ken@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Ken) (06/17/88)
First off, I'm rather new to unix, so I aplogize for any stupid questions... :-) I'm running a Zenith Z-386 and am considering purchasing Microport unix for it. One of the many reasons why I want to do this is so I may run GNU EMACS 18.51 on my machine. Now, I've been using EMACSen for years, and am pretty familiar with it. I currently use GNU EMACS on several of our machines here at Lehigh. But, I haven't seen any discussions here on getting it to run under Microport. Has anyone tried this? Was it merely a matter of recompiling? Will I hate myself for even mentioning it? :-) Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Ken van Wyk Lehigh University
james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) (06/19/88)
IN article <1081@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, ken@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Ken) wrote: > I'm running a Zenith Z-386 and am considering purchasing Microport > unix for it. One of the many reasons why I want to do this is so I > may run GNU EMACS 18.51 on my machine. You'll need a 386 to run GNU emacs, but I'm sure Xenix-386 runs it too. You may need more memory: As I type this in using 18.51 under uPort/386, it's using 650K of RAM. You need 6.5meg of disk space to run, and maybe 10meg more to compile & install. > But, I haven't seen any > discussions here on getting it to run under Microport. Probably because it just installs without hassle. :-) > Has anyone > tried this? Was it merely a matter of recompiling? One program in etc/ generated a compiler-internal error, but it was obvious and easy to fix. Obviously didn't use the optimizer, but it runs pretty quick. I did use the keyboard ioctl() to remap the keyboard at the driver level so that the backspace key would generate DEL and the keypad wouldn't generate ESC [, and a few other useful things. OSU has all the current GNU stuff on-line for anonymous downloads at 1200bps & 2400bps. I can make it available for Trailblazer downloads if anyone wants to save some $$$. The compressed sources are just over 4meg. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-sally!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746
bhj@bhjat.UUCP (Burt Janz) (06/20/88)
I brought up GNU Emacs 18.50 about 2 months ago, and upgraded it to 18.51 when the diffs appeared. Some minor changes were needed to some of the code because of S/386's inability to do "char" math (see their release notes), a new m_ and s_ file pair needed to be created, and the keyboard mapping needed to be done. I intend to keep GNU up to the current revision level at this site, and to port over the GNU as, cc, c++, and other utilities as they become available for the 386. For those with the Everex Stream-60 tape drive (or a QIC-36 format drive), I'll dupe you a copy of the source kit directory for the latest GNU Emacs. Of course, you supply the tape (preferably a new one... I don't want to gunk up my heads..) and sufficient reverse postage for this. No charge for the copying. After all, GNU means "free", ergo I won't charge. I have NO INTENTION of doing this for floppies. The source kit is around 17000 blocks big, and I'm not in the business of floppy distribution. Tape is another matter... I shove it in and start it up and forget it... Burt Janz ..decvax!bhjat!bhj