aebi@unizh.UUCP (06/05/85)
First of all I would like to thank all of you who took the time to answer my
request. Up to now I got about 35 replies. All but one asked me to post the
compiler to the net.
So I finally got the permission from our sysop to post the stuff. I hope
those of you who sent mail aren't disappointed if I don't answer all the
questions individually. But let me summarize some of the questions and
suggestions that could be of interest to everybody:
- The e-mail address you specified was wrong.
In the last message I specified my address as follows:
!{seismo,mcvax,cernvax,unizh}!aebi
This was wrong. It should have been
...seismo!mcvax!cernvax!unizh!aebi
I apologize for any inconvinience that anybody had because of this mistake.
- Where can I get a general version of the 68K Modula-2 compiler from ?
For more information or a source code licence write directly to:
Michael Moser
Institut fuer Elektronik
Gloriastr. 35
CH-8092 Zuerich
Switzerland
This is *not* the Macintosh version. But it is the code the Mac version is
based on. (BTW There's a rumor, that Atari will adapt this compiler for
their ST. So everybody may get a useful development tool right from the
start!)
- How much for a licence of the Macintosh version ?
At the moment you can't buy the source code as there is nobody at the
ETH who has got the time to do the distribution. But I will post some of
the modules (e.g. the module that does the trap call, the LisaPascal
source of the loader) to the net. So you will be able to create your own
Toolbox library.
- Can we distribute the compiler to Mac users groups ?
Feel free to give this compiler to your friends, other networks,
users groups and so on.
- Could you please repost the PackIt program as missed it.
As the whole posting is useless if people can't unpack the files, I will
redistribute this very useful utility.
- Couldn't you give the compiler to sumex and hope, that copies trickle to
non-arpa sites.
As I don't know how to do this from here, I leave this up to anybody on the
net who is able to do so.
- Will the compiler run on 128 kByte Macs ?
It doesn't seem, as if there was anybody willing to spend the time to
shrink the compiler at the ETH. But if any hacker would like to try it, I
will give him any support I can.
- You should post the compiler bit by bit.
That's exactly what I plan to do. The posting consists of 13 files of a
size between 31 and 64 kBytes. I will post one of the files every two or
three days. So watch out. Don't miss any of them. Given their size we
should try to avoid any reposting.
- Mac Modula Users Group
After thinking about it, I agree with those of you who suggested to keep
the exchange of information, programs and modules on the net. As we'll see
that this loads the net to much, we still can search for an other form of
communication / distribution.
- Yes, I'd like to help the compiler people by writing some modules.
Many thanks to everybody who is willing to spend some time on this.
I'll let you know, what could be done, as soon as I get some specifi-
cations from the ETH. (You may also just do what you think should be
done. I'll try to give you as much support as possible)
*****
Now let's get to the technical details of the posting:
To keep all the files of the posting below the 64 kByte limit, I won't add
any comment to the files sent in net.sources.mac.
Instead I will give you some hints on downloading and placing the files to
the different disks here:
- You need three blank disks. Name them as
M2-System
M2-Doc
MODLIB (the compiler won't work if this disk has an other name)
- Put all the System-Files and an editor (MDS editor, MacWrite ...) on
the M2-System and M2-Doc disks.
- Download the 'PackIt' program from the net as you will need this to
unpack the postings of the compiler.
- Load down the files posted to net.sources.mac. Convert them with binhex
4.0 / 5.0.
- By now you should have a file with a name like m2-?.pit. Unpack this file
using the PackIt program. If everything went ok, there should now be
several binary files on your disk.
- Copy the files to the disk that is specified in the table below.
File-Name Disk Comment
========= ==== =======
Part 1
------
Exec128 M2-System loader for 128 kByte Macs
Exec512 M2-System loader for 512 kByte Macs
PiRandom M2-System sample program *)
Hiero M2-System sample program *)
*) these are executable files generated by the M2 compiler. You may try
these little demos at this point (i.e. you don't need any other files
to run them)
Part 2
------
CKurve2 M2-System sample program
Magic.MOD M2-System sample source
PiRandom.MOD M2-System sample source
Hiero.MOD M2-System sample source
CKurve2.MOD M2-System sample source
LisaConvert M2-Doc
Introduction M2-Doc short introduction to the compiler
Part 3
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GUIDE.TXT M2-Doc Explanation of all the compiler options...
Part 4
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CLOCK.DEF M2-Doc *.DEF: Definition modules
CONVERSIONS.DEF M2-Doc
EVENTMGR.DEF M2-Doc
INTERMINAL.DEF M2-Doc
LOADER.DEF M2-Doc
M2FILES.DEF M2-Doc
MATHLIB0.DEF M2-Doc
MATHLIB1.DEF M2-Doc
MCLOOKUP.DEF M2-Doc
OUTTERMINAL.DEF M2-Doc
REALTERMINAL.DEF M2-Doc
STORAGE.DEF M2-Doc
TERMINAL.DEF M2-Doc
CLOCK.SYM MODLIB *.SYM: Symbol files
CONVERSIONS.SYM MODLIB
EVENTMGR.SYM MODLIB
INTERMINAL.SYM MODLIB
LOADER.SYM MODLIB
M2FILES.SYM MODLIB
MATHLIB0.SYM MODLIB
MATHLIB1.SYM MODLIB
MCLOOKUP.SYM MODLIB
OUTTERMINAL.SYM MODLIB
REALTERMINAL.SYM MODLIB
STORAGE.SYM MODLIB
TERMINAL.SYM MODLIB
Part 5
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OPTIONS.DEF M2-Doc
OSCONSTANTS.DEF M2-Doc
OUTFILE.DEF M2-Doc
PASCALSTRINGS.DEF M2-Doc
QUICKDRAW.DEF M2-Doc
SFPACKAGE.DEF M2-Doc
OPTIONS.SYM MODLIB
OUTFILE.SYM MODLIB
PASCALSTRINGS.SYM MODLIB
QUICKDRAW.SYM MODLIB
SFPACKAGE.SYM MODLIB
Part 6
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m2link MODLIB M2 linker
Part 7
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CONVERSIONS.LNK MODLIB *.LNK: link files
LOADER.LNK MODLIB
m2comp MODLIB M2 compiler
M2FILES.LNK MODLIB
REALTERMINAL.LNK MODLIB
Part 8
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CLOCK.LNK MODLIB
EVENTMGR.LNK MODLIB
INTERMINAL.LNK MODLIB
M2ROOTLOOKUP.LNK MODLIB
MACBASE.LNK MODLIB
MATHLIB0.LNK MODLIB
MATHLIB1.LNK MODLIB
MCLOOKUP.LNK MODLIB
MEMORYMGR.LNK MODLIB
OPTIONS.LNK MODLIB
OSTYPES.LNK MODLIB
OUTFILE.LNK MODLIB
OUTTERMINAL.LNK MODLIB
PASCALSTRINGS.LNK MODLIB
PBFILE.LNK MODLIB
PSTRINGS.LNK MODLIB
QUICKDRAW.LNK MODLIB
SFPACKAGE.LNK MODLIB
STORAGE.LNK MODLIB
SYSTEMX.LNK MODLIB
TERMINAL.LNK MODLIB
Part 9
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M2CP4.LOD MODLIB compiler pass 4
Part 10
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M2CP1.LOD MODLIB compiler pass 1
M2CLIS.LOD MODLIB
Part 11
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M2CP2.LOD MODLIB compiler pass 2
Compiler.MERR MODLIB
Part 12
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M2CINI.LOD MODLIB
M2CP3.LOD MODLIB
Part 13
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M2CP5.LOD MODLIB
M2CSYM.LOD MODLIB
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