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Archive-name: auto/comp.os.misc/MGR-window-system-for-PC-Choices-available

I have ported Stephen Uhler's MGR windowing system to the
PC-Choices object-oriented operating system and I have made
the port available through anonymous ftp.  (In case
you haven't heard about PC-Choices, it's the least-hassle
protected-mode operating system for 386/486 PCs that you
can get for free; finger pcc@cs.uiuc.edu for details.)

The port is somewhat unstable and buggy (if you use it long
enough) but it's a good start.  I shall be leaving the PC-Choices
project soon and I think it's a waste to abandon the MGR port,
so if anyone would like to take over the PC-Choices version
of MGR (or any other interesting projects of mine), I would be
very happy.  Here's more info about MGR for PC-Choices:

What is MGR/Choices

    MGR is a graphical windowing system by Stephen A. Uhler of Bellcore.
    MGR/Choices is a port of the MGR windowing system for PC-Choices.
    Multiple windows may be opened to start multiple invocations of
    the PC-Choices shell.  Most PC-Choices text applications will
    run properly under MGR/Choices.  The MGR/Choices package contains
    several sample graphical applications.  The windowing system
    runs in the 640x480 monochrome VGA display mode.

System requirements

    Same as PC-Choices, with 4 Meg additional disk space; 4 Meg of
    extended memory; Microsoft, Logitech, IBM PS/2 or compatible mouse;
    VGA display.  Version 0.5c of the PC-Choices kernel and application
    binaries is required.

How to get PC-Choices

    ftp to choices.cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.240.21) and log in as
    'anonymous'.  Go to the directory PC-Choices and fetch
    the files pccmgr.zip and pccmgr.doc in binary mode.  Follow the
    instructions in pccmgr.doc.  If there are problems, please
    contact Lup at lup@cs.uiuc.edu.

Coming soon (probably at OOPSLA '92): The PC-Choices object-oriented
file system that runs on hard disks and floppy disks formatted
with DOS or BSD UNIX, and allows you to mount DOS file systems
into a BSD file system and vice versa.

Lup
lup@cs.uiuc.edu    Graduate Student    PC-Choices Manager