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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Where to get LaTex for PC?
Keywords: PC LaTeX TeX public domain
Message-ID: <4826@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 5 Mar 90 18:01:40 GMT
References: <6648@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <6648@hydra.gatech.EDU> vernard@prism.gatech.EDU (Vernard Martin) writes:
->I have been doing LaTeX for a while now but it has become difficult to get
->To a workstation that has a bitmapped display so that I can REALLY preview
->my documents (I don't like dvi2tty that much). I recently acquired a COMPAQ
->SLT286 with a 20 meg HD and a VGA display. I was wondering if there were any
->Public Domain LaTeX or TeX versions for an IBMPC. If not public domain, then
->where can I purchase I version. I have heard of PD versions for the Mac (OzTex)
->but I have even less access to Macs!  Posting your answers might be a good idea
->as I am sure that there are others who are in my same predicament.

There is a great deal of public domain TeX software available from
Jon Radel:
Radel
 Contact: Jon Radel
 Postal Address: P.O. Box 2276
                 Reston, VA 22090
 Notes: Software is distributed on 5.25" 360K floppy disks. For floppies
        sent with a return mailer, there is a charge of $1.50/floppy
        U.S. orders, $2/floppy elsewhere. For orders where floppies
        are supplied by Jon Radel, there is a charge of $5/floppy
        for U.S., Mexican and Canadian orders, $6/floppy elsewhere.
 

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