Pieter 'Tiggr' Schoenmakers
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