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From: frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Unix-like shell for IBM
Message-ID: <1990Oct13.010928.1732@odetics.com>
Date: 13 Oct 90 01:09:28 GMT
References: <1990Oct11.195759.11163@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: frank@odetics.UUCP (Frank Merrow)
Organization: Odetics, Inc., Anaheim, CA
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In article <1990Oct11.195759.11163@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> eagle@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes:
>Is there a replacement shell for PC-DOS that will replace COMMAND.COM
>and allow Unix commands? I am continuously entering Unix commands at the
>DOS prompt, and DOS commands at the Unix prompt.  If there isn't one
>already, I'll just end up writing it.  Please reply via email. Thanks in
>advance for any info!

Hi Daniel,

Contact Mortice Kern System and ask them about their MKS Toolkit.  I use
this address to get them via the net: uunet!mailrus!utai!watmath!mks!toolkit
I have used their toolkit for several years now and LOVE it.  I have even
taken really nasty shell scripts from work and they run at home on my
AT with NO CHANGES.  I was VERY impressed with that one.  Their support
is also very good.  You can also check into "polyshell" from Polytron.
Once of the guys across the hall from me at work like it very much.  Both
of them give you the "look and feel" of Unix with litterally EVERYTHING
you are used to (grep, awk, cat, shell, etc....).  The only two things
you will miss with both packages is 1) multi-tasking (DOS won't do it) and
csh (if that is your preferred shell).  However, MKS provides ksh which
is basically Born Shell (sic) with the things from csh you REALLY want
(history and command fetch from history).

Frank
frank@odetics.com