midkiff@UICSRD.CSRD.UIUC.EDU (Sam Midkiff) (09/21/88)
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
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BITNET: midkiff@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.eduMATON%SASK.USask.CA@CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU (TERRY MATON - PHYSICAL PLANT) (09/22/88)
From: IN%"Info-Apple@BRL.MIL" 22-SEP-1988 00:23 To: 'Terry Maton' <MATON@SASK.USask.CA> Subj: Laser 128/Apple editor info wanted Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by SASK.USask.CA; Thu, 22 Sep 88 00:23 CST Received: by FINHUTC (Mailer X1.25) id 1699; Thu, 22 Sep 88 08:24:46 EET Date: Tue, 20 Sep 88 21:57:43 CDT From: Sam Midkiff <midkiff%uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu%uxc.cso.uiuc.edu@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU> Subject: Laser 128/Apple editor info wanted Sender: INFO-APP Info-Apple List <INFO-APP@NDSUVM1.BITNET> To: 'Terry Maton' <MATON@SASK.USask.CA> Reply-to: Info-Apple@BRL.MIL Comments: To: info-apple@BRL.MIL >>>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. >>>Second, is there anything to watch out for with the Lasers that isn't >>>obvious from reading their ads? I cannot help with other parts of your message, but as an owner of a Laser 128 for over two years I can say that I have had no trouble with compatibility. I use my Laser with an expansion box complete with battery backed Ramfactor card with 1 Meg additional memory. Using this as a ramdisk which boots as soon as I switch on I have a very fast machine for word processing or any other program. The slowest part of any file transfer as far as I can see would be your 1200 baud modem! Terry Maton MATON@SASK (Bitnet)