Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #15
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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 18:06:38 +0100

UKTeX Digest    Friday, 15 Apr 1994    Volume 94 : Issue 15

   ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary
        service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.''

Today's Topics:
 {Questions & Answers}:
                   HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS?
                 RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS?
                            TEX for PDP11

 {Announcements}:
           CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available

Administrivia:
    Moderators:     Peter Abbott (Aston University) and
                    David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
    Contributions:  [email-masked]
    Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
                    [email-masked]

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Date:    Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:58:29 -0305
From:    [email-masked]
Subject: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS?

HELP
        How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running
   the VMS operating system ?  Please help me.
 
                                                Best regards,
                                                H. Dehghani

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Date:    Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:15:01 -0000
From:    P Taylor (Postmaster) <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS?

>>         How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running
>>    the VMS operating system ?  Please help me.

I have recently completed bootstrapping a complete TeX installation for VAX/VMS
using the most recent sources and think it is now sufficiently stable to allow
me to place a backup saveset in the CTAN archives.  This should solve most of
your needs, but if you use PostScript you will need to bootstrap one of the
public domain DVI/PS systems as I use a proprietary (Arbortext) one which I am
not at liberty to distribute. 

                                Philip Taylor, RHBNC.

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Date:    Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:56:23 +0000
From:    [email-masked]
Subject: TEX for PDP11

Is there available a distribution of TEX for the PDP11 to run under
RSX11M-PLUS also a DVI driver for the HP LASERJET-PLUS for same.   I
would be gratefulfor any help you can give me.
Jim Williamson, Department of Atmospheric Physics, Clarendon Laboratory,
Oxford, OX1 3PU.  Tel (0865) 272906.

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Date:    Thu, 14 Apr 1994 20:11:12 +0000
From:    [email-masked] (Sebastian Rahtz)
Subject: CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available

[ UK TeX users will be able to purchase this disk from the UK TeX
  Users Group for the equivalent of $35. It will be available in early
 June, but prospective buys should give their names to Sebastian Rahtz
 ([email-masked])  now, if possible. This will allow the UKTUG to
 purchase a large enough stock.
] 
               ========================================
               ====  Announcement: 4allTeX CD-ROM  ====
               ========================================

4TeX: a TeX Workbench for MS-DOS PC's
=====================================
TeX and all its companions offer an enormous amount of possibilities.
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that
almost anything is possible. The disadvantage is that you need detailed
knowledge of all related programs to fully exploit the possibilities.

4TeX is an attempt to integrate all major TeX related programs in a
shell that shields you from the tedious and frustrating job of setting
environment variables and program parameters.

In 4TeX all functions are available through simple menus, so profound
knowledge of all underlying programs is no longer required.

4allTeX: the NTG distribution set
=================================
At the end of 1993 the NTG (the Dutch language oriented TeX user group)
released the package 4allTeX. It consists of a set of 31 diskettes, on
which the most important TeX and LaTeX related packages are assembled
in well structured modules. The set is especially interesting to MS-DOS
users it contains the complete 4TeX workbench.
Others will also find it valuable because of the `public domain' system
independent parts of it. This includes of course TeX and LaTeX files,
but also PostScript fonts.

4allTeX: the NTG CD-ROM
=======================
To simplify the distribution of 4allTeX, a CD-ROM will be released in June!
This CD-ROM should enable you to set up a 4TeX system with minimal effort.

Amongst others, the CD-ROM will contain:
- - - -  a fully installed 4TeX 3.10 workbench, ready for use;
- - - -  the complete 4allTeX distribution set;
- - - -  the MAPS (NTG's `Minutes & APpendiceS', articles on TeX related topics)
   of recent years in PostScript format;
- - - -  all TEX-NL en UK-TEX mailing list discussions of recent years;
- - - -  extra documentation, such as:
   . `The TeXbook' and `The Metafont book' in TeX code,
   . TeX, LaTeX and Metafont introductions,
   . very extensive bibliographies on miscellaneous TeX related topics
     in BiBTeX format,
   . indexes to TeX macros and to files on the Comprehensive TeX Archive
     Network;
- - - -  extra programs, such as:
   .  GNUplot,
   .  GhostScript,
   .  dvi utilities,
   .  PostScript utilities,
   .  Polish and Cyrillic fonts,
   .  WEB: literate programming.

>> The CD-ROM will include the updated documentation on 4TeX <<,
an A5 sized booklet of approx. 120 pages, that explains how 4TeX works
in depth. 

>> The CD will be produced in a limited edition, and no reprint is
scheduled as yet <<. Therefore it is wise to make reservations. For users
in The Netherlands and Belgium this is done by sending e-mail to the NTG
secretary (P.O. Box 394, NL-1740 AJ Schagen, The Netherlands) or the NTG
board ([email-masked]), specifying how many CD-ROMs you want.
Those who pay >>>> before April 15 <<<< (postgiro 1306238, t.n.v.
penningmeester NTG, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, specifying `CD-ROM'
and the desired number) have first rights. Members of UKTUG see the
head of this message.

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                       UK TeX Archive at Aston University
                            >>>  ftp.tex.ac.uk  <<<
                                        
                                   Internet:
             ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS
      For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>
                                       
\section Files of Interest

    tex-archive/00Contents
    tex-archive/FILES.bydate
    tex-archive/FILES.byname
    tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff
    tex-archive/FILES.bysize
    tex-archive/MAP
    tex-archive/README.archive-features
    tex-archive/README.site-commands
    tex-archive/README.uploads

\section Digests

    This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory
      tex-archive/digests/uktex/94
    This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory
      tex-archive/digests/texhax/94
      Latest TeXhax: V94 #02

\section Media Distributions
    Postal addresses are given below.

\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape
    Our latest copy of May/June 1991 contains:
    TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities
    suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V
    tar format, 1 file (36Mb)

    Send One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format
    (DC600A or DC6150) with envelope AND stamps for return
    postage to David Osborne (address below); due to currency
    exchange, this service is offered only within the UK.

\section TeX Implementations for Small Computers

\subsection PC and Mac disks

    From January 1994 the UK TeX Users' Group is distributing an
    emTeX kit for PCs, and an OzTeX kit for Macintosh. The cost
    covers copying and postage costs, and the shareware fee for
    OzTeX.  Each set costs \pounds30, and is available from
    Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB.
    Cheques must be payable to `UKTUG'. Please note that this
    service **is available to UKTUG members only.**

    Each set comes with an installation guide, and (at least)
    full TeX and Metafont, a previewer, a PostScript driver, and
    CM fonts. Two update disks a year will be sent out
    automatically, with the current version of LaTeXe, and other
    goodies. A subscription service will be available for
    subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to
    3 disks a year with any material from the CTAN archives, but
    this will be supplied `as is', without instructions.

    OzTeX and emTeX are also available on disk from TeX Users Group;
    mail TUG for details.

\subsection TeX for the Atari ST

    Enquiries for TeX for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to:
    The Fast Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone
    0602 455250, fax 0602 455305. They also supply a variety of
    TeX-related software in Atari format.

    Enquiries for disks etc. can also be directed to:
    The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD
    Internet: [email-masked]

\section Postage Rates

    Quarter-inch cartridges: UK: GBP 1.00,  Europe: GBP 2.00.

\section Postal Addresses

    Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage.

    Peter Abbott
    Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET
    Internet: [email-masked]

    David Osborne
    Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
    (for Unix cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage)
    Internet: [email-masked]

    TeX Users Group
    P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA.
    Internet: [email-masked]
    
\section UK TeX Users Group

    Details available from
    Jonathan Fine, 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3HY, UK
    or from
    Internet: [email-masked]
    or from
    World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html

\bye

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