Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!kannel!Hannu.Martikka From: Hannu.Martikka@lut.fi (Hannu Martikka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Questions about epoch. Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 07:33:53 GMT References: <1991Apr18.081840.14744@mack.uit.no> Sender: goodgulf@lut.fi (Hannu Martikka) Distribution: comp Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: eystein@hannibal.hsn.no's message of 18 Apr 91 08:18:40 GMT Disclaimer: All my opions are mine. (usually) >>>>> On 18 Apr 91 08:18:40 GMT, eystein@hannibal.hsn.no (Eystein >>>>> Mathisen) said: Eystein> EPOCH under Apollo/Domain SR10.2 Eystein> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Eystein> * Does it run under X on Apollo/Domain SR10.2 OS ? Yes.There are apollo patches in nic.funet.fi Epoch is gnu emacs in X. Eystein> * How much RAM is required to have a reasonable response ? Emacs works quite well and we have 8/16MB apollos here. Eystein> * How many Mbytes of disk-space is required to install it ? It depends will you keep the sources or are you satisfied with binaries/lisp. It's about same size as emacs (about 30MB). Eystein> * Is it an editor that can serve as a programming-environment Eystein> in a 1st year course in programming ? Eystein> * Is it easy to learn ? Easy to learn? There are lot's of things/features to learn but it is not really difficult to learn them. I think that you should definetly learn to use emacs/epoch. Eystein> * Where can I get it (i.e. is it ftp-able or do I have to Eystein> purchase it) ? ftp nic.funet.fi -- Regards from Goodi ______________________________________________________________________________ Internet: Hannu.Martikka@lut.fi / \ Bitnet : GOODGULF@FINFILES // \\ \-\-\-\-\-\-\ oh5lhh Hannu Martikka, Punkkerikatu /// \\\ | on 70cm 7C 36, 53850 Lappeenranta,SF /// | \\\______________|_________________________ Tel. 953-251446 | :) Lappeenranta University Of Technology | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------