Screen editor for Rainbow 100

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3 total messages Started by Michael Norrish Tue, 27 Oct 1992 22:18

Author: Michael Norrish
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 22:18

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I'm sorry to lurch into this group as it were, but I have only just
discovered it, and I have a couple of really pressing questions to ask
of the gathered "net-wisdoms".

In particular, I'm after a screen editor, (other than sedt which I
have and dislike immensely), for my Rainbow 100 that I can use to
write code and the like. I'm running MS-DOS 2.11, and although I have
managed to get some IBM-PC things working, (Turbo Pascal v.2 was a
real triumph), screen editors seem to be in a class of their own. 

I have tried both mg, (an emacs clone), and elvis but neither seems to
be able to handle the screen.

Secondly, I was wondering what technical documentation for the Rainbow
is available, and how easy it might be to get hold of. I have the
MS-DOS manuals, but given the fact that there are obvious
incompatibilities with 'standard' PCs, I would like to know what these
are, and how I might go about working around them.

Many thanks in advance,
Michael.

[ I'll summarise e-mail replies if requested ]

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Re: Screen editor for Rainbow 100

Author: Warner Losh
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 17:42

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In article <Bwswn0.J7z@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Michael.Norrish@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Norrish) writes:
>I have tried both mg, (an emacs clone), and elvis but neither seems to
>be able to handle the screen.

In ftp.solbourne.com:pub/rb/drycus/emacs39e.zip is an old version of
micro emacs, ported to the rainbow.  You might give it a spin.

Also, the latest version of micro emacs works with code blue.  I have
a hacked version of micro emacs 3.10 that uses the Rainbow's fast
video, but it has bunches of problems...

>Secondly, I was wondering what technical documentation for the Rainbow
>is available, and how easy it might be to get hold of. I have the
>MS-DOS manuals, but given the fact that there are obvious
>incompatibilities with 'standard' PCs, I would like to know what these
>are, and how I might go about working around them.

All DOS calls are the same on the Rainbow.  All the IBM-PC BIOS calls
are not.  The MS-DOS manual is about as good as it gets.  There is
some good documentation on the hardware of the Rainbow in the CP/M
version of the doc set.

Warner
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Re: Screen editor for Rainbow 100

Author: burt
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 22:07

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Try VDE, a fast, small, full-featured shareware editor available from
most bulletin boards. There are CP/M and MS-DOS versions.
John Burt

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