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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by Keyframe on Sunday February 01, 2026 @07:53AM (#46845886)
Should've been vim since it originated on Amiga.
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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by Sharlin on Sunday February 01, 2026 @07:58AM (#46845921)
Huh, TIL. And that vim’s creator died in 2023, at only 63 :(
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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by sgt on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:19AM (#46846763)
Sadly yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37011324
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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by ThatGuyRaion on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:39PM (#46852154)
A lot of good FOSS folks have died too soon. Joerg Schilling (cdrecord's author). He was a quirky, if genuinely talented fella.
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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by rob74 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @08:46AM (#46846178)
It did indeed, but the original vim was developed for AmigaOS, not sure if there was an Amiga Unix version available...
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Re:Amiga Unix (Amix) by Keyframe on Sunday February 01, 2026 @12:48PM (#46847880)
correct
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