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Subject: Re: Unix like tools for MSDOS enviroment...
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Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 09:18:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  5 09:18:20 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 09:57:54 EDT
References: <365@booboo.UUCP> <1969@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <2876@pyramid.UUCP>
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Organization: Custom Software Systems; Natick, MA
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Summary: PC/VI Doesn't have limitations you describe!

In article <2876@pyramid.UUCP>, mikeb@pyrnova (mike brennan) writes:
> In article <1969@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> phillip@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay CATS) writes:
>   PC/VI: since vi is not implemented in Polyshell, PC/VI is a really
>      good implementation of vi. G
>      Gripes: requires FANSI-console to work well. 
> 	     takes inordinate amount of time to load large files.
> 	     does something totally non-standard to invoke the shell,
> 	     (command.com -K I believe) that prevents polyshell being
> 	     executed under pc/vi.

Let's see, PC/VI no longer requires ANSI.SYS (or FANSI-CONSOLE).
The current release has a version which goes exclusively through
the BIOS, the previous release had 99% of the screen I/O going
through the BIOS and was usable without ANSI.SYS if you called
and asked a trick or two!

The presence of FANSI-CONSOLE will get you better
performance (it speeds up *everything* including TYPE!),
so it is still reccommended.

Time to load files has been significantly enhanced in version 2.00.
Disk I/O is as much as 400% faster.  Search performance was also
increased (about 20-25%)

As for invoking the shell we don't do anything non-standard, we
use /C and /I (or -C and -I if SWITCHAR is set).  The problem here
is that alot of shell replacements are case sensitive.  As
command.com takes upper or lower case version 2.00 (and now 2.01)
uses lowercase 'c' and 'i'.

Joe Boykin
Custom Software Systems
...necntc!custom!boykin