[net.lang.prolog] Prolog V for IBM PC

glenm@tekecs.UUCP (Glen McCluskey) (10/30/85)

I am wondering if anyone has experience with
Prolog V for the IBM PC, published by Chalcedony
Software.  Two versions are available, Prolog V
for $69.95, and Prolog V-plus for $99.95.

The sales literature makes it look good, but it
is hard to tell what it would actually be like.

	Glen McCluskey
	..tektronix!tekecs!glenm

kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) (11/02/85)

> I am wondering if anyone has experience with
> Prolog V for the IBM PC, published by Chalcedony
> Software.  Two versions are available, Prolog V
> for $69.95, and Prolog V-plus for $99.95.

I haven't ordered it yet, but I plan to.  When I called the folks at
Chalcedony to check on system requirements, they told me that their
products are actually MS-DOS compatible ... so they should work on alot
more machines than just IBM-PC's and clones.  The also said something
about a new release becoming available soon (that should be just about
now, as they were saying "in about two weeks", and that was about 6 weeks
ago :-) ).

I sure wish more s/w companies would advertise the true system requirements
for their products ... if the s/w only requires MS-DOS, then advertise it
as MS-DOS/PC-DOS compatible.  That would increase their potential market
by something like 25%, which sure couldn't hurt!

/kim
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