Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site megad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!megad!seth From: seth@megad.UUCP (Seth H Zirin) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Unix for *how much*? Message-ID: <188@megad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 10:20:25 EDT Article-I.D.: megad.188 Posted: Wed Aug 21 10:20:25 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:45:03 EDT References: <1029@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> <112@vcvax1.UUCP> Organization: The Bohemian Pleasure Dome Lines: 20 > +--------------- > | This whining about the cost of the ATT Unix license is ridiculous. > | A single user binary only license costs $60. That's cheaper than > | wordstar... > +--------------- > What comes with it? Certainly not ksh; I would also doubt csh. (Heck, at that > price I would even doubt that sh came with it!) I also assume 8088. Memory? The init process would be hard put to run /etc/rc or create a single-user login without at least /bin/sh. If you're interested in a CHEAP (pronounced inexpensive but full function) System V Unix box, look no further than page 65 of the August 1985 issue of Unix Review. I have several of them. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Seth H Zirin UUCP: {decvax, ihnp4}!philabs!sbcs!megad!seth Keeper of the News for megad