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From: wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c])
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: MS-DOS vi
Keywords: source or binary for MS-DOS vi
Message-ID: <172@skep2.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Jul 88 00:26:37 GMT
References: <115@sjsumcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: wcs@skep2.UUCP (46323-Bill.Stewart.[ho95c],2G218,x0705,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Center 4632, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <115@sjsumcs.UUCP> hom@sjsumcs.UUCP (Hom Bahmanyar) writes:
:I am looking for a version of vi that will run in the MS-DOS environment.
:I already have a version by "Jim Goodnow" (?) which seems to be a very
:buggy version.  If you have another version of vi for MS-DOS, I would
:appreciate it if you could let me know.

"Z", by Jim Goodnow, distributed by Manx Software Systems, is a
commercial product, which has been ripped off and distributed on BBSs.
The ripped-off version isn't very buggy, it's just old and limited.

If you want a good vi, **BUY** the current version, which is much
improved, or buy one of the  other versions out there, such as
PC/VI (Custom Software Systems in ?Boston) or MKS VI (Mortice Kern
Systems in  ?Toronto).  I happen to like MKS - you can either buy vi
bundled with a couple of related products or buy the MKS Toolkit
which includes many of your favorite UNIX tools reimplemented for DOS.

In any case, read the Copyright banner page which flashes up when you
start using Z, then please stop using it until you buy it.
-- 
#				Thanks;
# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G218, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs
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