Ada for Apollo(host)/80386(target)

Ada for Apollo(host)/80386(target)

[apollo]

        We are looking at the possibility,in the future, of doing
some work in Ada.  The hosting, or development, environment will
be Apollo workstations and the target environment will be in all 
likelihood an Intel 80386/iRMX/MultibusII system.  
        I would like to know then if anyone knows 
         i) of the various  merits of the different Ada compilers for
           Apollos
     
         ii) having answered that question can these compilers 
            provide support for 386 boards.
        
        Feel free to either post to net or e-mail responses to me.


        Thanks in advance.
      
                         Vince Pugliese
                         University of Toronto
                         (416)667 7744
                         e-mail:apollo@ecf.toronto.edu
     
           

Re: Ada for Apollo(host)/80386(target)

[spray]

Alsys, TeleSoft and Verdix all have compilers hosted on the Apollo
and at least two (Alsys and Verdix) have announced 386 target
capability, though not necessarily on the Apollo host. Also PSS is
targeting the Tartan Labs compiler to the 386.

One word to the wise from someone who used to be in Marketing, there
are many modes in which to run code on the 386, so it is possible to
have a 386 compiler which in fact just makes the chip run like a very
fast 8086 or 80286. Good questions to ask are about address space
and instruction sets used.

Rob Spray
Electrospace Systems Inc
...convex!smu!spray

Disclaimer: Through present and past affiliations, I've been a customer
            of Alsys, TeleSoft and Verdix (no, I am not going to pick 
            between them, they are all in my personal opinion, industrial-
            strength systems).
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