harkins@sri-unix (11/29/82)
strange request: anybody know of a C or pascal that will run on a 68k under versa-dos?? thanks, ernie harkins
clark.wbst@Parc-Maxc@sri-unix (11/30/82)
Whitesmith's C compiler runs under Versa-Dos. The way they normally sell it to you it uses Motorola's assembler and linker, which require patience. For $600 more they will sell you their own assembler and linker, which I am told is significantly faster. These products do definitely work fairly well once you get the hang of it, but you will spend 90% of your time trying to make the system do what you want it to. Versados version 3.0 may be better; I don't know. [The problems stem from both versados and the compiler] I know some people with Charles River Data Systems UNOS who are quite happy with it. UNOS is a UNIX look-alike that is supposed to also be a real- time system, complete with enhancements to the special features you need. Motorola is supposed to come out with UNIDOS consisting of some already working kernal from a real-time UNIX look-alike with actual UNIX code brought up on it for the shelll, utilities, etc. I think it should be out. But to answer your question, Whitesmith's has a servicable C compiler under versados. As for pascal, it comes with VersaDos... actually, they want to charge you, but if you refuse to pay for it on the grounds that you don't want it, well, it comes on the disk anyway... I don't know how it works as I have never looked at it. Much, if not all of versados is written in it. --Ray Clark clark.wbst@parc-maxc
helge (12/01/82)
Versa-dos 3.0 *is* an improvement, but in my opinion Whitesmiths' Idris system is much better, easier to use and easy to get up and running (the documentation is a mess, though). Idris includes many `standard' UNIX* utilities (rewritten by Whitesmiths), but a full screen editor is still missing (I am currently searching for one). And Idris doesn't support the Exormacs(tm) terminal communications board yet. If you want to use more than two terminals you have to an Exorciser(tm) communications board with a Versa-bus(tm)-adapter. (Idris does have keyboard typeahead, Versa-dos does not!). Whitesmiths does not give you any means to move your files from Versa-dos to Idris (but I'm working on a C program to read and write Versa-dos diskettes). -helge
freund@sri-unix (12/02/82)
Why would you want one? Bob Freund National Semiconductor (nsc!freund)