SQL*PLUS Replacement... please?

A relatively new user of Oracle 8.4 (on Solaris), coming in as a convert from MySql, I find SQL*PLUS to be very nasty; it's shell is terrible: no commandline editing, no history being the two biggest complaints that I have.

I'm wondering if

1. There's just some configuration (environment or otherwise) that I need to do make this software that much easier to use

or
b) failing a), a piece of software (preferably freeware) that acts as a front-end to SQL*PLUS or replaces it entirely.

Responses via e-mail would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Ari Gordon-Schlosberg  Neoglyphics Media Corporation
Software Engineer      Champaign, IL
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