Re: AMacs Questions

[voss@i40s16.ira.uka.de (Stefan Voss)]

In article <26acg1$d5q@news.bu.edu>, tombaker@bumetb.bu.edu (Thomas A. Baker) writes:
|> AMacs is (I understand) an Emacs clone that can be run on 8-bit Apple IIs.
|> My copy I got via ftp from tybalt.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/8bit/source
|> 
|> [stuff deleted]
|> 
|> Browsing through the file, it looks like a lot of references to Merlin,
|> the assembler, and there is an indication of a Lisp implementation
|> in the code.

I think AMACS was written using Merlin. There's no Lisp implementation in
AMACS, just a Lisp editing mode.

|> 
|> Before I go further with this, can someone save me time and tell me:
|> 
|> 1) Does AMacs run in 128K, does it require a RAM card, or more disk
|>    space than a floppy can provide?

Yes, AMACS needs at least 128K RAM. I don't know if there's enough room on a
floppy, but if you throw out the help files, libraries, ..., it could be.

|> 
|> 2) What *are* the minimum requirements to run this?  And/or to run 
|>    it usefully?

See question 1). I would recommend a 3.5" drive or a hard disk. 

|> 
|> 3) Can the documentation be fetched or provided, outside of this 216K
|>    (and suspect) .SHK archive?

I'm not aware of this. All the documentation is in the archive. BTW, it isn't
corrupt, it's just a 3.5" disk archive.

|> 
|> 4) Can the simple binary, plus associated file, be fetched?  The archive
|>    probably has MERLIN source.
|> 
|> 5) What do people think of this editor?  Doe sit have extensions, like
|>    some emacs clones, like mail/news-readers and subshells?

I think it's a very good, but large editor. It's very similar (as the name 
implies) to GNU EMACS. It has extensions (called libraries) like a 
directory browser, mail reader, etc.

|> 
|> Thanks in advance (I read this group, but would prefer E-mail, since
|> c.s.a2 is so voluminous) !
|> 
|> Tom Baker
|> tombaker@world.std.com

Stefan Voss
(voss@ira.uka.de)