Having tried it, I've decided it doesn't work.
\usepackage[palatino, helvetica, courier, maths=cmr]{mdwfonts}
\usepackage[margin=20mm]{geometry}
-\newdimen\titlewidth \titlewidth = 70mm
+\newdimen\titlewidth \titlewidth=70mm
\pagestyle{empty}
-\errorcontextlines = 50
-\showboxbreadth = \maxdimen \showboxdepth = \maxdimen
+\errorcontextlines=50
+\showboxbreadth=\maxdimen \showboxdepth=\maxdimen
\newif\iftop \toptrue
\def\doctor #1{%
\begin{document}
-\topskip = 0pt
-\baselineskip = 0pt
-\lineskip = 0pt
+\topskip=0pt
+\baselineskip=0pt
+\lineskip=0pt
\global\def\\{&&&&&\cr}
\halign%