<s>
MINCE	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
8080-based	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
running	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
were	O
available	O
for	O
GEMDOS	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
VAX/VMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
RSX-11	B-Application
,	O
and	O
various	O
flavors	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
in	O
BDS	B-Application
C	I-Application
by	O
Mark	O
of	O
the	O
Unicorn	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
computers	O
from	O
Kaypro	O
and	O
Morrow	O
Designs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Epson	B-Device
QX-10	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
(	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
stands	O
for	O
"	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
Is	O
Not	O
Complete	O
Emacs	B-Application
"	O
)	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
64kB	O
memory	O
limit	O
of	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MINCE	B-Operating_System
used	O
a	O
gap	B-Data_Structure
buffer	I-Data_Structure
to	O
fit	O
within	O
48kB	O
,	O
and	O
implemented	O
a	O
very	O
efficient	O
virtual	B-Operating_System
memory	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
to	O
support	O
multiple	O
buffers	O
and	O
a	O
maximum	O
file	O
size	O
limited	O
only	O
by	O
available	O
disk	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MINCE	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
companion	O
product	O
to	O
SCRIBBLE	O
,	O
a	O
text	B-General_Concept
formatter	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
Scribe	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
separation	O
of	O
duties	O
into	O
editor	O
plus	O
formatter	O
was	O
common	O
among	O
advanced	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
,	O
MOTU	O
distributed	O
partial	O
code	O
they	O
deemed	O
most	O
useful	O
for	O
extending	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
and	O
SCRIBBLE	O
were	O
sold	O
together	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
BDS	B-Application
C	I-Application
compiler	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
software	B-Application
bundle	I-Application
for	O
US$350	O
(	O
almost	O
US$1000	O
in	O
2014	O
dollars	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Amethyst	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amethyst	O
was	O
available	O
without	O
the	O
compiler	O
for	O
$250	O
,	O
and	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
and	O
SCRIBBLE	O
were	O
available	O
alone	O
for	O
$175	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
the	O
list	O
price	O
of	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
was	O
US$175	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MINCE	B-Operating_System
and	O
SCRIBBLE	O
were	O
later	O
developed	O
into	O
the	O
Perfect	B-Operating_System
Writer	I-Operating_System
and	O
FinalWord	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
FinalWord	B-Application
later	O
became	O
Sprint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
,	O
,	O
allows	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
-80	I-Application
version	O
of	O
MINCE	B-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
on	O
current	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
provides	O
customizations	O
,	O
extensions	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
for	O
the	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
