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- From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
- Subject: Re: Ada/Ed: a PC-XT (8088) version?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.214935.2454@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <1992Nov12.234910.29569@coe.montana.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:49:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.234910.29569@coe.montana.edu> uesu03@giac1.oscs.montana.edu (Lou Glassy) writes:
- >A question for those of you who've used Ada/Ed. Is it possible
- >to compile the sources for Ada/Ed to run on an 8088-based PC (not
- >386) ? Have you tried to do this?
- No, but the original was built ona 286 about 5-6 years ago. Given the
- memory limitations, it was useless. I think that is why NYU left it on
- the shelf. Speed wasn't the worst thing, it was RAM.
-
- Don't even think about it.
- >
- >I know Ada/Ed is not exactly zippy on the 20-Mhz 386's we have here,
- >so obviously it would run even more slowly on an XT-class machine...
- >but a NEC-V20-powered Grid laptop is what I have at home, so I'm wondering...
- If I were you, I'd invest $99.00 in a Meridian compiler, which will
- indeed run on your machine. I've run it on XT's with 640k. It's slow but
- usable. Call 800-221-2522; ask for the education person.
- >
- Cheers -
-
- Mike
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