With all the DEC enthusiasts here, maybe someone can
help:
Was DEC's EDT text editor ever `ported to any non-DEC platforms, such as
PCs or unixes? It is still my favorite text and program editor, and I'd
love to have on on some of my "everyday" machines.
Yes, there have been several ports of EDT. By far the most complete -
and the most expensive - is Boston Business Computing's. Everything
that is in real EDT is in BBC's EDT. See
http://www.bbc.com/ for details.
There are several less worthy emulations, that do a pretty good job
of emulating EDT's CHANGE (ala "full-screen") mode but which don't
even attempt to emulate non-keypad or line modes. In particular,
an emulation package for EMACS falls into this category, as well as
the shareware JED.
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