lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) (01/09/90)
In article <30@suntau.UUCP> forrie@suntau.UUCP (System Administrator) writes: [...] |> |>This poor box has so many little bugs... ug! |> |>Gee, wouldn't it be NICE if we had access to the SRC CODE for UA? It would |>be nice to see some changes, etc. I wonder if AT&T or anyone out there has |>either thought of or is working on such a project of replacing the UA? |> |>The trouble is: the UA is a decent interface. It has a lot of usefulness. |>So it's sort of like being between a rock and a hard place. Limits |>multiuser security anyways. [...] Although there are some problems with the UNIX pc, the machine does have quite a few benefits. UA and specifically what it was written using, TAM, is no longer a product of AT&T (neither is the UNIX pc for that matter). AT&T did supply libtam.a (TAM transition libraries) for those who wrote applications (God help them) using it and wanted to migrate to UNIX System V Release 3.2.x (on the 386). AT&T has moved away from TAM, and more now using FMLI. The "user agent" on the 386 is called "face" (written using FMLI) and has a new look and feel. AT&T is also trying to move away from that and more to "Open Look(tm)" yet another look and feel.. Hey, why don't you write us a wiz-bang user interface? :-) |>Anyhow, any news of the new 'fix-disk' being released at some point, |>or is this another GAG that AT&T is playing? [...] There will be one eventually. Be patient. The fact that there is no one "officially" working on the UNIX pc development anymore is the problems for all the delays... -Lenny -- | Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems lenny@icus.islp.ny.us | | {ames,pacbell,decuac,hombre,sbcs,attctc}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny | +------- ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 -------+