Help with Ditroff and Pyramid

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From: Michael C. Berch
Date: Sat, 24 May 1986 05:55

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We are trying to bring up ditroff on a Pyramid 98xe to work with the
Adobe TranScript (PostScript support) package and some Apple
LaserWriters. 

We have a DWB license, but instead of using the System V DWB
distribution we are trying to use the ditroff sources from Berkeley 
that have been ported to 4.2BSD; we want to be able to run the 4.2
lpr(1) spooler with network services.

Unfortunately, these sources produce a ditroff that is dead on
arrival, and refuses to mount the correct fonts. (We know the fonts
are there since the rest of the TranScript package prints, as does old
troff). We have also heard that various other people have failed to
get ditroff running on 90x and 98xe's.

Has anybody successfully brought up ditroff on a Pyramid? We'd be
grateful for your advice, hints, code diffs, or (especially) a ported
version of the source (upon verification of our license, of course).

Thanks in advance,

Michael C. Berch
Control Data Corp. / Lawrence Livermore Natl. Laboratory
ARPA: mcb@lll-tis-b.ARPA
UUCP: {ihnp4,dual,sun}!lll-lcc!styx!mcb

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