uday@mips.UUCP (Uday Kurkure) (01/19/88)
Where can I get a copy of GNU emacs that would run PC-AT
compatible HP's Vectra running MS-DOS?
Thanks,
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uday@mips.com {prls, decwrl}!mips!udaydavidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) (01/20/88)
In article <1353@mips.UUCP> uday@mips.UUCP (Uday Kurkure) writes: | | Where can I get a copy of GNU emacs that would run PC-AT | compatible HP's Vectra running MS-DOS? As far as I can see, you can't. You need more address space than DOS allows. You could do a hack with expanded memory, or try to castrate the editor down to fit, or even run OS/2. You could also run MicroGNU, which would give you most of what you want. If somebody has done any of these things, please post | uday@mips.com {prls, decwrl}!mips!uday -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) (01/20/88)
In article <9136@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: > As far as I can see, you can't. You need more address space than >DOS allows. You could do a hack with expanded memory, or try to castrate >the editor down to fit, or even run OS/2. You could also run MicroGNU, >which would give you most of what you want. In addition to the address space limitation, the segment-based addressing is going to cause problems. You could probably simulate a linear address space with adjacent 64K segments (in protected mode). Anybody know if any of the currently available protected mode systems (or OS/2) supports (or will support) this? >If somebody has done any of these things, please post I've run MicroGNU. Works great (for what it is supposed to do). I'm working on the MS-DOS port of the new version now. Jeff Siegal
lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) (01/22/88)
in article <9136@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP says: > | Where can I get a copy of GNU emacs that would run PC-AT > | compatible HP's Vectra running MS-DOS? > As far as I can see, you can't. I've run MicroEmacs with no porblems on a Vectra. The binary for GNu Emacs on my VAX 8600 is ~1.3MB. The only way I could see you running GNU on a Vectra is if you hack down the 12MB of sources and remove alot of the modes and spell checking, etc. I think Micro Emacs is better. Micro Emacs v3.9 is available via anonymous ftp from eecae.ee.msu.edu (35.8.8.151) -- j UUCP: ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke "And it's just a box of rain..." ARPA: lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (35.8.8.151)