Date   : Wed, 28 Dec 1988 15:51:43 GMT
From   : att!alberta!calgary!eneli.uucp!gonnason@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Fate of Turbo Modula 2 ?

    I was wondering if anyone on USENET knows anything about the fate of 
Echelon and/or the Turbo Modula 2 compiler they used to sell.  I own a 
copy of the compiler for my SB180 (purchased through MicroMint), and it 
seems I have another orphan.

    The last time I talked to Borland (who apparently wrote the compiler 
originally) they claimed that Echelon now owns exclusive rights to the 
compiler.  It seems that Echelon moved a while ago - I wrote to their 
supposed 'new address', but received no reply.  I then find from the 
most recent N.A.O.G. newsletter that Echelon has 'closed permanently due 
to financial reasons, and ... rights to commercial software (EXCLUDING 
Turbo Modula 2) have been acquired by Alpha Systems'.

    Does anyone know who 'owns' the rights to Turbo Modula 2 ???  And, 
is it possible to get any information about bug fixes/updates ???  Also, 
I'd like to find documentation on the additional two BIOS calls in the 
new BIOS version (3.2, ZRDOS version 1.7) that came packaged with the 
compiler.  It seems the new calls are there for allocating/releasing 
unused chunks of the RAM disk, but I can't confirm this.  Any ideas?  
Please MAIL replies - I'll summarize and post if enough interest is 
expressed, but I think this is a low interest topic!


          "Cheap chips sink ships"  -  gonnason@enel.UCalgary.CA
             ( University of Calgary Electrical Engineering )