HELP DECIDING ON A WORD PROCESSOR FOR ULTRIX ENVIRONMENT
Donald D Rice
ddr at flux.isr.alaska.edu
Thu May 9 10:51:58 AEST 1991
Depends on what you mean by "word processor". If you want typeset-quality
output, and are stuck with VT100 terminals, I'd suggest LaTeX. Its macros
make it relatively easy to teach and use, the software is basically free,
and there are "how-to" books available for it. I think it is about the best
you can expect for getting good laser-printed documents from old-style
terminals. This approach won't have much impact on your Ultrix system.
For student X terminals, I'd suggest looking at the Visual 14/ES models, which
are (I think) the cheapest on the market. We have a couple running off our
Ultrix system. Once you have an X terminal, there are more options for
word processing. Interleaf has a good educational license program, and we
have students using Interleaf's TPS 4.0 on the Visual 14/ES terminals running
off a DECstation 5000. This works great for small numbers of users...if
you have hoards of students running X and Interleaf off one server, though,
you'll kill it. Our cost was $300 for TPS plus $600 per X terminal.
If you want more details, let me know. I haven't talked to either company
for several months so the prices may vary.
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Don Rice Internet: ddr at flux.isr.alaska.edu
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