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From: riley@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Need info on AmigaTEX
Message-ID: <7728@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 89 18:35:12 GMT
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Reply-To: riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <22940@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> 128a-3db@e260-3b.berkeley.edu (Jonathan Dubman) writes:
>We're interested in producing documents that include mathematical symbols and
>are interested in AmigaTEX by Microsmiths.  Preferably we could draft the
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^
Actually, it's by Radical Eye Software (last I knew), Box 2081, Stanford,
CA  94309 (I don't have the phone number handy).  Tomas Rokicki is
responsible for it.

>document on the Amiga and then upload the source to a UNIX account for
>printing on the laser printer.

I do this all the time with our VAX/VMS system.

>Questions:
>	1.  Is AmigaTEX source compatible with UNIX TEX?
AmigaTeX is a full implementation of standard TeX, source compatible with
any other version that is really TeX--otherwise, I don't believe Tom would
be allowed to call it TeX.

>	2.  Can AmigaTEX print draft copies on a dot matrix printer
>		hooked up to the Amiga?
>	3.  Can AmigaTEX produce PostScript output?
AmigaTeX by itself produces a device independent .dvi file, just like any
other version.  Radical Eye sells device drivers for a wide variety of
dot matrix printers and postscript.

>	4.  General impressions of AmigaTEX- is it a solid product?

Absolutely.  It's a solid implementation of TeX which runs very nicely on
the Amiga.  The previewer is great, and the support is excellent.  An
excellent product.

-Dan Riley (riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu, cornell!batcomputer!riley)
-Wilson Lab, Cornell U.