pbach@itsgw.RPI.EDU (Peter Lauterbach) (08/18/87)
In working in an administrative enviroment, it often comes to pass that a user will come to me with a trashed disk. I can recover just about anything with Norton and/or Mace. The big problem that I have is trying to take a munged database or wp file, and try to edit it with PC Write 2.7. This actually works great for files < 64K. I've tried RED, which is very fast, but can't handle lines over 80 columns. The only thing that seems to fit the bill is Wordstar, and it is soooo sloooow. Even the new version of MicroEmacs barfs if there is a lot of extended characters and long lines(unless I don't know how, but I haven't read the Scribe formatted documentation :-) ). What I need pointers to are as follows... 1) Must be FAST. 2) Able to handle files > 64K ( up to disk size) 3) Must be able to treat extended characters set as just that. 4) Keyboard macros and or procedures would be nice. 5) Relativley cheap, under $100. Reply directly to me with whatever experience you've had with this stuff, and I'll summarize for the net. Thanks. -- aka : Peter Lauterbach BITNet : USEREZ8Y@rpitsmts.bitnet Internet : pbach@itsgw.rpi.edu Internet : lauterbach@rpitsmts.rpi.edu
fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (08/21/87)
In article <816@itsgw.RPI.EDU>, pbach@itsgw.RPI.EDU (Peter Lauterbach) writes: > > In working in an administrative enviroment, it often comes > to pass that a user will come to me with a trashed disk. We run Hexpose on a PC but of course the PC is running a real operating system. First get UNIX, then order HEXPOSE from us. -- Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, +----------------+ Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX | NO CONTRA AID! | ...!uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl +----------------+
desmond@cod.NOSC.MIL (J. Desmond) (05/23/89)
I've looked at a great number of binary file editors and have found none that have insertion capability. I would like to use it to put laser printer codes in specific points in a data file. It doesn't have to have a particularly impressive user interface. Just be able to insert. Any suggestions? -JM Desmond
nyenhuis@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (G. Nijenhuis) (05/24/89)
In article <1538@cod.NOSC.MIL> desmond@cod.NOSC.MIL (J. Desmond) writes: >I've looked at a great number of binary file editors and have found >none that have insertion capability. I would like to use it to The QED editor that comes with QDOS II (from Gazelle Systems) has a binary mode with insertion capability. There are however almost no other features in this mode (like find e.t.c.). -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= # Gerrit Nijenhuis Internet : nyenhuis@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl # # Philips TDS, Dept. SSP UUCP : ...!mcvax!philapd!nyenhuis # # Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Phone : +31 55 433327 #
peggy@pyr.gatech.EDU (PEGGY PIEROTTI) (05/25/89)
In article <207@ssp7.idca.tds.philips.nl> nyenhuis@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (G. Nijenhuis) writes: >In article <1538@cod.NOSC.MIL> desmond@cod.NOSC.MIL (J. Desmond) writes: >>I've looked at a great number of binary file editors and have found >>none that have insertion capability. I would like to use it to > >The QED editor that comes with QDOS II (from Gazelle Systems) has a binary >mode with insertion capability. There are however almost no other features >in this mode (like find e.t.c.). ># Gerrit Nijenhuis Internet : nyenhuis@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl # This is true, but you can easily switch back and forth between text and binary. "find" works fine in text mode for finding arbitrary byte patterns, and 'h' is all it takes to switch to hex mode. No REs in find, though. I use it this way fairly often. cris Cris Simpson Computer Engineer
thorp@spudge.UUCP (Don Thorp) (05/25/89)
There is a binary editor called HexEdit for the PC. It may be obtained from a local BBS or from the author. It's shareware. REM Software Inc. %Richard E. Morris 12812 East 21 Court Tulsa, OK 24 Hour BBS - (918) 437-3837 (9600 baud) Don Thorp