Memory expansion, C TeX, Gnu CC

[Brant Cheikes]

A few tidbits in one article to save bandwidth.

1. I received the 2Mb memory expansion board I ordered from Digital
Data Systems (phone 404-425-5700).  The board is manufactured by
Piiceon, and works fine.  It installed easily in my 2Mb 3b1, passed
all the diagnostics.  This should eliminate any confusion about these
boards not working on machines with 2Mb on the motherboard.  Standard
disclaimers re DDS, Piiceon.

2. For you ARPA types, Tim Morgan's web2c software can be anonymously
FTP'd from ICS.UCI.EDU in the pub area.  The web2c package allows one
to take the TeX source code in WEB (straight from Knuth) and translate
it into C.  The result compiles (using shared library) without problem
on a 3b1 and passes Knuth's TeX "trip test."  The web2c distribution
also includes the latest BibTeX (0.99c) currently available.  I don't
know how the performance compares to the Common TeX now distributed by
Ed Hepler (elh at vu-vlsi).

3. I've received a number of inquiries about Gnu CC.  I don't use it
at the moment, since all evidence on gnu.gcc.* indicates it to be
unstable.  Yet the interest continues, so I suggest that one (or more)
of you UNIXpc Gnu CC hackers out there volunteer to set up a
distribution facility.
-- 
Brant Cheikes
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Computer and Information Science
ARPA: brant at linc.cis.upenn.edu, UUCP: ...drexel!manta!brant