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- From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.emacs
- Subject: Emacs for the PC?
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <724525310snx@crynwr.com>
- References: <1992Dec16.152100.15808@umbc3.umbc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 17:01:50 GMT
- Organization: Crynwr Software
- Lines: 52
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- In article <1992Dec16.152100.15808@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs202144@umbc8.umbc.edu writes:
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- I own and use an IBM 486/33. I was told there is an edition of
- Emacs that will work on my machine. Can anyone advice me where to
- obtain a copy of this since Emacs is my favorite text editor.
-
- You might be happy with Freemacs. It's on simtel20.army.mil, in
- pd1:<msdos.freemacs>.
-
- SIMTEL20 files are also available by anonymous ftp from mirror sites
- OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117), wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4),
- ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9), nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100), src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- (146.169.3.7), nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40), archie.au (139.130.4.6),
- nctuccca.edu.tw (140.111.3.21), by e-mail through the BITNET/EARN file
- servers.
-
- Modem:
-
- If you cannot access them via FTP or e-mail, most SIMTEL20 MSDOS
- files, including the PC-Blue collection, are also available for
- downloading from Detroit Download Central (313) 885-3956. DDC
- has multiple lines which support 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 bps
- (103/212/V22bis/HST/V32bis/V42bis/MNP). This is a subscription system
- with an average hourly cost of 17 cents. It is also accessable on
- Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. New files
- uploaded to SIMTEL20 are usually available on DDC within 24 hours.
-
- CD-ROM:
-
- Public, private or corporate institutions and libraries interested in
- the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS collection in CD-ROM format bundled with library
- card-catalog type access and duplication software can contact Coyote
- Data, Ltd. by mail at 1142 N. Main, Rochester, MI 48307 or by FAX at
- (313) 651-4071. Others who do not need the access and duplication
- software should send e-mail to: rab@cdrom.com (Robert Bruce), telephone
- (800) 786-9907 or (510) 947-5996, or FAX (510) 947-1644 for details on
- his CD-ROM offer.
-
-
- UUCP:
-
- Simtel20 files are available from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS, in
- uunet!~/systems/msdos/simtel20. Contact UUNET for more details:
-
- UUNET Technologies, Inc.
- 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
- Falls Church, VA 22042
- +1 703 204 8000 (voice)
- +1 703 204 8001 (fax)
- info@uunet.uu.net
-
- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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