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Re: Emacs and VI Editors Wanted for MS-DOS

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From: Mark Davidson
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1988 14:10
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In article <156@vlsi.ll.mit.edu> malpass@ll-vlsi.arpa.UUCP (Don Malpass) writes:
>For the September 1986 issue of "IEEE Software", (p.55) I wrote a very
>enthusiastic review of "PC/VI" from Custom Software Systems in Natick,
>Mass.  I've not tried hard, but have lost touch with CSS, the folks who
>wrote/distributed it ($150 for a FULL implementation of vi).  If
>there's any interest out there, I'll try to chase them down and post
>the current status of the product, which was the answer to my prayers.
>Obviously, if anybody out there knows the status, you can save me the
>trouble.
Some time ago, the folks at the C Users Group printed a small article about
Custom Software Systems.  If I get this wrong and someone notices the mistake,
please let me know.  I believe that PC/VI has been withdrawn from the market
and will no longer be updated or supported.  Thus, if you find some mail order
house that has a copy, you should be able to get a copy for a GREATLY
reduced price.  Apparently, their product had some AT&T code in it (or AT&T
thought it did) and they asked CSS to stop selling the product.  CSS, instead
of changing the product, apparently just gave up.
-- 
  In real life: Mark E. Davidson       uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd
  Proximity Technology Inc., 3511 NE 22nd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 33308
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From: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Emacs and VI Editors Wanted for MS-DOS
Keywords: vi, pc/vi, CSS
Message-ID: <730@proxftl.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 88 14:10:17 GMT
References: <13360@mimsy.UUCP> <156@vlsi.ll.mit.edu>
Reply-To: markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson)
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