IBM PC Versions: Hard To Go Wrong With Either

PCTeX Version I .50f Personal TeX Inc. 12 Madrofla St. Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 388-8853 Requirements: IBM PC/XT, AT, PS/2 and machines compatible with the IBM line. 512K RAM. PC-DOS or MS DOS version 2.0 or later. Text editor capable of producing a generic ASCII file. Hard disk strongly recommended. Printer support: Drivers can be purchased separately or bundled with the program. Documentation: Comes with its own 254-page manual and a 20-page installation guide. Price: PCTeX (Includes TeX

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PCTeX
Version I .50f
Personal TeX Inc.
12 Madrofla St.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 388-8853

Requirements: IBM PC/XT, AT, PS/2 and machines compatible with the IBM line.
512K RAM. PC-DOS or MS DOS version 2.0 or later.
Text editor capable of producing a generic ASCII file. Hard disk strongly recommended.
Printer support: Drivers can be purchased separately or bundled with the program.
Documentation: Comes with its own 254-page manual and a 20-page installation guide.
Price: PCTeX (Includes TeX, LaTeX, AMS-TeX, INITeX): $249.
Printer drivers for dot matrix printers. $95 each, for laser printers, from $175 to $225.
Screen previewers, $125. An Implementation of METAFONT 1 .0 available for $195.

MICROTeX
Version 1.5
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
6 Jacob Way
Reading, MA 01867
(617) 944-6795

Requirements: IBM PC, XT. Al, PS/2, or any other machine running MS-DOS. 512K RAM. MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 2.0 or later. Text editor capable of producing ...

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