blarson@castor.usc.edu.UUCP (03/17/87)
I've seen several messages on this group implying that micro-emacs could never fit on a 64kbyte system. One version I know of (based on an early release: 2.0 or 3.0) does run on os9/6809 level 1. It does have it's limitations: single window single buffer, maximum file size about 16k. (Level 2 could probably up this to 24k or more.) This doesn't answer the original request of one for cpm-80, especialy since z80 code is probably 50% bigger than 6809 code. (If you can find a heavily optimizing C compiler it might not be any bigger. I've never heard of one that can handle all the quirks of a z80 though.) If you are interested, it is available from the os9 users group. -- Bob Larson Arpa: Blarson@Usc-Eclb.Arpa Uucp: (several backbone sites)!sdcrdcf!usc-oberon!castor.usc.edu!blarson seismo!cit-vax!usc-oberon!castor.usc.edu!blarson
ogawa@sdics.UUCP (03/20/87)
< lliinnee eeaatteerr ttrryy aanndd ffiigguurree oouutt wwhhiicchh aarree rreeaall .. .. ..> There is a version of uEmacs on cpm-80 systems. Or at least there must be. For the Kaypro 2, 4 and 10 there is a program called Perfect Writer that looks *AMAZINGLY* like uEmacs. In fact, I knew about Perfect Writer before I knew about uEmacs. I was surprised to find the same (almost) program. PW is a commercial product. I'm not sure about the legallities of this are, whether whoever wrote uEMacs was asked first (hence the copyright notice at the beginning of the 3.8[bf] documentation??). Anyway, PW runs on a Z-80 CPM machine in under 64k with multiple buffers, windows, etc. I am an unwilling expert on it (my mother is writing a history dissertation on it!). So it is possible. My question is: in the uEmacs we just got (I have it for the ST, and it's labelled 3.8f), there is a document called EMACS1.MSS. This was formatted for a program that is *VERY* much like the one in Perfect Writer. They both use the at sign (@) in front of commands, etc. What formatter is this? Is it in the Public Domain or Shareware or Free? I am very interested, I would much rather print from the ST than the Kaypro. Thanks in advance, John Ogawa ...ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdics!ogawa <or> ogawa@sdics.ucsd.edu <or> (on GEnie) TUSHIE