Please note that the Aurora Text Editor is no longer sold and no longer supported by its author/owner (NText). The shareware version of the editor is still available at several shareware archive sites and at this site (both the last DOS release for 8086 and 80386+ processors and the Win32 console mode beta version). Ntext.net no longer loads a page as of 2025.
Download Aurora
auror30c.zip -- Local 386+ version of Aurora 3.0
From the nText web site when it was live: has links to the 386+ version of Aurora DOS, and the 8086 version. NOTE: the 386 version of Aurora is required to install the 8086 version.
aurc33b1.exe -- Local Win32 version of Aurora 3
From the nText web site when it was live: aurc33b1.exe for Win32 (95/NT) console mode (12-23-97, 673,703 bytes, self-extracting zip file). This is a beta test version.
The Aurora editor is distributed as shareware. It is not public domain nor is it freeware. See the documentation supplied with the editor for details on the conditions of use for the shareware version and for how to order a fully-licensed version of the Aurora editor.
According to nText, purchase "discounts are available for BBS sysops, educational institutions, full-time students, US government agencies, and approved user groups" as well as "quantity discounts and site (multi-user) licensing."
Subscribe to the Aurora Mail List
This is a very low traffic list. Most of the responses deal with questions about editor usage, particularly programming in the Aurora macro language, as well as suggestions to the author for future improvements to the editor. This is also where you will see announcements for new versions of the editor, as well as comments from the program's author (Jeff Wunderlich).
NOTE: as of March 1998, the Aurora mail list has been relocated. John Covici has generously offered to host the list at his site (Thanks, John!). His site is not on the net 24 hours a day, so the list response may be slower than it has been in the past, but it is still quite acceptable. All previous Aurora list subscribers should automatically have had their subscriptions moved to John's server.
Responses to the Aurora mail list itself (NOT subscription requests or unsubscribe requests: they should go to the listserver) should be sent to a site that no longer exists. The mail list no longer exists.
Go to the Aurora Mail List Archive
Steven La maintained an archive of responses to the Aurora mail list from July 1996 to the present. The mail list archive files listed at this site are currently downloadable only, but well worth reading for tips on usage and macro updates (there are some very talented Aurora macro programmers out there!). Recent mail list discussion topics have included developing an Aurora macro for doing floating point numeric calculations and reviews of Aurora in the press.
Links to Other Aurora Web Sites
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- NuText and ntext.net
- (The NuText site at aol.com has been superceded by the nText site above, and is no longer reachable as a result. And now the ntext.net site is no more.)
- A Review of the Aurora Editor at www.sharewarejunkies.com.
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