FUCHS@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) (01/04/89)
I recently acquired a Sinclair (also called Cambridge in the USA) Z-88. For those of you unfamiliar with this machine it has a Z-80 CPU, up to 1.5 Meg of RAM, an 8 line display (>80 chars), runs off AA batteries for about 20 hours, and weighs just under 2 lbs. Its costs somewhere from $350-1000 depending on configuration and discount, etc. Given its size (8.5"/11 " and its weight, it is perfect for carrying to meetings (it has a virtually silent keyboard), on trips, etc. However, the only language that comes with it is a version of BBC Basic which is none too great. What I am looking for is a Z-80 version (or C which could be cross compiled) version of APL to port to this machine. Besides having a general bias for APL, concise notation would be a big advantage for this machine (8 line display). Does anyone have any pointers on where to start looking?
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) (01/05/89)
In article <6797@pucc.Princeton.EDU> FUCHS@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: >I recently acquired a Sinclair (also called Cambridge in the USA) Z-88. > ... What I am looking for is a Z-80 version ... of APL to port to >this machine. There is a possibility that I-APL is already available for the Sinclair Z-88, since I-APL was done with the thought in mind of putting it on small machines. If not, instructions are available to a qualified "porters" who has to write some machine code that links the hardware to the I-APL kernel, and does whatever can be done about character sets. You can find two articles about I-APL in the newsletter APL Quote Quad Issue 17 2, December 1986, (ask your library to subscribe). You can contact Anthony Camacho or Ed Cherlin of I-APL: ==================== ==================== Edward Cherlin Anthony Camacho Co-Chairman Co-Chairman I-APL Limited I-APL Limited 6611 Linville Drive 2 Blenheim Road Weed, California St Albans, Herts USA 96094 UK AL1 4N4 ==================== ==================== The I-APL interpreter, which is distributed free of cost, was written by Paul Chapman (of VIZ::APL fame) who was supported from funds collected by voluntary contributions. I think that the I-APL interpreter comes the closest of any APL to conforming to the ISO APL Standard. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@WATDCS.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu