Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!hazela
From: hazela@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Jose Reynaldo Setti)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: LaTeX on a 386 running DOS
Message-ID: <949@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Date: 2 Feb 90 23:15:24 GMT
Reply-To: hazela@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Jose Reynaldo Setti)
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I am a novice in LaTeX and I am looking for some good and knowledgeable
soul to give me some help.

I am trying to run LaTeX on a 386AT under DOS. Up to this point I ftp'ed
SB29TEX and DVIVGA from one of the net archives. These two beasts are
working fine -- I tested them on the SB29TEX documentation. So far, so
good. Now, my first question. I have installed each of these programs
using different subdirectories and I noticed that some of the files seem
to have the same names -- especially fonts. Can I use the same files for
both things? Is anybody out there using this combination? How do you
have structured your files?

Up to this point I've not been able to print anything. Not that I really
wanted to, but I imagine that some day I might have to print a page or
two, maybe a little more. Our 386 is connected to a Mac and a Laserwriter
by a Tops network and I want to use the Laserwriter to do the printing
job. Now, my second question: what do I need to do this? New font metrics
to go with SB29TEX? Is it possible to use SB29TEX to produce a dvi file
for a postscript printer? What has to be done? Where can I get the
font metrics and files from? What kind of dvi to postscript translators
exist out there? The easiest way for my setup is to get a program that
would translate the dvi file into a postscript file which I could send to
Laserwriter through SendPS, but I would consider hooking the Laserwriter
to the 386 directly, when necessary. Is this PostScript flavour of LaTeX
available as freeware or shareware? I am in a very low budget 
but I can ftp files from any server.

I apologize if this is a very common question in this newsgroup, although
scanning the last 352 messages has not brought up any answers to my
questions.

Thanks in advance for any help,

j.r.setti
civil eng - u of waterloo
waterloo ontario canada