Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!mcs.kent.edu!neoucom.edu!wtm From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) Subject: Re: Shells for SYSV machines Message-ID: <1991Jun12.024544.2247@uhura.neoucom.EDU> Summary: AT&T sells ksh (apparently) becuase I have it. Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine References: <1513@gagme.chi.il.us> <2079@ssbn.WLK.COM> Distribution: na Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 02:45:44 GMT I have before me, a disk that says: "386 Unix (r) System V release 3.1 The Korn Shell 6386 WGS". There is copyright notice dated 1987, etc, and a part number "1333004-ET01-0262-X ver 1.1 1 of 1" on the floppy. It has what appears to be a real AT&T sticker and envelope with it. I got this in a box full of miscelaneous junk that I got at a flea market. Though it says release 3.1, it seems to work just fine on my 3.2.1 system. The disk is an installpkg format with only the binaries and short release notes. Is this the bargain of the century or something? Does AT&T really charge $3000 for ksh? I got hooked on ksh on the Unix PC and really missed it in the 386 environment. Do I have to burn this disk and disavow ever having seen it, or should I bury it in an atom bomb proof cellar for safe keeping? Please don't write asking for a copy. I only have the one disk. The 386 release really is inexcusably incomplete without the text processing tools and all of the shells. I was really surprised that even nroff is absent (and I'm still looking for that). Bill -- Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Computer Services Department Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511 wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu ....!uunet!aablue!neoucom!wtm via internet: (140.220.001.001)