Xref: utzoo comp.unix.microport:4032 comp.unix.i386:3389 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!rit!cci632!tvf From: tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Using UUCP under a BBS system??? Message-ID: <34909@cci632.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 90 14:07:58 GMT References: <2959@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> <511182@nstar.UUCP> <237@elrond.locus.com> <511237@nstar.UUCP> Reply-To: tvf@ccird7.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) Organization: Computer Consoles Inc. an STC Company, Rochester, NY Lines: 19 In article jay@splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes: >In article <511237@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes: >>I'm looking for a good small safe wordstar compatible editor for use >>under 386/ix (or Xenix). >If you find one in source form, let me know...I've been looking for such >a beast for years. No, the commonly available set of WordStar key >bindings for EMACS-style editors won't cut it; there's a fundamental >difference in how they mark blocks that makes the emulation inaccurate >at best. Not in source form, but there is a company that advertises a wordstar clone for Unix called 'fenix'. The company is Fenix software, PO Box 15649, Sarasota, FL 34277 (813) 351-5532. I know absolutely nothing about their product beyond their advertisement in Unix World. Thomas V. Frauenhofer ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!swamps!!frau!tvf *or* ...!uunet!atexnet!kodak!swamps!frau!tvf (tvf@frau, tvf@cci632) "What's a gourmand? I'll tell you, he's a P-I-G pig!" - Justin Wilson