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From: tensmekl@infonode.ingr.com (Kermit Tensmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Upgrades for old system
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.194332.6951@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 21 Mar 91 19:43:32 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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	About a year and half ago my 1040 died (or was on it's last disk drive)
	After relocating, selling one house, buying another, I had the space to
	set my system again. Lo and behold, that which was "broken" is now fixed.

	I'm now in the market to buy new stuff for my toy. I'v missed out on the
	heated discussions and so I'm looking for summaries.

	What's a really good editor for the ST. VIX and STeVI don't cut it
	as Vi clones (my editor of choice on Unix). 
	Do I really need to break down and make microemacs 3.10 the editor
	I use on all 6 systems?

	I have Tempus already, I am aware that there is no upgrade to
	Tempus II. What is the difference between the two versions and
	is it worth it.

	I have the monoscreen. I don't want to pay $340 for a color monitor
	for DM and  other "cool" :-) games; My wife wants something the
	the kids can use.
	 Does VidioKey present a real alternative to buying a color monitor.
	 Does anybody use a VidioKey without cursesing it to high heaven.

	Is there a list of the current versions of software, so that
	I can figure out of all my packages, which need to be upgraded
	to be really usable.

	What are the good WordProcessing packages as opposed to the
	DeskTop Publishing wannabe's?

	What the essential differences between DC desktop and NeoDesk 3.0
	(The major thing I see is the Neo CLI. [I seen the other CLI's and
	I'm not impressed.])

	Has anyone ported Perl to the ST? [It does run on a PC, why not an
	ST?


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