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-< Shells, editors, IBM stuff.... >-
> I'm new to this conference, so forgive me if this has been asked
>before, but......
> I'm looking for:
> a decent shell to use & a good editor......(I'm going to
> try SEDT and EMACS tonight......)
Gulam is probably the best freeware shell. It is rather unixoid,
but includes a microEmacs editor that can edit the history buffer,
etc. PCOMMAND and COMMAND2 are widely available MS-DOS-flavored
shells, also quite usable. SEDT is my favorite text editor, though
several MicroEmacs flavors are around too.
> I know that the ST's can read IBM disks, is there a piece
> of software out there that will either cross-compile
> 8088 assembly code, or run an IBM executable?
PC Ditto (retail about $90?) will allow you to run messy-DOS and
PC applications. It works pretty well IF you like running on a
PC with a "NOrton Index" in the 0.1 range. While speed is very
application dependent, it's generally S L O W. For some tasks,
though, it's said to be okay. I haven't seen any cross-compilers.
In any case, emulating IBM's hardware structure is probably the
most time-consuming piece of PC Ditto. That it works at all is
rather amazing.
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