[OS X TeX] Mactex and PowerPC processors

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Tue May 3 17:30:17 EDT 2016


On , at 2016 May 3,5:24 PM, Richard Koch wrote:

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>> On May 3, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On , at 2016 May 3,10:05 AM, Richard Koch wrote:
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>>> I still believe that we should drop PPC support next year.  
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>> I don't know about "support" but, even though my own PPC died last year, it seems to me that there should be a place where old, frozen software might remain available ad vitam aeternam. About a year ago, someone trying to recompile 10 year old books could not until he was able to locate some of the old packages. Myself, I am indebted to someone on this list who sent me texlive 2013 a few months ago.
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>> Best, very grateful regards
>> --schremmer
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> Notee that old copies of MacTeX from past years are archived at
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> 	ftp://ftp.tug.org/historic/systems/mactex
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> Access this site as “Guest”. 


I am going to save this email in a very, very safe place. (If and when, I hope I remember where!)

Best,
--schremmer


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