jmgg0569@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (03/10/90)
I'm looking for a simple and straight forward editor (preferably video oriented). I am going to get VDO25B.LBR from Simtel20. Does anyone have any opinions, gripes, raves, etc. about it? Also, can anyone suggest a better video editor? Joe Gering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign j-gering@uiuc.edu
ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) (03/11/90)
In article <49600002@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, jmgg0569@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > > > I'm looking for a simple and straight forward editor (preferably video > oriented). I am going to get VDO25B.LBR from Simtel20. I don't know what kind of computer you're planning to run it on because I hear that VDO is really specialized for the computer you want to run it on. It uses memory-mapped video displays like that on the Osborne, and I think, the Kaypro. In other words, you can't use it on a system designed to run with a dumb terminal like my Dynabyte DB8/1 running off a CPU port, or my Ampro Little Board. Which brings me to... > Does anyone > have any opinions, gripes, raves, etc. about it? Also, can anyone > suggest a better video editor? I stongly suggest you look for a package called ZDE13. It's designed after VDE, but it works on Z-System (ZCPR3.x), but optionally, you can use it (As the README file says) with vanilla CP/M. I've been using it a lot and it's a GREAT little editor. It's not WordStar, but for small files small enough to fit in memory (nothing over say, 30-35k), it's perfect. -- Home: Ian Justman |UUCP: ...!uunet!mmsac or |"One of the few 6612 Whitsett Drive | ...!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac or |die-hard CP/M North Highlands, CA | ...{ames, att, sun}!pacbell |addicts left on this (916) 344-5360 95660| !sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |planet"