psrc@poseidon.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (09/14/88)
< "NO toon can resist the old shave-and-a-haircut gag!" > In article <815@ritcv.UUCP>, phl@ritcv.UUCP (Pete Lutz) writes: > I'm looking for a package that provides a Un*X look alike > environment. I need a shell (preferable ksh), vi, a C compiler, > and possibly nroff. What's available? >Pete Lutz, rutgers!rochester!ritcv!phl, phl@RIT.EDU Start with the MKS Toolkit. This gives you over a hundred commands you know and love from the UNIX(R) operating system, including vi, ksh, awk, and (in version 2.3) yacc. This lists for $169, but costs $129 from Programmer's Connection, a mail order place I've done business with and like. Next, Turbo C 2.0 for $149.95, or Turbo C Professional for $250. The former has optional wildcard expansion of command arguments, a 'make' utility, an integrated editor/compiler/debugger, good DOS-specific functions for text and graphics, and compiles like a bat out of heck. (The generated code is pretty good, but not the best around.) Professional also gets you Turbo Assembler, and Turbo Debugger, a very powerful standalone debugger. I'm sure you'll see these discounted any day now. (I have the TC 2.0 manuals in their new yellow-and-black covers, so this stuff is either shipping or very close.) If you want nroff/troff, there are several options. Elan sells NROFF/PC for $99 ($89 from Programmer's Connection): nroff, neqn, tbl, and presumably the mm macro package. Eroff from the same company ($695, discounted to $629) has nroff, troff, mm, mv, tbl, en, pic, grap, image, a previewer, and Laserjet and Postscript support. MKS SQPS ($495/$449) is a licensed derivation of AT&T Documenter's Workbench(tm), with nroff, troff, tbl, eqn, pic, grap; Laserjet, Postscript, and Impress drivers are available. Frankly, I'd seriously suggest getting a word processor instead. Programmer's Connection, 7249 Whipple Ave. NW, North Canton, OH 44720, US 800-336-1166, Canada 800-225-1166, 216-494-3781, FAX 216-494-5260 Mortice Kern Systems, 35 King St. North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 2W9, US 800-265-2797, 519-884-2251, uunet!watmath!mks!inquiry Borland, 188 Green Hills Rd., P.O. Box 660001, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-0001, US 800-543-7543, 408-438-8400, FAX 408-438-8696 Paul S. R. Chisholm, psrc@poseidon.att.com (formerly psc@lznv.att.com) AT&T Bell Laboratories, att!poseidon!psrc, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind. UNIX(R) is a registered trademark and Documenter's Workbench is a trademark of AT&T.