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From: richard@calvin.spp.cornell.edu (Richard Brittain)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Where can I find less
Message-ID: <1990Feb16.023845.10124@calvin.spp.cornell.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 90 02:38:45 GMT
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Reply-To: richard@calvin.spp.cornell.edu (Richard Brittain)
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In article <H83DAC8@drivax.UUCP> frotz@drivax.UUCP writes:
>jbudet@oakhill.UUCP (Jim Budet) writes:
>
>] I use less on my Sun at work and have heard that it has ported to the PC.
>] Can anyone tell me where I can get it?  I do not have the ability to ftp
>] so I am looking for a mail server archive or a kind sole to mail it to me.
>
>You would not be very happy with the only ported version that I have.
>It uses the BIOS for all screen updates, is locked into 80x25 and so
>it is a pain to use on [VE]GAs.  You would be better off using list
>7.x.  This has several very nice (and very quick) video services
>(including [EV]GA support). 
>
I have less v 123 ported to MSDOS and when c.b.i.p resumes I'll post it.
It has extensions (optional) which require TurboC library routines, but I'd
like to have someone try it with MSC or other system to see how hard it is 
to  port.  It does output to console device, or to bios or to video RAM, 
and should support all text modes.  It will also output to a sub-window.
Of course, it is about 5x the size of list, but then it does more.
Anyone want to beta-test this with a non-TurboC compiler ?

Richard Brittain,                   School of Elect. Eng.,  Upson Hall   
                                    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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