When I felt a similar desire many years ago, I decided to write my own - though 'nano' was my model, rather than TurboC. I'd build it all differently if I had to do it over, but it works well enough that I continue to use it, all day every workday:
https://www.github.com/marssaxman/ozette
If you can't find what you are looking for, perhaps you should write it yourself!