pollice@wanginst.EDU (Gary Pollice) (12/02/86)
I am seeking information about how useful the SIMTEL-20 Ada repository is in the Ada community. What I would like to know is: o Have you used anything from it? o How easy/hard was it to use and understand? o What was good or bad about it? I will post the results if there is a significant response. Send responses by mail. Since I can't stand the phrase "thanks in advance," I'll just say thank you for reading this. -- Gary Pollice pollice@wanginst (CSNET) Wang Institute of Graduate Studies decvax!wanginst!pollice (UUCP) Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731
RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Rick Conn) (12/15/86)
Re Oscar Stoud's message, 1. There is a "Consumer Reports" function in two basic forms. The first is the ADA-SW email list (which is echoed in the ASR Newsletter) and the second is the CMM files (user comments files). Of course, if people have problems and don't bother to report them, then the "Consumer Reports" are lacking. 2. There is an extensive database function. The Online Documentation System, which is updated every time a change is made to the ASR, and the "Master Index" book both provide details on the contents of the ASR by subject area. The book includes an extensive table of contents and index. Rick -------
DSDC-SDT2@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA (Walt Livingston) (12/15/86)
In the "for what it's worth department", I have volunteered to act as the go-between for sites that do not have ARPA/MILNET access right now. I represent the World Wide Military Command and Control (WWMCCS) and WWMCCS Information System (WIS) arenas, and have distributed some of the NOSC tools to DoD sites. We in the WWMCCS world will have our mainframe validated compiler available in a very short while. We do have a mini-computer (Honeywell Level-6, DPS-6) compiler available right now, and I expect interest to pick up very rapidly in a few months. Walt Livingston WWMCCS Operating Systems Manager Gunter AFS, AL -------