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\title{The UK \TeX\ Users Group}
\author{}
\begin{article}
\section{Group aims and activities}
The \ukt\ was founded in 1989; its activities and benefits include:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Regular meetings covering both \TeX{}nical matters and general
typographic subjects;
  \item Visits to publishers, font suppliers and book producers;
  \item In-depth workshops, with hands-on computer sessions where
appropriate;
  \item Negotiation of discounts on \TeX\ relevant books with publishers.
  \item Distribution of public domain \TeX\ implementations (in
cooperation with the international \TeX\ archives);
  \item Discount on joint UK \TeX\ Users Group/TUG membership;
  \item Reduction in conference fees for the TUG annual meeting and the
annual European meetings;
  \item The publication and distribution of \BV\ (the annals of
the UK \TeX\ Users Group).
 \end{itemize}

\section{Programme of meetings for 1995}
\begin{description}
\item[April 4th, 1995:] \BibTeX\ and \MakeIndex\ training: a tutorial
  with hands-on practice.  The two most important support packages for
  \LaTeX\ are \BibTeX\ and \MakeIndex.  In this day of intensive
  training, we offer you a half-day's tutorial in each.  The training
  will be in a computer laboratory, with ample opportunity to practise
  the use of these packages while the tutors are there to guide you.
  The place: University of Warwick, Computing Services Training Room.
  The tutors: Joachim Schrod (Darmstadt) and David Rhead (Nottingham)
  The cost: To \UKTUG\ members \pounds50, or to non-members \pounds70.
  Programme organiser: R A Bailey.  Local organiser: Malcolm Clark
  (\texttt{m.clark@warwick.ac.uk}; tel: 01203 523365).
\item[June or July, 1995:] \TeX\ and DOS: creating useable systems;
a training meeting to be organised by Sebastian Rahtz. Location: Oxford.
\item[June or July, 1995:]  ``A  meeting of interest to Mathematicians and Computer Scientists.''
\item[October 1995:] AGM, (possibly at) Queen Mary and Westfield College,
University of London.
\end{description}

\noindent All members of \ukt{} will be provided with more details of
these meetings as they become available. Reports of the meetings will
appear in \BV, the organ of the group.

\section*{The 1994--95 \ukt\ committee}
\begin{tabular}{lp{2in}}
C.~A.~Rowley & Chair\\
P.~Abbott & Treasurer and \\ & Membership Secretary\\
R.~A.~Bailey & Committee Secretary\\
M.~Clark & Meetings Secretary\\
S.~P.~Q.~Rahtz & \BV\ editor\\
\end{tabular}

\noindent D.~P.~Carlisle; R. Fairbairns; J.~Fine; C.~Hewlett; A.~S.~A.~Jeffrey.


\section*{Book Discounts for \protect\ukt\ members}
The UK \TeX\ User group has been in discussion with a number
of publishers to arrange discounts on publications which
may be of interest to members. We recently re-established
our relationship with Addison-Wesley, and
we also have an arrangement with International Thomson Publishing to
supply any of the very excellent O'Reilly \& Associates Inc.\ series
of books to members.

The agreed list of books is listed separately, together with the
discounted price.  The quoted price includes the cost of postage and
packing. You will note that we are attempting to stem the tide of
silly prices and round to a convenient 50p. In every case the discount
is at least 10\%.

We would like to extend this service to members. If you have contacts
with the sales and marketing parts of any publisher who publishes
relevant books, please inform us and we will try to
arrange something mutually convenient and beneficial.

We are only allowed to offer this service to \textbf{current} members
of the UK \TeX\ User Group and/or members of TUG. Please send your
order and cheque (in UK \pounds) to  Peter Abbott (address in \BV\ masthead).
Make cheques payable to `UKTUG' please.
Books from Addison-Wesley are delivered direct but books from
O'Reilly will be routed through \ukt. \emph{In all cases} please
notify Peter Abbott
by email, phone, fax or letter when books are delivered. 

\end{article}

\title{Obtaining \TeX}
\author{edited by Sebastian Rahtz}
\begin{article}
\subsection*{From the network}

The UK \TeX\ Archive on \texttt{ftp.tex.ac.uk} is part of the CTAN
(Comprehensive \TeX\ Archive Network) collaborating network of
archives on the Internet organised by the
\TeX\ Users Group. The three main archives follow the same structure
and have identical files ({\tt ftp.tex.ac.uk}, {\tt ftp.shsu.edu} and
{\tt ftp.dante.de}).

The CTAN archives all run an enhanced {\em ftp} server which supports
dynamic compression, uncompression, and archive creation options.
Fetch the top-level file {\tt README.archive-features} for
information.  The server also supports site-defined commands to assist
you. Please read {\tt README.site-commands} for a brief overview.

Details of where to find public domain, or shareware,
\TeX\ packages for different machines and operating
systems are given below.


  Please report any problems with CTAN archives via email to
  \texttt{ctan@shsu.edu}. The entire archive is available on
  CDROM as the `\TeX cetera' package from Prime Time Freeware, 370 Altair Way,
  Suite 150, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA (\texttt{ptf@cfcl.com}). This is
  also distributed by the TUG office, and in the UK by Lasermoon Ltd
  (email \texttt{info@lasermoon.co.uk}, phone 01329 826444).

\subsection*{Unix tapes}
For a complete Unix \TeX\ distribution, a
1/4 inch cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150)
can sent with envelope {\em and} stamps for return postage to:
\begin{quote}
    David Osborne\\
    Cripps Computing Centre, \\
    University of Nottingham, \\
    Nottingham NG7 2RD
\end{quote}
Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK.

\subsection*{PC and Mac disks}
The \ukt\ distributes an em\TeX\ kit for PCs,
and an Oz\TeX\ kit for Macintosh. The cost covers copying and postage
costs, and the shareware fee for Oz\TeX.  Each set costs \pounds30,
and is available from Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak,
Birmingham B29~4LB. Cheques must be payable to \lq{}UKTUG\rq{}. Please note
that this service \emph{is available to \ukt\ members only.} Each set
comes with an installation guide, and (at least) full \TeX\ and \MF, a
previewer, a PostScript driver, and CM fonts. Two update disks a year
will be sent out automatically, with the current version of \LaTeXe,
and other goodies. A subscription service will be available for
subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to 3 disks a
year with any material from the CTAN archives, but this will be
supplied \lq{}as is\rq{}, without instructions.

Enquiries for \TeX\ for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to: The Fast
Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone 01602 455250, fax 01602
455305. They also supply a variety of \TeX-related software in Atari format.

\end{article}
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\bgroup
\small
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|lllp{2.5in}|}
\hline Name & Environment & CTAN path & Notes\\ \hline 
    em\TeX & DOS, OS/2 & systems/msdos/emtex &the betatest drivers,
    and 386-specific versions of \TeX\ and MF, are in the {\tt
      betatest} subdirectory \\ 
   sb\TeX & DOS & systems/msdos/sbtex & includes latest \TeX\ and
   \MF\\
   g\TeX & DOS & systems/msdos/gtex & 386-only \TeX\ and \MF,
   which replace parts of em\TeX, and work with Windows memory
   management\\
%   \TeX as & DOS & systems/msdos/texas & Large \TeX,
%   which replaces \TeX386 in em\TeX, and works with Windows memory
%   management\\
   \hline
   Oz\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/oztex & This package is shareware\\
    CMac\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/cmactex & Shareware port of Unix \TeX\\
   Direct\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/directtex & This package is shareware\\
   \hline
   pas\TeX & Amiga & systems/amiga/pastex & \\
   \hline
   --- & Atari & systems/atari/lindner-tex-packed-disks & \\
   --- & Atari & systems/atari/cs-tex & \\
   \hline
   web2c \TeX & Unix & systems/unix/web2c & a complete source kit for
   \TeX\ and \MF, which should compile on most Unix boxes; needs
   a C compiler.\\
%   sparctex & Sun Sparc & systems/unix/unixkit & \\
%   --- & DEC Alpha & systems/unix/alpha & for Alpha running Unix\\
%   --- & Xenix & systems/unix/xenix & \\
   \hline
  --- & VMS & systems/vms &Alpha and VAX versions available \\
   %\hline
   %GhostScript &  * & support/ghostview & PostScript previewer for
   %many platforms, including Mac\\
   %dvips & * & dviware/dvips & popular {\tt dvi} to PostScript
   %driver\\
   %--- & --- & biblio/bibtex/styles/contrib & \BibTeX\ style files\\
   %--- & --- & web/knuth & The files maintained by Don Knuth\\
   \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\egroup
\endinput
The main directories which make up CTAN are listed below; readers are
referred to David Jones\rq{} {\em Index of \TeX\ Styles and Macros} for
details of macro packages and individual style files. This can be
found in CTAN as {\tt info/tex-styles-and-macros.txt}

{\small
\begin{description}
\item[biblio] bibliography-related files, such as
  \BibTeX.
\item[digests] back issues of \TeX-related periodicals
\item[dviware] contains the various dvi-to-whatever filters and drivers
\item[fonts]  fonts, both sources and  pre-compiled
\item[graphics]utilities and macros related to graphics
\item[help] overviews of the archive and the \TeX\ system
\item[info] files and tutorials which document various aspects of \TeX
\item[indexing] utilities and related files for indexing
\item[language] material for typesetting non-English documents
\item[macros] macros packages for \TeX\ and style files
\item[support]  programs which can be used in support of \TeX
\item[systems] complete system setups, organized by operating
  system
\item[tools] the various archiving tools used on CTAN
\item[web] contains WEB-related files and utilities
\end{description}
}