Dave.Scheele.@.952/101@f8.n10.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Scheele @ 952/101) (08/08/90)
A while back someone mentioned that there was an Amiga version of Oberon available. I am interested in obtaining it. Does anyone know where I could get it from? Any method of getting it is fine; I am not afraid of LD phone calls if that's the only way. # Origin: Info Exchange RBBS * 620 megs * 412/482-4721/HST/DS (8:952/101.0) -- uucp: uunet!m2xenix!puddle!10!8!Dave.Scheele.@.952/101 Internet: Dave.Scheele.@.952/101@f8.n10.z1.fidonet.org
hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) (10/25/90)
Is there an FTP site (ANYWHERE???) that has the Demo of the Oberon
compiler that is on Fred Fish 380?
While I'm here are (is there) a UNIX (ULTRIX) version out there. And
are there books on Oberon out there??
--
adam hill "I will tell you three things.."
hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA!
Amiga... Multimedia NOW!!
24 Bit Color(n.) Large waster of bandwidth. "Amiga walk with me ........"davego@polari.UUCP (dave oliphant) (04/04/91)
In article <1991Apr2.160215.28152@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez) writes: >Has anybody used the Oberon Compiler fro the Amiga? The one distributed >by A+L? Could you post some review on it and update the information >about prices, availability etc... Thanks > > Victor Sanchez > N.U. Prosthetics Reas. Lab. AMIGA OBERON IN ENGLISH Dear, Thank you for your inquiry concerning Amiga Oberon in English, the new Modula-2 like language from Prof. Niklaus Wirth. As we may expect, you are familiar with the PD version of Amiga Obveron which is distributed on a Fish disk, e.g. If you don't have it yet, you may get such a disk from your next PD copy center or directly from us sending us the equivalent of SFr 10.-(approximately US$10.-) If you are interested in buying the product Amiga Oberon ( with no limitations, full set of modules including source code, a folder with more than 300 pages of documentation, 3 disks full with examples and software), we need to give you some explanations: So far there is just a documentation in German available, no English translation is planned. This has a very simple reason: In 1987, when we published M2Amiga, our Modula-2 development system for the Amiga, we produced it in German and in English. The first German version we sold in an extremely short time; the inquiry rate was so high that we got sometimes bundles of mail per day. The English version, mainly in the USA, didn't sell in enough large quantities to cover the expenses. The main reason here was, that Aerican warehouse companies didn't take the product in their price lists because we didn't allow them to go below a certain price limit - all of us have to live, and we cannot afford to let the prices [2 lines missing from letter] happened to several competitors who allowed the warehouses in the US to discount their products). As long as we may not be convinced, that there is a satisfying demand for Amiga Oberon we are not willing to invest in an English translation and production. Although we don't mind to sell the German version to anyone who likes it- it costs SFr. 270.-/US$250.-. The manual is easy to read and contains lots of examples; with some help of a dictionary ever a non-German reader can well understand how to use AMiga Oberon. We expect your understanding and are looking forward to your response on Oberon. With kind regards, This is the letter I received from A-L AG when I requested information. I guess just send them $250 and your all set. -- davego@polari.UUCP Dave G. Oliphant "Just where is dave going, anyway?" (206) 325-5669 2d ACR - Always Ready! (I'm with you guys) send the scouts out
BUCHEK@ROSEVC.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU ("I'm a Comp Sci and I'm okay.") (04/15/91)
I have (and use) the freely distributable version of Oberon for the Amiga,
and the documentation says that an Australian company is working on
an English version of the compiler. The comercial version was supposed
to come out in "September 1990." Here is the address of the company:
Tenera Merx Productions Pty Ltd
Util 1, 25 Buckingham Drive
Wangara WA 6065
Australia
It seems that they were responsible for translating some of the
documentation that comes with the freely distributable version.
I am anxious to see what kind of package they will put out.
I will be writing to the company as well, and will post any further
information they may provide.
Craig M. Buchek
buchek@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
"I'm a Comp Sci and I'm okay. I geek all night and I sleep all day."m89mph@ECS.OXFORD.AC.UK (04/17/91)
Well I'm English, and can I get hold of the PD Oberon for the Amiga ? The Hell I can! Do you know if it's FTP'able (anonymously) from the States? (Or can it be compressed ad mailed to me) Mark P. Harrison (Well I can use the SPARC Station or the Amiga, so I use the Amiga) Balliol College Oxford