[ For the following, substitute the name of the directory this file resides in for "foo". E.G., if this file is mh5/READ-ME, s%foo%mh5%g ] The Makefile assumes you have PhDTeX on your system. PhDTeX is AmSTeX with diss.sty preloaded. If you don't have PhDTeX, then change the Makefile to run AmSTeX instead and the foo.tex file will automatically input diss.sty. If you don't have AmSTeX, talk to your local TeX maintainer and find out where Michael Spivak's AmS-TeX macro package is kept, and run TeX like this tex \\input amstex \\input foo This is really slow, but that's life. If you don't have the wonderful amcscod10 fonts at your site, then in diss.sty, replace the two lines (at line 107): \font\tencscod=amcscod10 \font\eightcscod=amcscod10 at 8\p@ with \let\tencscod=\tencsc \let\eightcscod=\eightcsc If you want to get your hands on amcscod10 font, drop a note to Bug-TeX@UCI and ask for it. They have the metafont source available. It's a lot easier just to edit the two lines above though.