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How to Obtain TeX

TeX is freely redistributable. You can obtain TeX for Unix systems via anonymous ftp or on physical media. The core material consists of the Web2c TeX distribution (http://www.tug.org/web2c).

Instructions for retrieval by anonymous ftp and information on other available distributions:

ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp
http://www.tug.org/unixtex.ftp

The Free Software Foundation provides a core distribution on its Source Code CD-ROM suitable for printing Texinfo manuals; the University of Washington maintains and supports a tape distribution; the TeX Users Group co-sponsors a complete CD-ROM TeX distribution.

For the FSF Source Code CD-ROM, please contact:

Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place Suite 330
Boston, MA   02111-1307
USA
Telephone: +1--617--542--5942
Fax: (including Japan) +1--617--542--2652
Free Dial Fax (in Japan):
      0031--13--2473 (KDD)
      0066--3382--0158 (IDC)
Electronic mail: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu

To order a complete distribution on CD-ROM, please see http://www.tug.org/tex-live.html. (This distribution is also available by FTP; see the URL's above.)
To order a full distribution from the University of Washington on either a 1/4in 4-track QIC-24 cartridge or a 4mm DAT cartridge, send $210 to:
```
Pierre A. MacKay
Denny Hall, Mail Stop DH-10
University of Washington
Seattle, WA   98195
USA
Telephone: +1--206--543--2268
Electronic mail: mackay@cs.washington.edu
```
Please make checks payable to the University of Washington. Checks must be in U.S. dollars, drawn on a U.S. bank. Overseas sites: please add to the base cost, if desired, $20.00 for shipment via air parcel post, or $30.00 for shipment via courier.

Many other TeX distributions are available; see http://www.tug.org/.

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