rjd@cs.brown.edu (Rob Demillo) (01/05/90)
In article <1990Jan1.194827.25118@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP writes: > >I picked up a copy cheap from my dealer under the impression that >MetaComCo had dropped it. As I recall when I was trying to purchase MetaCompco's Lattice C: The U.S. Distribution office (somewhere in CA) was closed down in an attempt by MetaCompco to reorganize to save money. However, as of last year anyway, you can still order directly from MetaCompco, U.K. (As long as you mail them a money order in British Pound Sterling denomination.) The proces for their products in the U.K. were only slightly more expensive than in the U.S. Products they were still making/distributing in April 1989: for the ST MetaCompco Assembler MetaCompco PASCAL (now 100% compatable with Turbo Pascal in the IBM world) MetaCompco Lattice C MetaCompco Cambridge LISP MetaCompco Modula II MetaCompco STILT (??? Don't ask me, I have *no* idea) All of these products come with the MetaCompco shell...a menu driven shell that runs from the desktop called MENU+. MENU+ can also be purchased seperately. Now, I know their products are no longer up to the snuff of items like Laser C (which I bought to replace Lattice C) or MWC...but I am one of the original ST owners. (Bought a 520ST in latter half of 1985...its still ticking just fine, thank you...even though I hacked the hell out of it with a soldering iron. :) ) Way back then, MetaCompco was *the* only language vendor alternative to the ridiculously priced Atari Developer's kit. (They only had the Assembler and PASCAL then, so I bought both.) There was a linker format war that went on that it looked like MetaCompco would win, until MWC, MegMax and others powered onto the scene... As such, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Metacompco...I hope their other ventures go well.. - Rob DeMillo | Internet: rjd@brown.cs.edu Brown University | BITnet: DEMILLO%BRNPSG.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU Planetary Science Group | Reality: 401-273-0804 (home) "I say you *are* the Messiah, Lord! And I ought to know, I've followed a few!"