mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (01/28/91)
I have received confirmation from Jim Smith of Meridian that Open Ada for the Apple Macintosh will be available Feb. 1 for $149.00. This is their MPW-based Ada system, which comes with a binding to the Mac Toolbox. I am not sure of the details that will distinguish the $149. system from the "full-priced" version, but my impression is that the only distinction will be a memory limitation comparable to the real mode/extended mode distinction on the DOS version of the system. I have not yet seen this release of the system, but based on my experience with previous versions of it, performance is comparable to that of the DOS version. It's a little slow on my Mac+, but then again a Mac+ is a bit slower inherently than a PC/AT. Please don't take this blurb as an ad for Meridian. I speak only for myself in saying that I think we are on the right track to a viable mass-market Macintosh Ada system, and this is important for the widespread acceptance of Ada. It's about time somebody did this. Mike Feldman
bachww@motcid.UUCP (Bud Bach) (01/29/91)
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >I am not sure of the details that will distinguish the $149. system from the >"full-priced" version, but my impression is that the only distinction will >be a memory limitation comparable to the real mode/extended mode distinction >on the DOS version of the system. Mike, I too called Meridian about this. I talked to a guy named "Mike" (maybe it was "Mark"). I specifically asked about limitations and was told that there were none. Its supposed to be an upgrade to thier previous Mac version that sold for ~$2K. I think he said it will be v4.1. Meridian is on the net. Why are they so quite? Perhaps they don't get news.... -- Bud -- Bud Bach - Consultant c/o Motorola 708 632-6611 Cellular Infrastructure Group ...!uunet!motcid!bachww or 1501 W. Shure Drive bachww%motcid@uunet.uu.net Arlington Heights, IL 60004
wdence@NSWC-WO.NAVY.MIL (Walter Dence) (03/08/91)
Does anyone know how to make the Meridian Open Ada amake work?
It goes into an endless loop, recompiling the last file endlessly. It
may have something to do with DOS batch ERRORLEVEL not evaluating to
"1".
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