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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada
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achrist@easystreet.com wrote in message
<3ECC37F8.29CD9152@easystreet.com>...
>>
>> 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)?


Meridian I believe came out in 1986 or so. Janus/Ada was available on
PCs from early 1983 onwards, although the full Ada version wasn't
released until 1987. But before Meridian there was Artek and before them
there was Supersoft. And both Supersoft and early Janus/Ada ran on
CP/M-80 on a Z-80 (these obviously were subsets). Janus/Ada always had
versions available for less than $300, and usually had a $99 version.
(The basic MS-DOS version now is $129.)

                  Randy Brukardt.