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Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada  
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> 
> I just happen to have a copy of Meridian Open Ada 4.1 for _PC_ DOS
> sitting on my desk.  And yes it does just that - I've used in on a NEC
> Ultralight laptop (~8086) with 640k RAM and a 2Mb RAM 'hard disk'.
> Not that I use the compiler currently, 640k limit, 5 1/4 floppies, and
> all that.
> 

What's the date on this product?  Is it really from the early days 
of PC's (e.g. 1985 o earlier)?


Al