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From: psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Unix Curses for MS-DOS?
Summary: commercial version
Message-ID: <4327@pegasus.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 89 14:32:17 GMT
References: <13281@garnet.BBN.COM>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <13281@garnet.BBN.COM>, hlison@bbn.com (Herb Lison) writes:
> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the UNIX curses library
> for MS-DOS, preferable Microsoft C v5.1 compatible?

Someone else has mentioned the public domain implementation.  Aspen
Scientific has a CURSES library that's compatible with UNIX(R) System V
Release 3.  It lists for $159 ($349 with source); there are versions
available for Microsoft C (MS-DOS and OS/2), Turbo C, and Lattice C.
They have a package called FORMATION that builds on top of CURSES; it
"provides viewports, virtual windows, pop-up menus, drop-down menus,
horizontal menus, dialog boxes", etc.  FORMATION goes for $159 ($399
with source, which also lets you use it under the UNIX operating
system).

I think someone had some good things to say about Aspen's curses at one
point.  I've never used it; I'm just reading from the Programmer's
Connection catalog.


Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories
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