G'day Bill,



On 06-01-80 10:04, Bill Grimsley said to Jeff Green



 BG> Yeah, even $29 is quite good, especially as the price for the 

 BG> Hobbes 'ROM in the States is US$25, which should translate to 

 BG> around A$35.



Yeah, they must get a good deal on bulk buys to be able to offer them at
the prices they do.



JG>> I'm hoping that the latest version of Emacs is on it as the copy I 

JG>> have at the moment seems to go a bit strange at times. It still 

JG>> works, but it ignores some commands every now and then.



 BG> I've had 3 Hobbes so far, and Emacs was on every one of them.  



Good.



 BG> Never unpacked it though, so I've no idea what it is or does.  

 BG> Compiles apps presumably, but as I'm not into programming, who 

 BG> cares.  |-)



It's an editor with many bells & whistles. It's free and the more that
I use it the more I like it. Chews up a lot of disk space though.



Regards...Jeff (jeff{at}grntrs.dialix.oz.au)



... Love conquers all things except poverty and toothaches.

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