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- From: skwong@cuse1.se.cuhk.hk (Wong Sai Kee (Graduate Assistant))
- Subject: Re: thanks (Re: Macs for UNIX lovers)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.090845.10415@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>
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- Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 09:08:45 GMT
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- ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley) writes:
-
- >> ... I am a new mac owner... My roots are in UNIX... I want my mac
- >> to have ... For example, ... an emacs clone ... email to the net
- >> ... news ... my favorite games ... Has anyone put together the
- >> information into a single FAQ which covers such topics?
-
- >*sigh* just what I thought. First though, thanks already to those who
- >replied via email or through news. In summary, many folks suggested
- >A/UX 3.0. ... I knew it was there but can't afford it -- that's why I
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Yes! And the not friendly Unix shouldn't worth so much.
-
- >posted my query. I just dropped $4K and don't have much left. I also
- >know about Mach10, which also looks promising, but at $600 (so the
- >ads say) is also out of reach. Hmmm... anyone know the educational
- >prices of these?
-
- I shall be interesting in that if there was any low price educational
- offer.
-
- >Many folks did let me know about UUPC for the mac. Whew. There's hope
- >yet. And it's a toss up between alpha and microemacs. One person
- >suggested I get a 'real word processor'. Hmmm... Not the problem. I
- >have a 'real word processor'. Three-ish actually -- pagemaker (well,
- >ok...), claris works, and Microsoft Word (*gag* I HATE giving them my
- >money). What I want is a text editor with EMACS compatible commands
- >and a version of TeX. I hate using the mouse (*).
-
- I am die-hard Mac user, but:
- I think, if you were skillfull with the god damn vi, it would be faster
- than any Mac word processor during text entry. So I prefer emacs, vi ...
-
- Happy New Year!
-
- Mr.Sai-Kee WONG
-