Two All-in-One Programs for the Mac

MACTeX Version 2.0 FTL Systems Inc. 234 Eglinton Avenue East Suite 205 Toronto, Ontario Canada. M4P I K5 (416) 487-2142 Requirements: MacPlus, Mac SE or Mac II. Hard disk highly recommended. Printer support: Apple Laserwriter Laserwriter Plus and any PostScript based printing device. Documentation: Comes with its own 110-page manual. TeXbook and LaTeX Price: $750 TeXtures Version 1.0 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 6 Jacob Way Reading, MA 01867 (617) 944-6795 RequIrements: Runs on Mac 512,

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Requirements: MacPlus, Mac SE or
Mac II. Hard disk highly recommended.
Printer support: Apple Laserwriter
Laserwriter Plus and any PostScript
based printing device.

Documentation: Comes with its own
110-page manual. TeXbook and LaTeX
Price: $750

TeXtures
Version 1.0
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
6 Jacob Way
Reading, MA 01867
(617) 944-6795

RequIrements: Runs on Mac 512, Mac 512 enhanced, Mac Plus, Mac SE. Mac II and Mac XL (the XL must have one megabyte of RAM). Hard disk highly recommended.

Printer support: Apple image Writer I or II and Apple LaserWriter. Should work with any PostScript printer. Documentation: 125-page Users Guide.
Price: $495. LaTeX and AMS-TeX, $45 each.

Unlike their DOS counterparts, the implementations of TeX for the Macintosh are complete, all-in-one programs. Both provide an editor for the preparation of input files, TeX itself, a screen previewer and printer drivers. Both also take advantage of the Macintosh's graphics environment, permitting users ...

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