Summary of responses to (Pascal for UNIX-PC wanted

[j eric townsend]

In article <1020 at flatline.UUCP>, erict at flatline.UUCP (that's me) writes:
> I'm looking for a Pascal for the UNIX-PC/3b1.  At this point in
> time, I'll listen to any ideas.
> 
> So, if you have YACC/C source, know of a prepackaged Pascal for
> the 3b1, or have any good suggestions, email me and let me know.
> 
> I'll summarize to the net in a couple of weeks (should be enough
> time for this post to propigate and replies to come in.


Ok, here's the few answers that I recieved.

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From: <ames!pacbell!att!ihlpf!lgm>
Message-Id: <8807042325.AA10129 at ames.arc.nasa.gov>

1) A while back someone posted a Pascal-to-C translator to the Net
(probably comp.sources.unix).  It was structured as one enormous
file, so large that I had to chop it in two in order to get it
through the UNIX PC assembler.  But I did get it to compile,
and it works - at least it was able to translate itself (no mean feat!).

2) Harvard Townsend, at Kansas State University, has ported a
Modula-2 compiler to the UNIX PC.  He has given it out for beta
test.  I don't know when he thinks it'll be ready for regular
release.

	Larry Mayka
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	att!ihlpf!lgm
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From: ames!ihnp4!ihlpf!elonich

We used Turbo Pascal, after installing a DOS card on our 7300.
It worked pretty well -- we had to do some manual tuning to get the graphics
to work properly.

Diane Pedersen
AT&T Bell Labs  Naperville, IL
IX 1F470  (312) 979-0821
ihlpf!elonich


[I like this solution, except I can't run the object code under Unix!  If worst
comes to worst, though, this might work. -erict]
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From: unisoft!gethen!isaac
Message-Id: <8807040808.AA06085 at unisoft.UniSoft>

As it happens, I wrote the manual for the standard Pascal for the Unix
PC when I worked for Convergent.  It's really just the Unix version of
the SVS Pascal compiler for the 68010.  I'm suprised you didn't know
about it -- but maybe I shouldn't be, ATT is *so* good at hiding its
products.  You might try ATT again (I'm assuming you tried already and
got some undertrained clerk with an incomplete catalog) and *insist*
that the product exists.  Failing that, you might call Convergent in San
Jose.  If they're still not selling Unix PC stuff, you could pretend you
own a MiniFrame or some other Convergent 68010-based box and buy the
Pascal compiler for *that*.  (Be sure you don't get the 68020 version
and that you have a tape drive that's compatible.  Convergent and ATT
floppy drives are incompatible.)  Finally, you might contact Silicon
Valley Software in Cupertino and explain your plight.

But I suspect any Pascal for the 68010 might do -- and most of the are
probably the SVS program anyway.
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Thanks for all the replies. :-(.  I wish more people out there had some
info, but maybe this will help.

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