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I Used MS-DOS Editor From 1992 for Writing, and It Didn't Go Well

Some text editors and word processors have stood the test of time, thanks to unique features, nostalgia from the original users, or some combination of both. I wanted to try revisiting some of those ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ...
TechSpot

Microsoft brings the MS-DOS text editor back from the dead, sort of

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

Nano/pico pretty much scratches all the itches for a basic user interface for text. It's not like I need to create a functional operating system within EMACS and who the heck remembers to ESC ESC :wq!