JDB8042@RIGEL.TAMU.EDU (John D. Baker) (09/13/90)
I recent picked up a copy of Fortran-80 at a compu-bargain store. It was supplied in the Apple 5.25" CP/M format. However, when I tried to run it, it appeared to operate OK, but it would not even compile the demo programs that came with it and produced zero-length '.REL' files. I followed the examples in the manual very carefully and the same thing occurred each time. Could this version be MS-SoftCard specific?? I use the PCPI AppliCard with 2 Disk ]['s and 2 UniDisk 3.5's using UNI35.DVR. I had problems with MBASIC when I installed the UniDisk 3.5's. I found out that the version I had was SoftCard specific (I was later able to obtain a generic version which works just fine). Are some versions of MS-Fortran-80 SoftCard Specific even in terms of program operation (ignore special runtime routines)??? Better yet, can someone direct me to a good PD/SW CP/M FORTRAN system (FORTRAN 77, extensions isf possible)?? Hangin' in there w/ CP/M (looking for ZCPRx.y where x=MAX(version), y=MAX(release). John D. Baker ->An Apple CP/M-80 nut[ov]