This directory contains the demo version of Hamilton C shell(tm) for
the Window NT on the DEC Alpha.


Hamilton C shell is a much more powerful alternative to the standard
MS-DOS command window on Windows NT and comes with virtually all the
day-to-day utilities most folks will ever need.  Careful attention has
been paid to making this the best possible product on Windows NT.  For
example, even though it certainly provides all the power (and much more!)
of the original UNIX C shell, this is not simply a cosmetic attempt to
make Windows NT look more like Unix.

You'll find ASCII text and Postscript versions of the User Guide packed
with the intel386 version; it's the same manual for both the Alpha and
Intel processors.

This build was done in a period of 10 hours just in time to show at
Comdex.  That's testament to the fact that Windows NT really is the
same system on each processor architecture and an explanation of why
this build here really is pretty rough.  While not crippled like the
Intel and MIPS versions, neither is this build fully working.  We did
encounter some compiler bugs there just wasn't time to work around.
In particular, shell wildcarding and command substitutions are broken;
you can do filename expansion in "ls *.c" using Ctrl-D right on the
command line before typing Enter and that works, but simply typing
Enter and expecting the wildcarding to happen normally does not work.
You'll almost certainly find other bugs elsewhere.

To get a better idea of the functionality, do try either the MIPS or
Intel versions.  We've included this very early Alpha version here mostly
just to reassure you of our commitment to produce an Alpha version as
soon as humanly possible; our expectation is that we should have it
available as product quality sometime in December 1992.

It is not necessary to actually install this package onto your hard disk
to try it out.  Simply type "demo" and you're off and running!

If you have questions or would like to place an order, we'd love to
hear from you!


Regards,
Douglas Hamilton
Hamilton Laboratories
13 Old Farm Road
Wayland, MA  01778-3117

Phone 508-358-5715
FAX   508-358-1113
