mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) (06/10/90)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MORGAN DAVIS GROUP RELEASES NEW TECHNOLOGY
FOR APPLE II PROGRAMMERS
SAN DIEGO, CA, JUNE 9, 1990 -- The Morgan Davis Group today released its
latest product, the Object Module Manager (OMM), an application
technology for BASIC and machine language programmers. The Object
Module Manager implements a dynamic overlay management system that
cooperates with ProDOS 8 and ProDOS BASIC to manage intercommunicating
program modules and drivers. It provides these services:
o Makes it easy to add machine language routines and drivers to BASIC
o Allows many programs to peacefully coexist in memory
o Makes efficient use of memory
o Protects loaded program modules from being overwritten
o Instantly relocates modules from disk into memory
o Modules may be loaded and unloaded as needed
o Provides intermodule communication (IMC) technology
o Includes utility routines common to machine code programs
o Supports built-in ampersand command parsing
o Allows a code module to be removed from memory, dynamically
relocating remaining modules to reclaim unused memory space.
o Completely compatible with ProDOS, BASIC.SYSTEM, and Applesoft
o Programmer and user-approved standard interface
"Basically, the OMM does some really neat things that, until now, could
not be integrated into one system of managing multiple machine language
programs," said company president Morgan Davis. "The ability to parse
ampersand commands makes it easy to interface machine language routines
with Applesoft. And, since programs using this system can communicate
with one another, the possibilities are endless for a highly-integrated
environment of program modules and drivers. This technology provides
the foundation for our future projects, and we're confident that it is
the standard method by which machine language programs and Applesoft
will integrate."
To develop modules for the Object Module Manager, the programmer should
have some experience with BASIC and 6502, 65C02, or 65816 assembly
language. An assembler is also recommended in order to write custom
modules. Included with the OMM Development System are sample source
files in ORCA/M (APW) and Merlin assembler formats, the Object Module
Manager system with source code interface and runtime files, and 15
pages of on-disk documentation. Commercial distribution and site
licensing is available for a low one-time fee.
Requires any Apple II series computer and a disk drive.
$24.95. Available for immediate shipment.
Today's Tools For Tommorrow's World
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