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From: nowlin@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Nowlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Request for vi for the ST
Message-ID: <1989@ihuxy.ATT.COM>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 09:32:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihuxy.1989
Posted: Mon Jun  8 09:32:22 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jun-87 01:20:34 EDT
References: <179@auvax.UUCP>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: vi ST
Summary: push for a PC/VI port
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In article <179@auvax.UUCP>, louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth) writes:
> I am posting this for a friend who is thinking about buying an ST
> but would like to have a good implementation of 'vi' available.  I
> have PC/VI from Custom Software Systems for MS/DOS, and am very
> happy with it.  Please post replies here or mail directly to:
> Allan Hayduk   ...ihnp4!alberta!auvax!allan
> 
> Louis Schmittroth
> Athabasca University

I've called Custom Software Systems several times and according to the
person I talked with they have no intention of porting PC/VI to any of the
current 68000 systems which includes the Atari ST.  I even asked about
contracting to do the port for them or buying the source and they basically
laughed me off.  They don't see the 68000 market as being big enough to
make it worth their while.  Please CALL these guys and ask them about PC/VI
for the Atari ST or the Macintosh or the Amiga.  I use it daily and it is
an excellent version of VI for MS-DOS.  But I need a version of VI for the
Atari ST.  The phone number for Custom Software Systems is 617-653-2555. 
If enough people bug them maybe they'll get the idea that the 68000 is a
serious market.  I hope that if they port it to one 68000 they will port it
to all of them.  I vote for the ST myself.

Jerry Nowlin
(...!ihnp4!ihuxy!nowlin)