Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:23:46 -0600 (CST) From: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com> To: Chris Lopez <swim@avst.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: capabilties Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970123221200.784A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <32E814AD.4C12@avst.com>
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Chris Lopez wrote: ->Hi asked recently about your product, and I was wondering if by my ->current situation you could determine if FreeBSD was the best for me. ->Again I am not a UNIX hacker so bear with me... -> -> I am a student at George Mason Univ. and I am taking a C++ class. I ->need to be able to: -> -> 1. Have a system (FreeBSD?) that could possibly connect with an ->UNIX system called OSF1 (they say it runs a version called ->Berkley?) Any of the free Unices can do that. Even MS-DOS with TCPIP software. You might be better off using what your friends use. The Delorian gcc (djgcc, I think) is available for MS-DOS, if that's your only alternative. -> 2. The system needs to have an application (I think they call it ->VI) where I can create, edit and compile C++ programs. Any text editor works -- I like emacs. (Vi and emacs are available for most platforms.) -> 3. If I can connect to the school UNIX system is it through ->dialup using my ISP? (Erols by the way) -> Sure -- but your school probably provides free access. Check with administratin or your cs center. -> My class just recently started and I am getting desperate here. PLEASE ->HELP ME!!! -> Unix is not load and go. Be prepared to invest some effort learning. Good luck. -- Jay -> Thank you for your time, -> Chris Lopez ->
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