91: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running MS-DOS?
Emacs 19 (versions 19.23 and later) should compile right out of the box
on PCs with a 386 or better, running MS-DOS 3.0 or later. You will need
the following:
Compiler: djgpp version 1.11 maint 4 or later. You can get the latest
version by grabbing everything you see at:
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/djgpp
Tar: One DOS version of tar is available at
ftp://ftp.urc.tue.nl/pub/unixtools/dos
However, not all DOS versions of tar work equally well, so you
might have to try others if this one gives you trouble. The
versions known as tar4dos.zip and ltarv3.zip are also supposed to
work, as well.
Utilities: chmod, make, mv, sed, rm.
All of these utilities are available at:
ftp://ftp.iro.umontreal.ca/pub/Internet/gnuish
You should grab the files futil4ax.zoo (contains chmod.exe,
mv.exe, and rm.exe), sed106ax.zoo (contains sed.exe), and
gzip07ax.zoo (contains gzip.exe).
The file etc/MSDOS contains some information on the differences between
the Unix and MS-DOS versions of Emacs.
If you would prefer not to compile Emacs by yourself, you can get
binaries for Emacs 19.24 at
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/editors/emacs19.24
ftp://ftp.imada.ou.dk/pub/mirrors/msdos/emacs-19.24
OEmacs (see question 92) also runs under MS-DOS.
For a list of other MS-DOS implementations of Emacs (and Emacs
look-alikes), consult the list of "Emacs implementations and literature,"
available at
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.emacs
Note that while many of these programs look similar to Emacs, they often
lack certain features, such as the Emacs Lisp extension language.