rda@epistemi.UUCP (Robert Dale) (08/05/86)
I'd like to know more about ZCPR before investing time and energy in trying
to bring it up on my Z80-based system. Can someone provide me with a
reference to an article or book that describes ZCPR - preferably one that is
available outside of the USA? I seem to recall mention of a book in this
newsgroup some time ago. Also, frequently there is mention in this
newsgroup of ZSYS software: is this the same thing, or related? And how
can someone at my side of the pond obtain this software? Please mail
responses, and I'll post a summary if it looks to be interesting to others.
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Robert Dale University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Science,
2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW, Scotland.
UUCP: ...!ukc!cstvax!epistemi!rda
JANET: rda@uk.ac.ed.epistemiRCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Rick Conn) (08/23/86)
You can obtain the Z System software and documentation from: Echelon, Inc. 885 N. San Antonio Road Los Altos, CA 94022 415/948-3820 Echelon offers three books and a biweekly newsletter on the subject. The books are: 1. ZCPR3: The Manual - a comprehensive tech manual on the system, describing the release version of the system in much detail 2. ZCPR3: The Libraries - a comprehensive ref manual on the reusable software components libraries Z3LIB, SYSLIB, and VLIB 3. Z System User's Guide - a very easy-to-read overview of the Z System and its capabilities There is also a new document, Z-Index, which is a comprehensive index to the newsletters. Echelon also offers an array of Z System-specific commercial products, including editors, debuggers, assemblers, compilers, data base tools, communications programs, and a spreadsheet. There are Z-Nodes all over the world that you can dial into to access Z System software and some RCP/M systems also carry it. There is also ZSIG, the Z System User's Group, which publishes its own newsletter and users disks. The ZSYS archive on SIMTEL20 contains both Z System and ZSIG software. There have also been many magazine articles published on the Z System in Byte, Computer Language, Micro/Systems Journal, Dr Dobbs, and many manufacturer-specific magazines, such as Heath. Several distributers and OEMs carry the system, including one in France. As a bottom line, I recommend contacting Echelon with your questions, and they can send you more information. Rick Conn (author of ZCPR3 and its toolset) -------