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From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us (Fred Smith)
Subject: Re: New User : Vi
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:33:11 GMT
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Leath Muller (leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au) wrote:
: > VI will never be ported to DOS, it is part of the Unix (formerly AT&T)
: > code base and is not available.

: Please don't make comments when you aren't completely sure they are
: true.
: In this case, your just plain wrong... A guy here ported the source code
: available from the DEC's at his Uni to DOS using DJGPP... I don't how
: (or why) but he did......

But whether he did or not, the rest of us cannot (legally) have a 
copy, which was my (intended) point.

Fred
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