bill@ssbn.UUCP (08/18/87)
I have been trying to standardize my operating environment among DOS
machines and the PC 6300 PLUS. The Korn shell certainly looked
like it would do that since it's available for DOS as the MKS
Toolkit and for the PLUS from ASPEN Technologies. The MKS Toolkit
is another story, but I wanted to let PLUS owners know about a
*super* package. First you have to understand that ASPEN says that
it's for Microport System V/AT. That's true, but if you change the
device name in the installation instructions from "/dev/dsk/f048"
to "/dev/dsk/f09dt", you are on your way. This shell is *FAST*!
History editing and a bunch of other nice features make it (to me)
well worth the $125. It's available from (MC & Visa OK)
ASPEN Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 5727
Parsippany, NJ 07054
(201) 316-0866 [they accept collect calls for orders]
It's a breeze to install and it does just what they say it does. They
say that Job Control is not implemented and they explain why they sent
it as a small model program (performance). There are two flavors, eksh
for EMACS in line editing and vksh for vi in line editing. The ksh
script they supply examines your environment for EDITOR/VISUAL and does
the right thing. I wish all versions of the Korn Shell were as reliable
and effortless.
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Bill Kennedy {cbosgd | ihnp4!petro | sun!texsun!rrm}!ssbn!bill