tih@barsoom.nhh.no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) (05/07/90)
I have a problem... A few months ago, I got an OK from my boss to purchase a 386 system with SCO Unix V/386 3.2.0 and TCP/IP support, because it would enable us to offer many new TCP/IP services to our large network of PC and Macintosh machines. Well, I've got the system, and I've got TCP/IP runtime (I'm posting this from the system in question), and I've got the regular development system -- but the development toolkit for TCP/IP seems not to be forthcoming. According to our local distributor, it's still in beta test, and they've been unable to get hold of a beta distribution to tide me over until my order can be filled. Meanwhile, I'm getting ever more anxious to be able to prove to the rest of this organization that my new toy is justified. Now, I could try for permission to drop SCO and go with some other supplier -- but I don't particularly like throwing good money after bad. I realize that I made a mistake in purchasing SCO Unix; I should have gone for AT&T SVR4, which it turns out I could have had cheaper (including full source code), as we're an educational institution. (Big hand to AT&T for this!) However, I'd like to get some results with what I've got. So: I'd like to get in touch with someone out there who has the TCP/IP toolkit in beta test, and who would be willing to either a) let me send them source code to compile into object modules which they would send back to me, b) let me use a telnet login on their machine for the same purpose, or c) (dare I suggest it?) let me pirate a copy of the toolkit so I'll have something to work with until my own order is filled. Go ahead, flame me for that last one if you like -- I don't feel bad about it in the least, as I've been trying for months to be allowed to purchase the product legally. There's a limit to my patience. If anyone from SCO should wish to respond to this, flames or otherwise, please don't reply to this address: /usr/lib/sendmail coredumps when I receive mail from sco.com, and I haven't been able to figure out a fix yet, so address me as edb_tom@kredit.nhh.no instead. Mail from any other node seems to be OK, it's never happened with any other mail messages, but it's happened with *every* piece of mail from sco.com. Hmm, maybe `strings /usr/lib/sendmail | grep "sco.com"`? :-) -tih -- Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, NHH, Bergen, Norway. Telephone: +47-5-959205 tih@barsoom.nhh.no, thelbekk@norunit.bitnet, edb_tom@pluss.nhh.no
tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) (05/09/90)
In article <859@barsoom.nhh.no>, tih@barsoom.nhh.no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) writes: > I have a problem... A few months ago, I got an OK from my boss to > purchase a 386 system with SCO Unix V/386 3.2.0 and TCP/IP support, [ problems obtaining SCO TCP/IP development tools ] > So: I'd like to get in touch with someone out there who has the > TCP/IP toolkit in beta test, and who would be willing to either > > a) let me send them source code to compile into object modules > which they would send back to me, > > b) let me use a telnet login on their machine for the same > purpose, or > > c) (dare I suggest it?) let me pirate a copy of the toolkit so > I'll have something to work with until my own order is filled. > > Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, NHH, Bergen, Norway. Telephone: +47-5-959205 > tih@barsoom.nhh.no, thelbekk@norunit.bitnet, edb_tom@pluss.nhh.no You might try sneaking in under SCO's "Early Availability Program." I don't know who qualifies, but if you do, you might have no more serious problem than simply having asked for the wrong thing. If you can afford the extra bucks, you might be able to get the full Open Desktop developer's kit before the unbundled network libraries start selling. There will be a lot of stuff you won't use, including another copy of the C compiler, plus X Window and SQL development tools, but the TCP/IP socket and other libraries are a standard part of this distribution. Get in touch with SCO, ask for info about their Early Availability Program, and tell them you want the ODT developer's kit. Good luck! (ty) -- +--Tom Yager, Technical Editor, BYTE----Reviewer, UNIX World---------------+ | NET: decvax!maxx!tyager -or- uunet!bytepb!maxx!tyager | | I speak only for myself "UNIX: It's not a job, | +-------------------------------------it's a Jihad!" -co-worker------------+