Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!labrea!rocky!rokicki From: rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: NFS on the amiga, or, Amiga does this already Message-ID: <400@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 02:29:30 EDT Article-I.D.: rocky.400 Posted: Wed Jul 8 02:29:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 06:31:01 EDT References: <1521@botter.cs.vu.nl> <312@louie.udel.EDU> <1274@apple.UUCP> <320@louie.udel.EDU> Reply-To: rokicki@rocky.UUCP (Tomas Rokicki) Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department Lines: 17 Keywords: NFS, multi-tasking envy, Macintosh Just correcting some bad information posted. AmigaTeX is $200 for TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, IniTeX, Previewer, some other utilities, samples, and five floppies of fonts. That's eight floppies total. Individual printer drivers are $100 apiece, and (usually) come with their own set of fonts, typically three to seven additional floppies. Try and find a comparably priced TeX/previewer/driver combination for any other microcomputer. And you don't put the entire distribution on your hard disk (or floppies.) A caching scheme has been implemented which allows AmigaTeX to run very comfortably on two floppies, which includes plenty of space for 300 dpi fonts for your laser, 100 dpi fonts for the preview, and a relatively large workspace. NFS is great, but most people don't have access to it, especially at home. And, even with NFS, you still want to preview on the Amiga.