Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-06-01 Thread Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk
Had to fire up BasiliskII to find out what kind of Fortran I used on Mac in 1988. Turned out it was Absoft Fortran 2.4 and seemed a bit strange as I recall M$ was written on floppies that I got for it. Did a bit of digging on internet today and, surprisingly, Absoft still exists and continues

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 07:50:18PM -0400, Bill Gunshannon via cctech wrote: > Which is even funnier when you realize that the PL/M compiler > was written in Fortran. When all you have is a hammer ... mcl

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 5:50 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 5/31/20 2:24 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > > > > > > On the other hand, Intel also had a FORTRAN-80 product, which was > unrelated > > to Microsoft FORTRAN-80. Intel FOTRAN-80 ran on their MDS deve

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Mich.com via cctalk
Sent from my iPhone. > On May 31, 2020, at 9:16 PM, Bill Gunshannon > wrote: > > On 5/31/20 8:35 PM, Mich.com wrote: >> Sent from my iPhone. On May 31, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> On 5/31/20 2:24 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On the othe

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/31/20 8:35 PM, Mich.com wrote: Sent from my iPhone. On May 31, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 5/31/20 2:24 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On the other hand, Intel also had a FORTRAN-80 product, which was unrelated to Microsoft FORTRAN-80. Intel FOTRAN-80 ra

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Mich.com via cctalk
Sent from my iPhone. > On May 31, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > On 5/31/20 2:24 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: >> On the other hand, Intel also had a FORTRAN-80 product, which was unrelated >> to Microsoft FORTRAN-80. Intel FOTRAN-80 ran on their MDS developmen

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/31/20 2:24 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On the other hand, Intel also had a FORTRAN-80 product, which was unrelated to Microsoft FORTRAN-80. Intel FOTRAN-80 ran on their MDS development systems under the ISIS-II operating system, and the compiler was written in PL/M. Which is even f

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
One reaason why you don't hear much about that is because the first version of Microsoft Fortran for the PC wasn't real great. It was written in Microsoft Pascal. On Sat, 30 May 2020, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Really! How does this connect to Microsoft's FORTRAN-80 for CP/M circa 1977? unr

Re: PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-30 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 3:27 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> One reaason why you don't hear much about that is because the first > >> version of Microsoft Fortran for the PC wasn't real great. > >> It was written in Microsoft Pascal. > > On Sat, 30 May 2020, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > >

PC Fortran (Was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-30 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
One reaason why you don't hear much about that is because the first version of Microsoft Fortran for the PC wasn't real great. It was written in Microsoft Pascal. On Sat, 30 May 2020, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Really! How does this connect to Microsoft's FORTRAN-80 for CP/M circa 1977? un