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Subject: Re: AT&T Catalogs
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 15:44:36 EDT
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> This is probably a foolish question to those with more experience, but
> does anyone know where I can get a catalog (AT&T or otherwise) describing
> the various software products available for System V.

I suspect the ultimate answer may be "nowhere".  AT&T's "Computer
Software Catalog" won't do you a bit of good, since it is not a
catalog of software "available for System V", but a catalog of
software available for AT&T computers.  The only software that's
"available for System V" is that provided in source form.  Software
provided in binary form is only available for the machines that it
was compiled on, not for "System V" in general.

> In particular I am interested in getting a `C' Compiler (our vendor
> didn't sell it as part of the package) and wants an arm and a leg for it.
> I was wondering if anyone else sold the same compiler.

The best you could hope for when looking in a catalog of "System V
software" might be to find a cross-compiler for the Clipper, although
this wouldn't necessarily be the *same* compiler, and might not be
provided in the form of a compiler that *runs* on the Clipper.  (I
assume here that all UNIX ports to the Clipper can share binary
versions of software; if that's not true, that's an added
complication.)

It sounds like you'd be best off talking to Fairchild to see if 1)
there is one C compiler that Clipper ports use and 2) you can get
that compiler.
	Guy Harris
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