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From: jbs@mit-eddie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: MS-DOS GNU?
Message-ID: <4965@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 00:06:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 00:06:23 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 07:48:24 EST
References: <8702261532.AA25127@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> <1033@cartan.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal)
Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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In article <1033@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> rusty@weyl.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) writes:
>Speaking of emacs for MS/DOS, how about a version of Gnu Emacs for
>CPM/80?  We have a couple of CPM machines around here and it would be
>nice if we had emacs for them.

If this is a joke, it's not very funny, and is a waste of net $.  If
it isn't, and for the benefit of those who don't realize why it should
be...

The size of GNU Emacs at startup is almost 600K, and after loading a
few packages, and editing a few files (i.e. buffer space), 1.5 Meg is
closer to what you'll need.  It might be possible to get an MSDOS
version up on a system with 640K, but this would require a lot of work
(if it is even possible).

A more practical solution (it might even work on CPM!) is
MicroGNUEmacs (or other MicroEmacs variants), available from
mod.sources.

Jeff Siegal