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From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: stevie (vi lookalike)
Message-ID: <10593@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 89 16:50:45 GMT
References: <1268@gara.une.oz.au>
Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr,20650,cb,9a110,6148605851)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant)
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In article <1268@gara.une.oz.au> pmorriso@gara.une.oz.au (Perry Morrison MATH) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how to get a copy of stevie- a PD vi lookalike
>for ms-dos machines?

I am about to submit my "BIOS-only" version of Stevie to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.
The MSDOS support included in the recently posted (comp.sources.misc) version
(V3.69) requires nansi.sys or nnansi.sys, or another console driver with
equivalent functionality (ansi.sys will not work).  That's OK as far as it
goes, but nansi/nnansi's liscensing provisions specifically preclude commer-
cial use, which could be a problem for some users.  The BIOS-only version
uses only the ROM BIOS and does not requires nansi/nnansi.  There is also 
simple-minded EGA/VGA support (43 or 50 line mode).  The BIOS-only Stevie
also automagically supports the TI Professional Computer.

I intend to submit this as a binary plus a set of diffs and new files.

Recently I saw a notice from Rahul Dhesi that they were experiencing net
connectivity problems apparantly owing to the recent earthquake, thus I
have not yet submitted the package and Rahul's not sending anything out.

regards, Larry
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