DeLong explains why hexapodia is the key insight
In a perfect world it'd be TeX on an Alpha, but a Mac will do.
Fortunately Google Does No Evil.
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Tex on NeXT.
Show off.
NeXT was sweet, but Alphas had a real CPU
and the native f77 was DEC compliant.