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From: eykhout@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Eykhout V.L.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TeX/LaTeX
Message-ID: <417@wn2.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 13 Apr 89 11:05:10 GMT
References: <8904111313.AA05948@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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From article <8904111313.AA05948@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog):
> One of the groups at my workplace is considering a Mega and an SLM804 with
> UltraScript; the group wants to know if LaTeX is available for the ST (I
> told them TeX was) and is there an SLM804 driver available (TeX/LaTeX without
> a laser driver would seem kind of pointless).

There are two German firms, Kettler and Tools, (Kettler seems to
be out of bussiness, but also seems to have been taken over),
that have TeX. LaTeX is included in both cases. Tools btw also have
Metafont. The Tools DVI.PRG has a driver for the SLM804.

However, if you are very picky where it concerns visual output,
there is a warning. The SLM  is a write-white engine, and the TeX
Computer Modern font is very susceptible to damages. Thus the result
is not as good as, say, on an Apple Laserwriter. I have used both, so
I can compare them. If you have other fonts (the Postscript emulator
seems to be almost available) the problems may not be so bad.

Victor.