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Article #2161Re: SVR 4.0 troff is ancient BSD version
From: Wolf PAUL
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 15:38
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 15:38
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In article <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com> npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes: )A poster asked the origins of the troff in System V )release 4. It's an ancient Berkeley version; in fact, )I think Bill Joy ported it himself. It's in the BSD )compatibility directory. Works great if you have an )APS phototypesetter. Actually, it probably expects a C/A/T. But don't despair: That is exactly what PSROFF, recently posted to alt.sources, is for: to convert that C/A/T output to either ditroff output format, HP PCL, or Postscript. -- W.N.Paul, Int. Institute f. Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg--Austria PHONE: +43-2236-71521-465 INTERNET: wnp%iiasa@relay.eu.net FAX: +43-2236-71313 UUCP: uunet!iiasa!wnp HOME: +43-2236-618514 BITNET: tuvie!iiasa!wnp@awiuni01.BITNET
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!mcsun!tuvie!iiasa!wnp From: wnp@iiasa.ac.at (Wolf PAUL ) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: SVR 4.0 troff is ancient BSD version Message-ID: <977@iiasa.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 90 15:38:45 GMT References: <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@iiasa.AT Reply-To: wnp%iiasa@relay.eu.net (Wolf PAUL ) Organization: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria Lines: 17