Xref: utzoo comp.sources.wanted:2778 comp.sys.ibm.pc:9667 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!walt_waldo_novinger From: walt_waldo_novinger@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need LOGIN Shell for MS-DOS Message-ID: <2022@cup.portal.com> Date: 16 Dec 87 00:09:07 GMT References: <145@tsdiag.UUCP> <841@neoucom.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 20 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.2743 I would heartily recommend the MKS Toolkit from Mortise Kern Systems ({allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!watmath!mks!toolkit) for those users who want a true login shell capability. The shell provided *replaces* command.com (rather than supplementing it as another responder suggested). The Toolkit comes with a vi look-alike, awk, grep, and at least 60 other Unix-style tools. I work on Unix systems every day (Sys 3 and 5) and am *very* impressed at the job MKS has done in reverse engineering these programs. I was a beta tester for MKS, and can attest to their orientation toward users and their *fast* response to problems and (especially) suggestions. Other than being a satisfied user, I have no stake in MKS. ====================================================================== Walt Novinger sun!cup.portal.com!waldo "The real world is InterFile Corp. waldo@cup.portal.com NOT user-friendly" 755 N. Mary Ave. (408) 738-3900 W Kelvin Throop Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (415) 964-9377 H GMT References: <145@tsdiag.UUCP> Reply-To: madd@