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- This file contains the latest updates on
- the Ada Language System.
-
- (Ada IC point of contact: Becky Reile)
-
- ALS STATUS INFORMATION
- ======================
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-
- ARMY ANNOUNCES Ada LANGUAGE SYSTEM (ALS)
- RELEASE to INDUSTRY and ACADEMIA
-
-
- 1. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) announces
- a program to license the Army's Ada Language System (ALS) to Industry
- and Academia. In transitioning the ALS to the private sector where it
- will compete commercially, the Army seeks to:
-
- a. Provide all interested parties in the United States with an
- equal opportunity to capitalize on the Army's near $30M investment.
-
- b. Provide an opportunity for hardware/software vendors to
- develop extensions and improvements in support of their own products.
-
- c. Stimulate activity which will help create an increase in the
- present and future Ada workforce.
-
- 2. CECOM believes that each of these motives will ultimately produce
- benefits for the Army. In pursuing this ALS release program, the Army
- remains strongly committed to the use of Ada for its mission-critical
- computer resources and views the transition of the ALS to the private
- sector as establishing:
-
- a. A proper Ada role for Government (now that strong industrial
- response is evident and stimulation appears to be no longer required).
-
- b. Complete compatibility with Army policy to maximize its use of
- off-the-shelf commercial products and minimize its use of Government
- unique items.
-
- 3. The ALS is currently hosted on a Digital Equipment Corporation
- (DEC) VAX-11/780 and other compatible family members ranging from a
- micro-VAX to a VAX 8600. It translates Ada programs for use in the
- host environment and for the Intel 8086 microprocessor and is
- validated under the DOD test suite ACVC 1.6. It includes over 500,000
- lines of code and consists of over seventy distinct tools used in
- support of programmer activities.
-
- 4. Rights to the source code, object code and documentation -- user,
- operator and design -- will be licensed to all interested parties
- within the United States at essentially a reproduction cost. All
- materials will be offered with the right to use, copy and form
- derivative works and to distribute and sublicense value-added
- enhancements.
-
- 5. No warranties, either expressed or implied, will be offered by the
- Government in the ALS. Furthermore, the licenses granted by the Army
- do not include a license to export either the ALS or works derived
- from the ALS. The recipient of the ALS is responsible for
- ascertaining and complying with all applicable export control laws and
- regulations.
-
- 6. Additional services (such as installation, maintenance and other
- technical support) for ALS users are not included in the prices listed
- in paragraph 7 and will not be supplied by the U.S. Army. Parties
- interested in such services may obtain information on terms from the
- ALS contractor.
-
- 7. The following packages of materials are available at the
- reproduction cost indicated:
-
- Order Number Description Reproduction Cost
-
- ALS3ET ALS V3.0 Object Code (5 tapes) $375
- ALS3ST ALS V3.0 Source Code (1 tape) $ 75
- ALS3DU User Documentation $250
- ALS3DS Design Specifications $500
-
- 8. Inquiries from the Private Sector for copies of the ALS software
- and/or documentation should be directed to the ALS contractor:
-
- SofTech, Inc.
- 460 Totten Pond Road
- Waltham, Massachusetts 02254
- ATTENTION: Beverly Vidler
- Telephone: (617) 890-6900, Extension 132
-
- After the request has been made, SofTech will forward (in behalf
- of the U.S. Army) a license agreement which must be signed and
- returned with payment in advance for the materials which will then be
- supplied.
-
- Orders will be accepted by SofTech through 30 September 1986.
- Thereafter, orders may be placed through the Defense Technical
- Information Center (DTIC), using ordering numbers and pricing
- schedules which will be provided at a future date.
-
- 9. In order to eliminate the delays which may be associated with
- placement of Government purchase orders, CECOM will accept letters
- with accompanying funding transfer documents (MIPRs, PWDs, etc.)
- through 30 Aug 86. Funds should be provided on a Direct Cite basis
- and will be applied to CECOM Contract DAAB07-83-C-K580. Government
- organizations are reminded to seek appropriate approvals as may be
- required for the purchase of copies of Government-owned computer
- software. CECOM will provide acquisition support, not approval
- authority. Letters with funding transfer documents should be directed
- to:
-
- U.S. Army CECOM
- ATTN: AMSEL-COM-IA-ALS
- Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5204
- Telephone: Commercial (201) 544-2279
- Autovon: 995-2279
-
- ALS Ada COMPILER TO BE RETARGETED
- ---------------------------------
- The Army Communications Electronics Command (Ft. Monmouth, NJ)
- awarded SofTech a 22-month contract to retarget the Ada Language System to
- the bare VAX (one without an operating system) and to the Intel 80286
- microprocessor. In addition, the company will provide further extensions
- to the existing Intel 8086 target developed for Sonicraft in support of
- the U.S. Air Force. All of these bare machines provide support for
- embedded applications.
-
- The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded SofTech a 24-month
- contract to retarget the Ada Language System to the Navy's AN/UYK-44,
- a standard computer used in mission-critical systems within the
- Navy.
-
- ARMY'S ALS Ada COMPILER VALIDATES
- ----------------------------------
- (January 25, 1985)
-
-
- The US Army CECOM/SofTech, Inc. ALS (Ada Language System)
- AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler was awarded validation. The Federal
- Software Test Center supervised the running of ACVC test suite version
- 1.4, determining that the ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler had
- successfully completed all AJPO requirements on December 31, 1984.
-
- The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler's host and target machine
- is the VAX 11/780. Its host and target operating system is the
- VAX/VMS 3.6.
-
- The ALS is the first integrated software development
- environment written in Ada. The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler is
- just one of the several environmental tools used to form the whole
- scope of the ALS. The entire ALS has passed Final Qualification Tests
- and is in the final stages of formal acceptance. For further
- information on the ALS can be obtained by writing to:
-
- US Army CECOM
- DRESL-TCS-Ada-3
- Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703
-
- The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler is commercially available
- through SofTech, Inc. For further information contact Bill Mitchell,
- Army Marketing Director or Beverly Vidler, Ada Products Manager, both
- of SofTech, Inc. at (800) 225-8854.
-
-
-
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-
- ALS Rehosting Update
- (October 27, 1983)
-
- The Army received 67 requests for the interim ALS, it was determined that
- 50 requestors qualified to receive the ALS for rehosting and retargeting
- purposes. The Interim ALS will be released in November, 1983 along with
- documentation and full source code and object code. The A Specs and B Specs
- are fully up-to-date. The C Specs will be updated around the time of delivery.
-
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-
- ALS Update
-
-
- The U.S. Army (CECOM) has announced that the Interim ALS will be made
- available to U.S. Industry and foreign governments within NATO and SEATO for
- the sole purpose of rehosting and retargeting the ALS..
-
- In order to qualify for receipt of the ALS package, requestors must be
- mainframe manufacturers or own or lease 32-bit machines which are presently
- installed and able to demonstrate the presence of a currently operational
- integrated and maintenance environment suitable to accommodate new software
- development.
-
- The U.S Government shall not be held liable for the accuracy or completeness
- of the interim product which is expected to mature during its development. It
- should be understood that the documents that will be made available are
- interim drafts which may not reflect the released system or may be incomplete.
-
-
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-
- ALS - Ada Language System
-
- In June 1980, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth,
- New Jersey initiated an effort to design, develop, document and verify an Ada
- Programming Support Environment (APSE), based on Stoneman, called the
- Ada Language System (ALS). SofTech was competitively chosen as the Army's
- contractor for this ALS. The ALS will initially be hosted on the VAX 11/780
- VMS system and targeted to the host, bare VAX, PDP 11/70 UNIX, ROLM 1666,
- Tactical Computer System (TCS), ROLM 1602B, and Military Computer Family (MCF)
- Environments. Follow-on efforts will rehost the ALS as well as provide
- additional tools and targets.
-
- The initial unbootstrapped version, targeted to the VAX host, will be
- delivered to the Army, for testing, in the Fall of 1982. The ALS targeted for
- the MCF will be delivered to the Army in the Spring of 1984. The MCF target is
- the last generator, currently under contract, to be delivered to the Army.
- When feasible, the Army will competitively award contracts for additional
- targets.
-
- The initial tool set is sufficient to support software development. In
- particular, these functions cover invoking tools from a command language,
- entering and editing text; compiling, executing and testing Ada programs; and
- managing software development and maintenance.
-
- The set of tools included in the Ada Language System is:
-
- COMMAND LANGUAGE INTERPRETER DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
-
- CONFIGURATION CONTROL TOOLS ADA COMPILER (MACHINE INDEPENDENT PART, CODE
- GENERATORS, RUNTIME SUPPORT LIBRARIES)
-
- ASSEMBLERS LINKERS (LINKING TOOL, EXPORTERS, IMPORTERS)
-
- LOADERS ARCHIVING TOOLS
-
- FILE ADMINISTRATOR DISPLAY TOOLS
-
- STUB GENERATOR INTERACTIVE SYMBOLIC DEBUGGER
-
- TIMING ANALYZER FREQUENCY ANALYZER
-
- Digital Equipment Corporation's text editor and text formatter will initially
- be used as part of the APSE tool set.