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From: pjg@unrvax.UUCP (Paul Graham)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: Re: TeX on average crts.
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Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 15:25:03 EDT
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In article <1346@uw-beaver> furuta@uw-beaver.UUCP (Richard furuta) writes:
>The other possibility would be to do something like David Fuchs' DVI to
>Epson driver on the PC.  Scan through the DVI file, dumping characters when
>you see them.  A useful extension would be to put in the line breaks.
>This'd allow you to at least read little parts of the DVI file.
>
>What I really want is for someone to write me a screen previewer for the
>Macintosh.  At that point, I'd claim that bitmapped screens *were* generally
>available for everyone and that these hacks didn't require more attention.
>
>					--Rick

What *I* really want is a clean, portable DVI to moderate resolution dot
matrix printer.  Admittedly Macs are cheap but an FX-85 is quite a bit
cheaper.  After all an important motivation for acquiring TeX is the
tremendous benefit/cost ratio which implies that many of the sites using
TeX won't have a double-handfull of Macs around for people to use for
previewing.  I might feel better if the target was an IBM PC rather than
the Mac.
-- 
Thanks for your time.

Paul Graham 702/784-6007
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