Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:10744 comp.unix.aux:3158 comp.unix.questions:26716 unix-pc.general:6362 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!shelby!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!yale!eagle.wesleyan.edu!flinton From: flinton@eagle.wesleyan.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.questions,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: Curses, terminfo and termcap followups Message-ID: <1990Nov5.183045.35441@eagle.wesleyan.edu> Date: 5 Nov 90 23:30:44 GMT References: <35620@cup.portal.com> Lines: 21 In article <35620@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: > > Guy's comment: "... and I was under the impression that A/UX, even as of 2.0, > was S5R2-based. > > True. "uname -a" on A/UX 2.0 shows it to be "svr2"; the A/UX 2.0.1 upgrade due > next year will comprise bug fixes, the 1988 ksh, and other enhancements. Info > from other sources indicates that A/UX 2.0 is a hybrid SVR2/4.2BSD with many > enhancements by Unisoft and Apple supporting networking, NFS (or RFS?), etc. > Just today I attended a half-day A/UX product showing in Stamford (CT) at which Apple designers on the A/UX and IIfx teams pitched their product and answered questions. One of those answers: A/UX is a hybrid of SVR2.2 with addenda from SVR3.* and from 4.2BSD and from 4.3BSD and from Sun-NFS and then some. That's A/UX 2.0, beta version in use at this showing. No mention of how later versions of A/UX may differ once they appear. Bourne, Korn, and C shells all included (but no mention of bash ). Take this with a large grain of salt -- after all, what do I know? -- Fred or