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- From: kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack)
- Subject: Re: Need answer to FAQ, What the heck is TeX ?????
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.140626.21852@lonex.rl.af.mil>
- Organization: RL
- References: <1992Jul23.131214.10027@lonex.rl.af.mil>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 14:06:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.131214.10027@lonex.rl.af.mil> kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack) writes:
- >Could somebody please give me a good description of what the heck TeX is.
- >I've seen it talked about on this newsgroup before, but never really understood
- >what it was. In fact, I've always thought it was some commercial product
- >untyil I saw it listed on Fish Disks 611-616. They are awefully big files
- >and I don't feel like dl them unless it's something I will use. So, wehat
- >is it? I have speculated that it might bwe some sort of word processor or
- >possibly a program for evaluting complex mathematical formulas, but I reaslly
- >don't know.
- >
- >Sorry if this is a FAQ but I really want to know.
- >
- >--Mike Kopack
- >
- >--
- >Mike Kopack | Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and my Amiga,
- >Internet : gt6758b@prism.gatech.edu | what more could anyone want?
- > kopack@bugs.rl.af.mil \ -- Me
- > kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil -------------------------------------------
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- Forgot, since I usually just FTP the files down to the SUN server at work
- then dl to one of the PC's w 720K drives and use Dos-2-Dos to convert them
- I have a BIG problem. How can I get the program since it won't fit on a 720K
- disk? Anybody know of a way to break up .lzh files under Unix and then rejoin
- the files before decompression? HELP!!!!!
-
- --Mike Kopack
-
- --
- Mike Kopack | Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and my Amiga,
- Internet : gt6758b@prism.gatech.edu | what more could anyone want?
- kopack@bugs.rl.af.mil \ -- Me
- kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil -------------------------------------------
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