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Subject: Re: os9 level II full screen editor
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Date: Sun, 10-May-87 12:52:00 EDT
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Larry Harmon writes:

>	One of the minor complaints I have with OS9 level II is the
>lack of a full screen editor.  I purchased a copy of tsedit and tsword
>for OS9 level I, but they don't seem to work with level II.  Perhaps it
>is because I have configured my system to use the window driver rather
>than the vdu driver.  I don't know.  Even if tsedit can be made to work
>under (over?) level II , would it take advantage of the 80 column video
>hardware of the CoCo 3?  How about tsword?  I think tsword is one of the
>easiest to use nroff type formatters ever written and I would love to see a
>new improved version for use with level II OS9.  Does Tandy have any plans
>for releasing new versions of these programs?  How about the original
>author?  Are there any other vi type editors available for level II?

I believe that you are wrongly critical. OS9 Level II is a different operating
system from OS9 Level I. It is only by lucky coincedence that Level I binaries
run under Level II. More often than not level I binaries make assumptions
that the entire address-space of the machine is available, when with hardware
memory management, it is not. I believe that this is the fundamental problem
with programs like tsedit and tsword. There is a variety of public-domain
programs of this kind available from the OS-9 users group. I am rather fond
of uEmacs which will compile and run quite nicely under Level II.

   Steve Blasingame (Oklahoma City)
   ihnp4!gorgo!bsteve