cirian@einstein.eds.com (Steve Cirian) (12/19/90)
I am thinking of purchasing UNIX for my home PC, and would like to get a C compiler. I know that Coherent comes with a C compiler, and is about $100, but it is not yet a 32-bit operating system and only supports a small-model compiler (this is not to say it is not a good operating system, as several of my co-workers have purchased it and are quite pleased with it). The OS I have in mind is Microport's System V/3.2, which is $200 for the runtime version. The compiler is $500, so I am looking for a public domain or shareware compiler. I may be able to get the source for Gnu C, but the question I have is, how do I compile it to run on my PC if I don't have a compiler to compile it with? Can I use Turbo C or MS C running under DOS? Has anyone compiled it for 386-based UNIX, and is it available? I do not have direct access to the Internet, so uucp'ing it would be the best option. Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get a cheap or public domain C compiler, opinions on Microport's version of UNIX, or know if Tom Roell's X11R4 program will run under this UNIX and a Paradise VGA+16 video controller? Thanks, Steve Cirian -- Steve Cirian ~ local girl: What does BRMC stand for? 750 Tower Drive ~ Johnny: Black Rebels Motorcycle Club Troy, MI 48007 ~ local girl: What are you rebelling against? (313) 265-5738 ~ Johnny: Whattya got?
tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) (12/20/90)
Try Minix. You can get free patches to upgrade to 32-bit, and there are
3 compilers (including gcc) available for it. I run it on my home system,
it's quite stable (actually works better than the 8086 version).
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