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From: murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Need info on AmigaTEX
Message-ID: <2137@pur-phy>
Date: 12 Apr 89 14:18:56 GMT
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Reply-To: murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (William J. Murphy)
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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
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AmigaTeX is put out by Radical Eye, e.g. Tomas Rokiki (I can't spell).
>document on the Amiga and then upload the source to a UNIX account for
>printing on the laser printer.
>
>Questions:
>	1.  Is AmigaTEX source compatible with UNIX TEX?
	    AmigaTeX is a port of C-TeX which is a translation of the
            original Knuth code.  Yes it is compatible in the
            sense that your TeX file will be typeset the same as the UNIX TeX.

>	2.  Can AmigaTEX print draft copies on a dot matrix printer
>		hooked up to the Amiga?
            Yes, you need to buy a driver from Radical Eye to run your printer.

>	3.  Can AmigaTEX produce PostScript output?
            I don't think so, but there may be drivers for PostScript
            printers.  AmigaTeX comes with a previewer that is fantastic.
            (I only have a demo version, but I am quite impressed and
            would love to find the $$$ to purchase AmigaTeX.

>	4.  General impressions of AmigaTEX- is it a solid product?
            Even though I only have a demo, I consider it a solid
            product.  I have used TeX more than any other word processor
            and love it.

>Thank you very much-
>	-Jonathan Dubman
Bill Murphy