Hi Bob, In case an old version (19.28) is ok you can try the following. I recently copied that version which compiles under 6.1 to a machine with 8.4 and it works. As usual, if X is not available you get the terminal version. At RULLFS:: you may find EMACS.ZIP and GNU_STARTUP.COM. I zipped the contents of SYS$SYSDEVICE:[GNU]. In LOGIN.COM: @SYS$COMMON:[SYS$STARTUP]GNU_STARTUP EMACS-19.28 NOLOGICALS,NOVERBOSE which gives you EMACS == "@SYS$SYSDEVICE:[GNU.LIB.EMACS.VMS]KEPTEDITOR EMACS" In case something is missing, the V6.1 machine still boots :) Erik On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 08:20:15PM -0700, Bob Armstrong wrote: Does anybody have a ready to run copy of emacs for the Alpha and OVMS 8.3 that I could copy? Building it can be a struggle that I'd rather skip right now. FWIW, I need the plain old fashioned terminal, NOT DECwindows, version. Thanks, Bob