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-
- The main problem with aluminum wiring is a phenomenon known as
- "cold creep". When aluminum wiring warms up, it expands. When
- it cools down, it contracts. Unlike copper, when aluminum goes
- through a number of warm/cool cycles it loses a bit of tightness each
- time. To make the problem worse, aluminum oxidises, or corrodes
- when in contact with certain types of metal, so the resistance
- of the connection goes up. Which causes it to heat up and corrode/
- oxidize still more. Eventually the wire may start getting very hot,
- melt the insulation or fixture it's attached to, and possibly even
- cause a fire.
-
- Since people usually encounter aluminum wiring when they move
- into a house built during the 70's, we will cover basic points of
- safe aluminum wiring. We suggest that, if you're considering purchasing
- a home with aluminum wiring, or have discovered it later, that you
- hire a licensed electrician or inspector to check over the wiring
- for the following things:
-
- 1) Fixtures (eg: outlets and switches) directly attached to
- aluminum wiring should be rated for it. The device will
- be stamped with "Al/Cu" or "CO/ALR". The latter supersedes
- the former, but both are safe. These fixtures are somewhat
- more expensive than the ordinary ones.
-
- 2) Wires should be properly connected (at least 3/4 way around
- the screw in a clockwise direction). Connections should be
- tight. While repeated tightening of the screws can make the
- problem worse, during the inspection it would pay off to snug
- up each connection.
-
- Note that aluminum wiring is still often used for the
- main service entrance cable. It should be inspected.
-
- 3) "push-in" terminals are an extreme hazard with aluminum wire.
- Any connections using push-in terminals should be redone with
- the proper screw connections immediately.
-
- 4) There should be no signs of overheating: darkened connections,
- melted insulation, or "baked" fixtures. Any such damage should
- be repaired.
-
- 5) Connections between aluminum and copper wire need to be
- handled specially. Current Canadian codes require that the
- wire nut used must be specially marked for connecting
- aluminum to copper. The NEC requires that the wire be
- connected together using special crimp devices, with an
- anti-oxidant grease. The tools and materials for the latter
- are quite expensive - not practical to do it yourself unless
- you can rent the tool.
-
- 6) Any non-rated receptacle can be connected to aluminum wiring
- by means of a short copper "pigtail". See (5) above.
-
- 7) Shows reasonable workmanship: neat wiring, properly stripped
- (not nicked) wire etc.
-
- If, when considering purchasing a home, an inspection of the wiring
- shows no problems or only one or two, we believe that you can consider
- the wiring safe. If there are signs of problems in many places,
- we suggest you look elsewhere. If the wrong receptacles are used,
- you can replace them with the proper type, or use pigtails - having
- this professionally done can range from $3 to $10 per receptacle/switch.
- You can do this yourself too.
-
- Subject: I'm buying a house! What should I do?
-
- Congratulations. But... It's generally a good idea to hire
- an inspector to look through the house for hidden gotchas.
- Not just for wiring, but plumbing and structural as well. If an
- inspection of the wiring shows no problems or only one or two minor
- ones, we believe that you can consider the wiring safe (after any
- minor problems are fixed). If there are signs of problems in many
- places, we suggest you look elsewhere.
-
- Here's some hints on what to look for:
-
- Obvious non-code wiring can include:
-
- - Zip cord wiring, either concealed or nailed to walls
- - Hot wiring on the identified (neutral) conductor without
- proper marking.
- - Ungrounded grounding outlets (except when downstream of
- a GFCI)
- - Splices hanging in mid-air (other than proper knob-and-tube)
- - Switched neutrals
- - Unsecured Romex swinging about like grapevines
-
- Certain wiring practises that are actually to code (or were at one
- time) sometimes reveal DIY wiring that may have hidden violations:
-
- - Switches that seem to control nothing (abandoned, perhaps
- not properly terminated wiring)
- - A wall switch that shuts off a group of lights that are
- separately controlled by other wall switches. (except when
- it's *really* convenient ;-)
- - Switches and outlets in bizarre locations
- - Great numbers of junction boxes without outlets or lamps
- - Junction boxes with great numbers of wires going into them
- - Wiring that passes through a closet instead of a wall or
- ceiling
- - Backwrapped grounding wires
-
- Subject: What is this weird stuff? Old style wiring
-
- In the years since Edison "invented" electricity, several different
- wiring "styles" have come and gone. When you buy an older home you
- may encounter some of this stuff. This section describes the old
- methods, and some of their idiosyncrasies.
-
- The oldest wiring system you're likely to encounter is called
- "knob and tube" (K&T). It is made up of individual conductors with
- a cloth insulation. The wires are run along side structural
- members (eg: joists or studs) using ceramic stand-offs (knobs).
- Wire is run through structural members using ceramic tubes. Connections
- were made by twisting the wire together, soldering, and wrapping
- with tape. Since the hot and neutral were run separately,
- the wiring tends to be rather confusing. A neutral often runs
- down the centre of each room, with "taps" off to each fixture.
- The hot wire tended to run from one fixture to the next. In some
- cases K&T isn't colour-coded, so the neutral is often the same
- colour as the hot wires.
-
- You'll see K&T in homes built as late as the 40's.
-
- Comments on K&T:
-
- - the people installing K&T were pretty paranoid about
- electricity, so the workmanship tends to be pretty good.
- - The wire, insulation and insulators tend to stand up
- very well. Most K&T I've seen, for example, is in
- quite good condition.
- - No grounding. Grounding is usually difficult to install.
- - boxes are small. Receptacle replacement (particularly with
- GFCI) can be difficult. No bushing on boxes either,
- so wiring changes need special attention to box entry.
- - Sometimes the neutral isn't balanced very well between
- separately hot circuits, so it is sometimes possible to
- overload the neutral without exceeding the fusing on
- any circuit.
- - Building code does not permit insulation in walls
- that contain K&T.
- - Connection to existing K&T from new circuits can be
- tricky. Consult your inspector.
- - Modern wiring practise requires considerably more
- outlets to be installed than K&T systems did.
-
- Since K&T tends to be in pretty decent condition it generally isn't
- necessary to replace it simply because it's K&T. What you should
- watch out for is renovations that have interfered with it and
- be cautious about circuit loading. In many cases it's perfectly
- reasonable to leave existing K&T alone, and add new fixtures on
- new circuits using modern techniques.
-
- After K&T, they invented multi-conductor cable. The first type
- you will see is roughly a cloth and varnish insulation. It looks
- much like the romex cable of the last decade or two. This stuff was
- used in the 40's and 50's. Again, no grounding conductor.
- It was installed much like modern wiring. Its major drawback
- is that this type of insulation embrittles. We've seen whole
- systems where the insulation would fracture and fall off at
- a touch. BX cable of the same vintage has similar problems.
-
- This stuff is very fragile, and becomes rather hazardous if
- the wires become bare. This wiring should be left untouched as
- much as possible - whenever an opportunity arises, replace it.
- A simple receptacle or switch replacement can turn into a several
- hour long frustrating fight with electrical tape or heat-shrink
- tubing.
-
- After this wiring technique, the more modern romex was invented.
- It's almost a asphalt impregnated cloth. Often a bit sticky.
- This stuff stands up reasonably well and doesn't present a hazard
- and is reasonably easy to work with. It does not need to be
- replaced - it should be considered as safe as the "modern" stuff -
- thermoplastic insulation wire. Just don't abuse it too much.
-
- Subject: Where do I buy stuff?
-
- Try to find a proper electrical supply outlet near you. Their
- prices will often be considerably better than chain hardware stores or
- DIY centres, have better quality materials, have wider variety
- including the "odd" stuff, and have people behind the counter that
- know what you're talking about. Cultivate friendly knowledgeable
- sales people. They'll give you much valuable information.
- --
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-
- Emacs Implementations and Literature
-
-
- Changes and additions to: last posted 24 September 1992
- Craig A. Finseth reposted about every 2 months
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- Finseth@nic.mr.net
-
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- St Paul MN 55104-2437
- USA
-
- This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list of
- implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
- editors. You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
- additional information and/or updates.
-
- This document is available via anonymous FTP from:
-
- mail.unet.umn.edu in import/fin/emacs
-
- To be included in this list, a piece of literature should be a book,
- manual, article, paper, or something that covers (or mentions) Emacs
- in particular or text editing techniques in general. Specifically
- excluded are items that are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a
- book on "how to use vi") or vendor manuals for Emacs implementations
- (as those are implicitly included in the implementations). Non-vendor
- manuals are included.
-
- To be included in this list, an implmentation must either (1) be
- "advertised" as being an Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and
- come with an Emacs command set "mode" already written. Editors that
- are extensible but do not come with such a mode (i.e., you have to
- write it yourself) are not listed.
-
- The following information is included for each implementation:
-
- The NAME line contains the name of the implementation.
- Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. Acronym expansions
- are listed in ()s. Other acronyms:
-
- TECO TAPE Editor and COrrector (later: Text Editor and COrrector)
- EMACS Editor MACroS
-
- The VERSION is the latest known version. It is probably out of date.
-
- The IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE is the language that the bulk of the
- implementation is written in. A compiler or interpreter for this
- language would be needed to use the editor.
-
- The EXTENSION LANGUAGE is the (often custom or modified) language that
- the is used when altering or writing extensions to the implementation.
- It is "none" if there is no extension language.
-
- The SCOPE is either "command set" or "extensible." In the first case,
- the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however the user
- cannot readily change what the commands do. In the second case, the
- user can fully control what all of the commands do.
-
- The REQUIREMENTS is a brief characterization of what hardware or
- software is required. The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
- selection key; not be a comprehensive list. You should consult the
- implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out whether a
- specific implementation works in your environment. For example, "IBM
- PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows implementations and
- "UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.
-
- The ORGANIZATION is the name of and contact information for the
- implementor.
-
- The STATUS is one of
-
- - no longer available: Self-explanatory.
-
- - free: The implementation is available to most people at no
- charge. Even such "free" implementations may have
- restrictions: consult information about the particular
- implementation. Where available, information on how to obtain
- a copy is also listed.
-
- - not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the
- vendor for specifics.
-
- Many of the names of the implementations in this list are trademarked.
- Specific trademarks are not called out.
-
- Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
- Source availability varies among the not free implementations: check
- with the vendor before you buy.
-
- -------------------- Literature --------------------
-
- Title: Learning Gnu Emacs
- Author(s): Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
- Publisher: O'Reilley and Associates, Inc.
- Size: 442pp, 13 chapters, 8 appendices
- ISBN: 0-937175-84-6
- Price: $27.95
-
- Title: The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
- Author(s): Craig A. Finseth
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag
- Size: 220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
- ISBN: 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
- Price: $39.95
-
- Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
- Author(s): Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
- Consultants: Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
- Publisher: Hayden Books (SAMS)
- Size: ?
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN
-
- Title: GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
- Author(s): Michael Schoonover, John Bowie, and Bill Arnold
- Pubisher: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
- Size: 640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
- ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
- Price: ?
-
- ---------- GNU-Emacs ----------
-
- name: GNU-Emacs
- version: 18.57
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
- organization:
- Free Software Foundation
- 675 Massachusetts Ave
- Cambridge MA 02139
- USA
- +1 617 876 3296
- gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
- free, anonymous FTP from:
- prep.ai.mit.edu
- scam.berkeley.edu
- itstd.sri.com
- wuarchive.wustl.edu
- wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (under `PD:<UNIX.GNU>')
- bu.edu
- louie.udel.edu
- nic.nyser.net
- ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp
- funic.hut.fi
- sunic.sunet.se
- freja.diku.dk
- gatekeeper.dec.com
- mango.miami.edu (VMS G++)
- cc.utah.edu (VMS GNU Emacs)
- uunet.uu.net
- archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs (slightly
- modified version for OS/2)
- on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet
- on UUCP, contact one of:
- hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
- hqda-ai!merlin
- uunet!hutch!barber
- sun!nosun!illian!darylm
- oli-stl!root
- bigtex!james
- postmaster@uunet.uu.net
- uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu (or osu-cis!uucp)
- Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
- the news group comp.sources.d
-
-
- ---------- Implementations Available For No Charge ----------
-
- name: AMIS
- version:
- implementation language: Pascal
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
- organization/author:
- Stacken Computer Club
- c/o NADA
- S-100 44 Stockholm
- Sweden
- stacken@stacken.kth.se
- note: the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is the
- "ae" glyph). "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk, or
- deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who told
- me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
- Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a
- 1/2 inch, 2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage
- VMS version is $1000 US (the money supports their DEC10 museum)
-
-
- name: Demacs
- version: 1.2.0
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: IBMPC
- organization/author:
- Manabu Higashida
- Osaka University
- JAPAN
- manabu@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp
-
- HIRANO Satoshi
- University of Tokyo
- Japan
- hirano@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- free, anonymous FTP from
- ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
- utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
- note: Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly 18.57).
-
-
- name: ea
- version: Feb 92
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
- organization/author:
- Anthony Howe
- Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
- 35 King St N
- Waterloo Ontario
- Canada N2J 6W9
- ant@mks.com
- free, periodically posted to Comp.editors
-
-
- name: EDMACS
- version: 2.0
- implementation language: TECO
- extension language: TECO
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
- organization/author:
- Michael Bloom
- mb@ttidca.tti.com
- free, anonymous FTP from
- usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z (in subdir "11-737" of tar image)
- DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)
-
-
- name: Edwin
- version:
- implementation language: CScheme
- extension language: CScheme
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
- organization/author:
- Scheme Distribution
- c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
- 545 Technology Sq. Room 410
- Cambridge MA 02139
- USA
- info-cscheme-request@zurich.ai.mit.edu
- free, anonymous FTP from
- zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
- also, check out other Scheme implementations
-
-
- name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
- version: 4.1g
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
- organization/author:
- Ken Harrenstein
- c/o SRI International
- 333 Ravenswood Ave
- Menlo Park CA 94025
- USA
- klh@nisc.sri.com
- free, anonymous FTP from
- nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)
-
-
- name: Emacs
- version:
- implementation language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
- extension language: TECO
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
- organization/author:
- MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
- 545 Technology Square
- Cambridge MA 02139
- USA
- note: this is the original
- free, anonymous FTP from
- mc.lcs.mit.edu in its/ai/emacs/*, its/ai/emacs1/*
-
-
- name: Epoch
- version: 4.0
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
- organization/author:
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Urbana-Champaign IL
- USA
- epoch-request@cs.uiuc.edu
- uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
- epoch-request%cs.uiuc.edu@uiucvmd.bitnet
- notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs
- free, anonymous FTP from
- cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*
-
-
- name: Freemacs
- version: 1.6a
- implementation language: 8086 assembler
- extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
- (MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
- organization/author:
- Russell Nelson
- 11 Grant Street
- Potsdam NY 13676
- USA
- free,
- Internet: anonymous FTP from
- simtel20.army.mil from PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>
- grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129] in /pub/msdos/freemacs
- BBS:
- +1 315 268 6667 - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
- No registration required to download Freemacs.
- Bitnet and UUCP:
- Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
- archive-server%sun.soe@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
- {smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
- UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help'. If you do not
- get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken.
- You'll need to use the path command to give a mail address that
- our mailer can grok. Our mailer can send mail to any address
- with an '@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP"
- pseudo-addresses.
- Mail:
- $15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author. This will
- assure you of the latest version. Please specify floppy
- format: [5.25", 1.2 Meg], [5.25", 360K], [3.50", 720K]
-
-
- name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
- Emacs, Yet Joins All)
- version: 1.6
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command
- hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX, HP95LX
- organization/author:
- Craig Finseth
- 1343 Lafond
- St. Paul MN 55104-2437
- USA
- +1 612 644 4027
- fin@unet.umn.edu
- free from the author, send either:
- 2, 5 1/4" (360KB) or
- 1, 3 1/2" (either 720KB or 1.44 MB) diskettes and a SASE (or
- something reasonable, say US$3)
- or anonymous FTP from:
- mail.unet.umn.edu in
- import/fin/freyja.exe (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
- import/fin/freyja.tar (UNIX tar file)
- import/fin/freyja.tar.Z (compressed UNIX tar file)
- import/fin/freyja.txt (README file)
- eddie.mit.edu
- distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyja.tar.Z
- distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyja.zip
- note: optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)
-
-
- name: Hemlock
- version:
- implementation language: Lisp
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
- organization/author:
- Scott Fahlman
- CMU Common Lisp project
- Carnegie-Mellon University
- USA
- Scott.Fahlman@CS.CMU.EDU
- free, anonymous FTP from
- lisp-rt1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
- lisp-rt2.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
- (you must cd the complete path in one command)
- also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp
-
-
- name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
- version: 4.14
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
- organization/author:
- Jonathan Payne
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- 2550 Garcia Ave
- Mountain View CA 94043
- USA
- free, anonymous FTP from
- cayuga.cs.rochester.edu in pub/jove.*
- cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove.*.*
- comp.sources.[misc,unix] archives
- also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
-
-
- name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
- version:
- implementation language: C
- extension language: custom
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
- Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
- organization/author:
- SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
- Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
- SONY
- Japan
- note: Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i
- free, anonymous FTP from
- ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
- or pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ
-
-
- name: Leif
- version:
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
- organization/author:
- The Saga Group
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- 1304 W. Springfield
- Urbana IL 61801
- USA
- leif@a.cs.uiuc.edu
- {pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif
- free, anonymous FTP from
- cs.uiuc.edu
- note: Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
- elisp extension, and an external parser.
-
-
- name: Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs)
- version: 19.2
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
- organization:
- Lucid, Inc.
- 707 Laurel Street
- Menlo Park CA 94025-3440
- USA
- +1 415 329 8400
- help-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com
- bug-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com
- free, anonymous FTP from
- labrea.Stanford.EDU in pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.1.tar.Z
- in pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.1-sun4.tar.Z
- also included with Lucid's Energize Programming System, a C/C++ environment
- notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs, based on an early copy of version 19,
- similar to Epoch. It currently requires X11r4 or X11r5 to run.
-
-
- name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
- version: 2.2
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
- languages, compiled external to the editor")
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC
- organization/author:
- Craig Durland
- 3419 SW Knollbrook
- Corvallis OR 97330
- USA
- +1 503 750 3354
- craig@cv.hp.com
- free, anonymous FTP from
- hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com in pub/pub/me2.shar.Z
-
-
- name: MG, (MicroGNU Emacs)
- version: 2a
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
- OS/9-68K, Primos
- organization/author:
- University of Texas
- USA
- free, anonymous FTP from
- utadnx.cc.utexas.edu in MG2A.BCK_LZW
-
-
- name: MicroEMACS
- version: 3.11
- implementation language: C
- extension language: custom
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC,
- HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
- Data General AOS/VS
- kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
- organization/author:
- Daniel M. Lawrence
- 617 New York St
- Lafayette IN 47901
- USA
- +1 317 742 5153
- dan@mdbs.uucp
- FIDO: The Programmer's Room 201/10
- +1 317 742 5533
- 24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
- free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
- midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs3.11m/ue311m.arc.
- midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs311/*
- between the hours of 5pm and 8am
- ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk
-
-
- name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
- version: 3.3.2
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
- maintainer:
- nemacs@etl.go.jp
- organization/author:
- Ken'ichi HANDA
- Electrotechnical Lab.
- Machine Inference Section
- ElectroTechnical Laboratory
- Umezono 1-1-4
- Tsukuba City
- Japan 305
- +81 298 58 5916
- fax +81 298 58 5918
- handa@etl.go.jp
- handa%etl.go.jp@relay.cs.net
- note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
- free, anonymous FTP from
- ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z
-
-
- name: Origami
- version: 1.6
- implementation language: C
- extension language: OCL (custom)
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Atari ST
- origanization:
- Michael Haardt
- Auf der Hoern 40
- 5100 Aachen 1
- Germany
- +49 0241 85848
- mhaardt@ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de
- free, anonymous FTP from:
- ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de in minix/commands/editors/origami.tar.Z
-
-
- name: Scame
- version:
- implementation language: C
- extension language: none
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
- organization/author:
- Multihouse Automatisering bv
- c/o Johan Vromans
- Doesburgweg 7
- 2803 PL Gouda
- the Netherlands
- +31 1820 62911
- fax +31 1820 62500
- jv@mh.nl
- note: loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
- free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy
-
-
- name: treemacs
- version:
- implementation language: C
- extension language: Lisp
- scope of implementation: extensible
- hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
- organization/author:
- Vipin Swarup
- Dept. of Computer Science
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- USA
- swarup@a.cs.uiuc.eduo
- USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
- notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs
- free, anonymous FTP from
- cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*
-
-
- ---------- Implementations Sold by Vendors ----------
-
- name: ADEPT
- version:
- implementation language:
- extension language: yes, but not available to users
- scope of implementation: command set
- hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
- organization/author:
- Wang
- Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
- not free, contact vendor for price information
-
-
- name: Alpha
- version: 4.01
- implementation language:
- extension language:
- scope of implementation:
- hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
- organization/author:
- Pete Keheler
- Rice University
- shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/util
-