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From: psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: troff and HP laser printers
Summary: MKS *has* DOS troff
Message-ID: <2539@pegasus.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 89 06:16:23 GMT
References: <685@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> <402@elan.UUCP> <7376@chinet.chi.il.us> <1453@neoucom.UUCP>
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In article <1453@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> Speaking of troff for MSDOS... I heard a rumor a while back that
> Mortice Kern Systems bought a licence to the documentors' workbench
> package with the intent of porting it to the MSDOS world.

"MKS SQPS:  Professional Publishing Software for the Power User

"Now available for the DOS environment:  all the power of UNIX
[operating system's] troff at the fingertips of the most demanding PC
users.  Everything you need from UNIX [operating system] typesetting to
create polished documents under DOS.  Graphs [graf and pic], equations
[eqn], bit-mapped images, tables [tbl]:  all of these elements can be
incorporated with ease into this flexible, macro-driven text formatter.

"MKS SQPS is an enhanced [and licensed!] derivative of AT&T's powerful
Documentor's Workbench, optimized for use in the DOS environment."
(Quoted from MKS's ad in the Fall '88 Programmer's Connection catalog.)
List $495, Programmer's Connection $479.  As I understand it, driver
programs for HP and Postscript printers are extra.

>                     I've used the MKS Toolkit, and have been
> pleasantly surprised at how well it does in making MSDOS congruent
> with the feeling of [U|Xe]nix systems.  Of course, it isn't
> perfect, but we are talking of something based on a heart of MSDOS
> ya know.  The toolkit is an exceptional value in terms of the
> functionality it adds versus the money you spend.

What he said.  Awk, ksh, vi, and over a hundred other utilities, based
on those in the UNIX operating system.  List $169, Programmer's
Connection $129.

> --Bill, wtm@impulse.UUCP

Paul S. R. Chisholm, psrc@pegasus.att.com (formerly psc@lznv.att.com)
AT&T Bell Laboratories, att!pegasus!psrc, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm
I personally am a satisfied customer of both Programmer's Connection
and MKS; but I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.