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for US$ 350 (almost US$ 1000 in 2014 dollars) under the name "Amethyst". Amethyst was available without the compiler for $ 250, and MINCE and SCRIBBLE were available alone for $ 175. In 1984 the list price of MINCE was US$ 175. (equivalent to US$ 433.22 in 2019).
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Some excellent applications programs for CP/M were written in BDS-C, including the Mince text editor (from Mark of the Unicorn) and the PeachText word processor (from PeachTree)
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This list is intended for people who use Amethyst, a software package of CP/M-80 programs: MINCE (an ersatz EMACS) and SCRIBBLE (an ersatz SCRIBE)
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system to support multiple buffers and a maximum file size limited only by available disk space.
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In 1981, MINCE and SCRIBBLE were sold together, along with their
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to fit within 48kB, and implemented a very efficient
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Index

Mince (disambiguation)
text editor
8080
microcomputers
CP/M
operating system
GEMDOS
Atari ST
VAX/VMS
RSX-11
Unix
BDS C
Mark of the Unicorn
Kaypro
Morrow Designs
Epson QX-10
Emacs
gap buffer
virtual memory
Scribe
open source
source code
software bundle
Perfect Writer
FinalWord
word processors
Sprint
Portable MINCE
The Official Book for the Commodore 128
ISBN

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