Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw
From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: TPU VI bugs
Message-ID: <25396@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: 9 Oct 88 21:04:00 GMT
References: <12666@ncoast.UUCP>
Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
Lines: 29

[- = Brandon Allbery ]
[| = Gregg Wonderley ]

- | Although not obvious, it should have been stated that the version of VI
- | posted to comp.sources.misc was for VMS 5.0 and later.  If you need VI
- | for versions prior to that you will have to find it elsewhere.  Due to
- | compatability issues it is just not feasible to support both versions.
- +---------------
- 
- It WAS stated, in the preamble to part 1.  Probably should have been in the
- README as well (if it was, it isn't OUR fault he missed it....)

Well, I see it in the README, but not anywhere in part 1 of the posting.
Anyway, it's a single line at the beginning of the README, and we eager
beaver vi diehards who are forced to VMS evidently go right past the
1-line notice to the installation instructions, even on multiple re-readings.
So, take this as a plea to hit us over the head with the prerequisites
or whatever.

- The VMS 4.7 (and earlier?  Don't ask me) release of TPU-VI is in the archives:

Probably not much earlier.  It don't work on VMS 4.5 (as I discovered from
personal experience).

Mike Khaw
-- 
internet: mkhaw@teknowledge.arpa
uucp:	  {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge.arpa
hardcopy: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303