Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!UICSRD.CSRD.UIUC.EDU!midkiff From: midkiff@UICSRD.CSRD.UIUC.EDU (Sam Midkiff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Laser 128/Apple editor info wanted Message-ID: <8809210257.AA01708@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> Date: 21 Sep 88 02:57:43 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 I am considering the purchase of a Laser 128, or Laser 128 EX, to do editing on. Supposedly the 128's are compatible with the ][c and ][e. I will primarily be using the machine to edit ascii files that have been downloaded from a Unix machine. I don't need full "work processing" ability (i.e. the ability to format), but rather need a good editor. I currently use vi, and would be happy with something similar in capabilities. Maximum file size would be under 64K. My questions are: Are there inexpensive pieces of software, or better yet shareware or pd editors available. There seem to be tons of word processors around, but this seems like overkill. I would be happy to use one of them, however, if there's not too much of a speed penalty, and I can get a plain ascii file out without control information. Second, is there anything to watch out for with the Lasers that isn't obvious from reading their ads? And finally, how fast can I expect to download files using one of these? 1200 baud or less? Thanks for any help. Please e-mail your responses to me, and I will summarize if there seems to be sufficient interest. Sam Midkiff UUCP: {seismo,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uicsrd!midkiff ARPANET: midkiff%uicsrd@a.cs.uiuc.edu CSNET: midkiff%uicsrd@uiuc.csnet BITNET: midkiff@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu