ljdickey@watnot.UUCP (L.J. Dickey) (02/12/86)
We have heard a rumour that there is now an APL for the TRS 80/100. Is there any truth to this?
perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Rick Perry) (02/15/86)
>... ljdickey@watnot.UUCP (L.J. Dickey) writes: > We have heard a rumour that there is now an APL > for the TRS 80/100. Is there any truth to this? I haven't heard that rumor, but if it's so, it probably would be a ROM implementation... I doubt that it's true. What you might have heard instead was about an implementation of a pseudo-apl character set for the Model 100; this is part of an Xmodem/Telecom program which I wrote a while ago and which is public domain... I'll mail you a copy if you want. My M100/APL char set is pretty close to real APL; it just uses the built-in wierd characters of the M100, i.e. it does not create chars from scratch using graphics or anything, so some chars are slightly strange looking (like a block triangle for 'less than or equal'). I use it when running APL dialing-in to our VAX. ...Rick ...{pyrnj,psuvax1}!vu-vlsi!perry
gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (02/21/86)
In article <237@vu-vlsi.UUCP>, perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Rick Perry) writes: > >... ljdickey@watnot.UUCP (L.J. Dickey) writes: > > We have heard a rumour that there is now an APL > > for the TRS 80/100. Is there any truth to this? It is true. STSC's first micro APL was for the Trash-80 model 100. They translated this to get the first version of their IBM PC implementation. Happily, their Unix implementation has no common ancestors with these. Contact STSC, Inc in Rockville, MD for details. I believe it came with replacement character generator ROMs that gave you a full APL character set. -- John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa
ogasawar@noscvax.UUCP (Todd H. Ogasawara) (02/25/86)
> >It is true. STSC's first micro APL was for the Trash-80 model 100. I think you meant the TRS-80 Model III. STSC has never listed a version for the Model-100 (the portable micro). >They translated this to get the first version of their IBM PC implementation. Yes, but STSC APL*PLUS/PC Version 5.0 is an amazing implementation. It is the best implementation of APL (from the user interface point of view) that I have ever used. > >Contact STSC, Inc in Rockville, MD for details. I believe it came >with replacement character generator ROMs that gave you a full >APL character set. Yes, you can get APL character ROMs for various PC and PC clone display boards. I replaced the ROM in the IBM PC monochrome board. The APL chars are quite nice and for the most part do not cause many problems when using other programs.. ** Disclaimer: I have no association with STSC except as a satisfied customer. Todd Ogasawara, Computer Sciences Corp. NOSC-Hawaii Laboratories UUCPmail: {akgua,allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!noscvax!ogasawar MILNET: OGASAWAR@NOSC