gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (10/25/87)
dca@kesmai.COM (David C. Albrecht) wrote: > The unix utilities set runs somewheres around $300 > at a good discount I believe it lists for $500. The unix utilities includes > all the usual tools (yacc, lex, sccs, ...), a C compiler, Advanced editor > (vi), and the document preperation system (nroff...). Are you interested > in a specific dealer or what? If you are interested in things at little > or no cost I wish you luck but I can't help you. This sounds like a good opportunity for somebody to port the GNU C compiler to the Unix PC. It already generates good code for the 68000, possibly better than AT&T's compiler. (It's better than Sun's PCC based compiler.) It's available in source for free, and you can get an assembler too. Linker and make are being tested and you could get a copy if you were serious. The hardest part would be building the library; though I have most of a PD C library, it is not organized at all. The compiler sources in a compressed tar file run about 1.2MB. To bring it up you will need an existing, working C compiler and at least 10MB of free disk space. If you don't know anybody with a copy of the compiler, send mail to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu and ask for help. They can sell you a 9-track or cartridge tape containing it, if all else fails. (The software itself is free and can be given away or sold. They sell the service of distributing it.) If C compilers are being discussed in the Unix-PC newsgroups, please forward this message into that discussion. I don't get those newsgroups. -- {dasys1,ncoast,well,sun,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@toad.com