scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) (02/13/85)
I am looking for a C compiler for an Apple ][e. I would preferably like it to be public domain. If this is not possible, could anyone recommend an inecpensive, but efficient one? Thanks Steve
jwb607@uiucuxa.UUCP (02/18/85)
The only C compiler that I know of for the Apple is the Aztec C compiler by Manx Software Systems. You can get their address in any Byte magazine. Aztec C is definitely not public domain, although they do not require a license for run-time libraries. The C compiler itself is painfully slow, but the operating system provided with it is real slick. About as close to UNIX as you are going to get on a II. Requires 2 disk drives and 64k RAM to run. An 80 column card and printer are very useful also. -John Brewer
john@sol1.UUCP (john) (03/16/85)
I bought one of Manx's C compilers for an Apple ][ we have sitting around
that we were hoping to have communicate with our Plexus system running
UNIX Sys III.
Well, when you recompile their driver code and load it up in
high memory the stupid thing locks up.
I called their technical help line. They said OH YEHH?
After the tech talked to the guy who wrote the compiler he came back and
told me that yeh, there had been reports of this happening sometimes and
they didn't know if they were going to fix it or not, or even if they knew
how to.
Just too busy to make their products function!
I haven't done much with their compiler after that, but I'm not to thrilled
with the company.
[ Take what I say in a different way ]
[ and it's easy to say ]
[ that this is all confusion ]
John Korsmeyer @ THE SOLUTION
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