Hello, I have a simple script that uses LWP::SIMPLE to do an http get. It works fine on my newer machines. I have a few older servers running SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 and perl version 5.004_04. I haven't been able to find a version of LWP::SIMPLE that will work for that version. Is there another method of sending an http get request that could work? Is there a place I could find the necessary LWP::SIMPLE and dependencies for a version of perl that old? Unfortunately, upgrading the perl versions isn't an option. In short, the script is: 
use LWP::Simple;
  
$url = 'http://ecs.amazonaws.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&
+Version=2005-03-23&Operation=ItemSearch&ContentType=text%2Fxml&Subscr
+iptionId=xxxxxxxxxx&SearchIndex=Music&Keywords=5099921688607&Response
+Group=OfferFull,Small';

my $content = get $url;

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Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks! -Josh

In reply to LWP::SIMPLE perl version 5.004_04 by joshuahess

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