Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpisla!tw From: tw@hpisla.UUCP (tw) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Has anyone used MS-DOS Emacs? Message-ID: <39500001@hpisla.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 12:59:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpisla.39500001 Posted: Sun Dec 9 12:59:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:17:52 EST References: <232@dataio.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Loveland, CO Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:dataio:-23200:hpisla:39500001:000:971 Nf-From: hpisla!tw Dec 10 09:59:00 1984 I've used the Unipress EMACS on a PC-XT; it is pretty slow. Other problems include: (1) you can't edit a file bigger than 32k. They promised to fix this "soon" a couple of months ago. (2) for some reason the redisplay algorithm is really weird. When you change the screen (say by paging down) it first draws all the new characters, then deletes all the old characters. This wouldn't be that annoying except that there is a noticable lag between the two operations. On the plus side, they did somehow get the "compile-it" function to work, so you can do compiles and such and capture the output in a window. Anyway, I find myself using mince for all but the most serious editing, simply because of the speed. I understand it is much more reasonable on a PC-AT. If I recall correctly it costs around $400 for binary, $1k for source. Tw Cook {hplabs, hp-pcd, hpfcla}!hpisla!tw or twc@hplabs.CSNET (303) 667-5000x3724 HP Instrument Systems Lab, Loveland, CO