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"Terry Yager" wrote:

> AWWWW! The only PL/M compiler there is in
> FORTRAN 66 source code. Anybody know
> where I can dig up a FORTRAN 66 compiler?

Not sure, but having read the site where you
got this from, it states that it compiles under
something77 under unix, which FORTRAN 77
might be able to compile this. There's a DOS
one available at the Simtel website, in the
DOS programming section, which maybe able
to compile it.

Cheers,
CP/M User.
 
CP/M User said:
"Terry Yager" wrote:

> AWWWW! The only PL/M compiler there is in
> FORTRAN 66 source code. Anybody know
> where I can dig up a FORTRAN 66 compiler?

Not sure, but having read the site where you
got this from, it states that it compiles under
something77 under unix, which FORTRAN 77
might be able to compile this. There's a DOS
one available at the Simtel website, in the
DOS programming section, which maybe able
to compile it.

Cheers,
CP/M User.
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Ok, Kewl! I'll try that, mebbe the '77 version is backwards-compatable. It's gotta be the DOS version, tho cause I don't currently have unix running on anything. (I did d/l the debian ISOs the other nite, for this PowerPC, but haven't tried to install it yet).

--T
 
CP/M User said:
"Terry Yager" wrote:

> Ever try PL/M? Just made a trip to the local
> SallyAnn & picked up a couple of interesting
> books. One is -"A Guide To PL/M
> Programming For Microcomputer Applications"-,
> by Daniel McCracken, dated 1977, and the
> other is a 968-page -"Hitachi 8-Bit Single-Chip
> Microcomputer Databook"-, dated July, 1985.
> Think I'll download the PL/M compiler from
> The Commercial CP/M webpage and try my
> hand at it a little. The Databook is kewl, too.
> I've scoured the web looking for a datasheet
> for the Hitachi 6301V0P that is in my Epson
> HX-20, and now one practically falls into my
> lap. I'm gonna have some fun tonite.

Planning on writing your own OS Terry? On
famous chap, too that language & wrote CP/M
with it! ;-) If you're looking for names then
perhaps "TYOS" might work!

Cheers,
CP/M User.
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No, but I did d/l some of Gary's original PL/M source code, just to check it out.

--T
 
"Terry Yager" wrote:

> Ok, Kewl! I'll try that, mebbe the '77
> version is backwards-compatable.

Well I just hope it is, I was just going
by the 'nix version of this Fortran
program which had 77 written after it.

> It's gotta be the DOS version, tho
> cause I don't currently have unix
> running on anything. (I did d/l the
> debian ISOs the other nite, for this
> PowerPC, but haven't tried to install
> it yet).

Yeah, check out Simtel or do a search
for "bcf7713b.zip" which is a DOS
version of a FORTRAN 77 compiler.

Cheers,
CP/M User.
 
Stirring up the old "Aussie retirement" subject again, after reading a note in my daily newspaper about the AU government putting a lot of money into a grant to couples having a third child - one for mommy, one for daddy, one for the country.

It was said that Australia has a birth shortage, and it needs the 50% (if my math is right) increase in population over time. I'm not sure how this works out, if a majority of the people today retire or are forced to leave work right before or after 50 years old.

The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that too many of the 20-40 year olds today are working instead of building a family, pushing the older generation into retirement too soon and leaving a big generation hole behind themselves. Almost like the working generation make sure not to retire as early as their parents did by not getting any children to take their jobs. Am I extrapolating now? I am much confused.
 
"carlsson" wrote:

> The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that
> too many of the 20-40 year olds today are working instead
> of building a family, pushing the older generation into
> retirement too soon and leaving a big generation hole
> behind themselves. Almost like the working generation make
> sure not to retire as early as their parents did by not getting
> any children to take their jobs. Am I extrapolating now?
> I am much confused.

Maybe, but lots of people looking for work are 18-30! Females
want to work too & be treated as equals, which I guess means
that having families is harder to have.
 
Terry Yager wrote:

> <singing>Happy birthday to me,
> Happy birthday to me,
> Happy birthday to m-e-e-e-e,
> Happy birthday to me!

> FWIW, I'm 49 today.

eek! I see this will all be over -very- soon!

Sorry for the reminder I guess!

Unfortunately I can't remember what my Chinese symbol is -
they usually have interesting read outs too.

CP/M User.
 
Hbd

Hbd

Happy birthday Terry!! :p

wish you a very fun day, and many more great years ahead.....

By the way, tell us how you got into computers and decided to
become a moderator!

ziloo
 
Computers: I was dragged, kicking & screaming into the twentieth century, when I found it necessary to learn a little about computers in order to help my kids with thier school work. I've been desparately trying to catch-up to the trailing-edge of technology ever since.

Moderator: It was more-or-less by default...nobody else had volunteered for the job, and since I was spending so much time hangin' around here anyways...

--T
 
Terry Yager wrote:

> Tomorrow, actually (or midnite tonite). What day is it in Oz, anyways?
> This IDL thing really confuses me sometimes.

It's only 8:40pm Tuesday night, so you're still safe at the
moment! ;-)

CP/M User.
 
Terry Yager wrote:

> Moderator: It was more-or-less by default...nobody
> else had volunteered for the job, and since I was
> spending so much time hangin' around here anyways...

Something which I have no ambitions of doing - unless things
get out of hand - then we'll be in all sorts of trouble!!

CP/M User.
 
Well, Happy Birthday again Terry! It seems like we're doing this every year! ;)

Enjoy!
 
Erik said:
Well, Happy Birthday again Terry! It seems like we're doing this every year! ;)

Enjoy!
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Tnx, but at least now I have the power to delete this entire thread, and no longer have to endure these annual reminders of the steady encroachment of my impending senility...

--T
 
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['b]WHOO-HOO![/B] I just got a b-day present! I'm going to N'awlinz for the Jazz Festival! Sheila already has an appartment in the French Quarter, and she's been scouting out the 'good' divez for a few months, so it'll be a good week (if I make it thru the airport without being arrested for Suspicion of Attempted Rubber-Necking with Intent to Gawk (or whatever charges they choose to trump-up for my benefit)).

--T
 
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Watch it kid ! You've just moved over to my side of the 50 yr barrier. Senility is for those who have lived a wastrel life. Oops ? Happy birthday to the 2nd half of life. And enjoy the the Jazz in N'awlins. (He says enviously.)

Lawrence

Terry Yager said:
Tnx, but at least now I have the power to delete this entire thread, and no longer have to endure these annual reminders of the steady encroachment of my impending senility...

--T
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Hmmn, I always thought 'North of Fifty' referred to the 50th Parallel...

I dunno if I have another fifty left though, it's encoded into my genes. My father, brother, and sister all died at fifty-one, (the big one), so statistically speaking, I'd better enjoy this Jazz-Fest caz it'll prolly be my last chance. (Course, my doc sez I have the ticker of a thirty-year-old, so mebbe it'll skip a generation this time).

--T
 
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