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From: john@bc-cis.UUCP (John L. Wynstra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,misc.wanted
Subject: Wanted: termcap to terminfo translation utility
Summary: An inquiry into the availabilty of a public domain program to
	 accomplish this minor miracle, or, How not to re-invent the wheel
Keywords: termcap terminfo
Message-ID: <1277@bc-cis.UUCP>
Date: 20 Aug 88 17:41:20 GMT
Reply-To: john@bc-cis.UUCP (John L. Wynstra)
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Organization: Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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	Now that I work for a place that has both a (wierd) XENIX system [the
Altos 2086] that uses termcap and a XENIX/System V on a 386 [the Altos 1000]
that uses terminfo, I have need of a termcap to terminfo translation utility.

	Seems to me such a utility probably exists in public domain software
somewhere (maybe even more than one somewheres :^)   As my boss has asked me
about such a beast and having had vague memories of something broadcast on
the net last year, I thought I'd give this a try.

	Is such a beast available?  And how do I (or rather my company)
acquire it?

	--john wynstra
	US mail (home)	Apt. 9G, 43-10 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, N.Y., 11355
		(work)	Soft Computer, 864 Willis Avenue, Albertson, N.Y.
	Phone	(work)	(516) 248-4411
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PS: Btw for those of you belonging to USENIX.  I hear about "distribution
tapes" (available with proof of license).  Are these software archives like
the stuff on comp.sources, ie, a public domain sources potpourri, or, are
they more specific, eg, the latest version of `rn'?