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From: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Help on a CTIX machine
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Date: 22 Feb 89 15:05:41 GMT
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In article <2592@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> mikes@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu.UUCP (Michael Steele) writes:
>
>  3) Has anyone seen a PD korn shell for the CTIX machines?  
There are NO public-domain versions of ksh available.  It (ksh source)
can be purchased from AT&T Toolchest for several thousand dollars.  
Aspen Technologies sells ksh binaries for $150-$350 depending on 
the target machine.  Send e-mail if you would like a phone number.  

>  It is my understanding that later versions of Sys V support the Korn
>  shell.  
System V Release 4 will include ksh.

>  Is it true 
>  that AT&T distributes UNIX free to universities...I assume this
>  information is VERY old, or do they still do it.  

No it's not free, but it is much less than the commercial price.
University price is only a few thousand dollars.

>  If so, how would one go
>  about upgrading their software and can we get kernal source?
Remember, you are not running SysV, you are running CTIX.  Not only will 
you need SysV sources, you will also need the Convergent customizations
to the standard source if you want to build a new kernel for your 
machine.  I think the problem will be getting the sources from
Convergent.  

-- 
Terry Hull                    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                                           Kansas State University
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