That sounds like the reponse I get from U < (less than) except in that menu I get a Light Sword plus other stuff. That is a one-time menu.Have you tried u rightarrow, uparrow, etc ? Also, the direction you are facing (N, S, E, W) changes the contents of the menu. Try standing outside Thesminster Abbey outer wall. See if you can find spots that yield Spear+2 or Vorpal Blade.
I run version 1.0 and get great results from 3 separate machines. Other people have reported that the SAME installation disks produce different results on different computers.