[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <kepbv2$pi2$1 at solani.org>,
	Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon schrieb:
> 
>> I certainly wouldn't.  have to look for some other cool project. I
>> have been thinking of firing up a VS3100 again and maybe looking at
>> an updated Emacs for VMS.  Who knows.
> 
> I'd skip all that command line nerd stuff.

Well, I have seen nmerous people here lament the fact that the only
version of emacs available on VMS is rather dated.  Are you saying
that there really is no one who wants a newer emacs on VMS?

> Iirc there's an nedit for VMS, this would
> be a better fit for a lowly VS3100.

I wasn't doing emacs for me.  While I have used emacs for decades
when on VMS I tend to use EDT or LSE. And don't knock my VS3100's.
They have served em well for quite some time and others, as well.
(A number of the binaries on Columbia for Kermit on the VAX were
built on those machines.)

> A decent browser, 

I would think a decent version of X would be desirous but if it
were een possible itis beyond my meager resources.  :-)


>                  mail 

What's wrong with pine (now alpine)?

>                        and news client

Hmmm...  I wonder if Knews could be made to work?  That has
always been my favorite.

> are more urgent. Imagine you could use
> such a well equipped 3100 to bid on
> eBay for a sorely needed RAM upgrade :-).

Don't understand this.  Did someone say they needed RAM?
 
bill

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