bell@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mike Bell) (09/08/88)
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Dumb Virtue ? For those who might not know, D V is a replacement for the Mac end of the Unix Windows Package. Someone fron Queen Mary College in London mentioned that he had it, and it was available, but I have been unable to find it on any remote hosts and attempts to send mail to the above poster have been returned. Thanks for any leads. Mike Bell Bell@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) (09/15/88)
In article <5062@netnews.upenn.edu> bell@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mike Bell) writes: > > Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Dumb Virtue ? For those who >might not know, D V is a replacement for the Mac end of the Unix Windows >Package. Someone from Queen Mary College in London mentioned that he had it, It has a true Mac interface: double clicking, CUT (not just copy) and Paste, any window in any real size of any font (crucial if you're scanning Homer in Common Lisp). UW is wonderful on the Unix end, but its Mac end's interface isn't all that much better than Red Ryder. Though both UW and DV are _fast_; they seem noticeably (barely) faster at 19200 than at 9600. Make sure you get the version of Dec. '87 or later, the earlier one crashed on start-up about half the time. It's a bit flaky under Sys 6.0, I think, but am not sure. It's never been terribly reliable, but the new version is usable. Background text up/downloading, even not under MF. dumb virtue . . . "The shell programmer's little friend" v1.1 (now 1.2?), copyright Kevin Eric Saunders 1986 License: $20 per copy (+$10 for latest version, +7% NYS residents). Payable to: databeast, PO Box 6855, Ithaca, NY 14851. (now?? 721 W. Court Street Ithaca, NY 14850 His latest email address seems to be: pywy@vax5.ccs.cornell.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Cornell Computer Service, Ithaca NY Other ones: saunders@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu ARPA: saunders@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!saunders If that doesn't work, send me something worth what it'll cost me to send it to you (disks are #1.70 [=?$2.50], postage for a disk to the States is #1.) If anybody in Europe wants to pay the shareware fee, I've got a US checking account, so send me the equivalent in any Eurocheque-type currency, and I'll pass it on. From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk