royt@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy M. Turner) (07/28/85)
I have heard rumors that there is a version of EMACS for the Mac, and that it is perhaps available at CMU...is there any basis to this? If so, could someone either send me a copy (if it is public domain and not huge (faint hope)), or tell me who to contact for further information. While I have nothing against MacWrite, and use it to death as a text editor, I'm afraid that the Symbolics Lisp Machines that we have here have spoiled me for entering programs! Also, while I'm dreaming, did anyone ever follow up on those requests a few months back to look into porting Hack to the Mac? Thanks in advance. Roy -- The above opinions aren't necessarily those of etc, etc...but they should be!! Roy Turner (a transplanted Kentucky hillbilly) School of Information and Computer Science Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!royt
tdn@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA (Thomas Newton) (07/28/85)
If there is a version of EMACS for the Mac at CMU, I haven't heard anything about it. I'd also like to get my hands on such a program if it exists. I thought briefly about trying to port the PDP-11 version of hack to the Mac, but after I had problems getting several files to compile, I thought that it would be a good idea to check the program out on the VAX first. It compiled there OK, but when I ran it I found that it had bugs and was missing most of the good features of Hack 1.0.*. I didn't try to port the regular version of Hack because my Mac only has 128K, which I'm sure is not enough. -- Thomas Newton Thomas.Newton@cmu-cs-spice
gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart ) (07/31/85)
In article <400@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> tdn@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA (Thomas Newton) writes: >I thought briefly about trying to port the PDP-11 version of hack to the Mac, >but after I had problems getting several files to compile, I thought that it >would be a good idea to check the program out on the VAX first. It compiled >there OK, but when I ran it I found that it had bugs and was missing most of >the good features of Hack 1.0.*. I didn't try to port the regular version of >Hack because my Mac only has 128K, which I'm sure is not enough. I seem to recall that someone was attempting to port hack to a Mac, but that was posted a long time ago. If that person is out there, how about an update. (Was it you Chuq?) I had downloaded the source for Rogue 3.6 to my Mac. While this is a very early version of rogue, I think that I can get it working on a 128K machine without too many segments. The source alone occupies 280K on the disk. I have a feeling I will have to compile stuff to object code then move it to another disk just to link it. (I am a long way from that!) By the way, does anyone have a package to simulate cursor addressing for Mac text?? It would be the easiest first "hack" at getting MacRogue off the ground. George Erhart {ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbdkc1!gwe
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (08/02/85)
>I seem to recall that someone was attempting to port hack to a Mac, but >that was posted a long time ago. If that person is out there, how about >an update. (Was it you Chuq?) I did work on it for a while, but decided to put it off for a couple of reasons. One was lack of time, and the other was that it is simply too large to do any real development on a two floppy system -- a hard disk or Sumacc would be need to work with something that size. The other problem is the lack of a good gotoxy package for the Mac, but I have a design for something that will handle something like that -- cleareol, cleareop, gotoxy, and a few other critical functions. Won't be 'optimal' like curses, but also won't need something like termcap (a REAL feature). Of course, I haven't done much on it either, but I will Real Soon Now. chuq -- :From the carousel of the autumn carnival: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside!
ALAN@NCSUVM.BITNET (08/02/85)
I have the source files for HACK on my Mac, but have not yet begun to convert. ---------- "...we do our part -- what's your problem?" [the comic "American Flagg!"] ---------- Alan Clegg USMail: 2801-23 Brigadoon Drive Hacker at Large Raleigh, NC 27606 "I am not a crook" Net: ALAN@NCSUVM.BITNET ALAN@NCSUVAX.BITNET Bell: (919) 851-3246 NOTABC@TUCC.BITNET Brand -> UUCP: allegra!psuvax1!ALAN%NCSUVM.BITNET@seismo.CSS.GOV New -> ihnp4!seismo!NCSUVM.BITNET!ALAN@seismo.CSS.GOV ----------