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Wanted: info on MKS SQPS

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From: paul.o'connor
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 18:06
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I am interested in UNIX-like word processing for my AT compatible.
My needs are modest: letters, short memos, tables, lists, etc. Graphics 
not essential but a plus.  I am using DWB 2.0 on my UNIX system at work,
MS Word 4.0 on the PC at home, and would like to be able to exchange
files and have a consistent interface. Any experience with the MKS SQPS
package, in particular:
	- nroff, troff, tbl, pic, and grap: all available? How similar to DWB?
	- performance, compared to MS Word?
	- *roff macro packages supplied?
	- ease of importing spreadsheet data, re-formatting by tbl
	- screen previewer available?
	- printer support: C.Itoh 310 (Epson/IBM modes), QMS laser 
	- is this primarily aimed at laser/typesetter quality output,
	  if so is cumbersome to get out a simple memo quiclkly on a
	  dot-matrix printer?
	- fully compatible with UNIX nroff, troff, and pic documents?

					Paul O'Connor
					...att!mhuxo!poc, poc@mhuxo.att.com
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From: poc@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (paul.o'connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Wanted: info on MKS SQPS
Keywords: MKS,DWB,troff,nroff,DTP
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Date: 7 Dec 89 18:06:20 GMT
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