Date   : Fri, 19 May 1989 01:46:56 GMT
From   : n8emr!uncle!oink!jep@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (James E. Prior)
Subject: Wanted: PL/M-80 compiler

In article <507@atlas.tegra.UUCP> vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail) writes:
>In article <808FYS-EH@FINTUVM> FYS-EH@FINTUVM.BITNET (Esa Heinonen) writes:
>   Does anyone know if there is a PL/M-80 compiler (commercial
>   or otherwise) for use in MS-DOS machines?
>
>   Intel does not sell one, ...
>
>I believe Intel *does* sell one for MS-DOS.

It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Intel sells PL/M-80 to run on
MS-DOS, since where I work, we bought PL/M-51 compiler to run under
MS-DOS.

BEWARE, the MS-DOS version of the PL/M-51 compiler we bought had some
sort of copy protection scheme that screwed up our hard disk.  One 
feller lost a lot of work and time because of it.  We found it to be
unusable and had to go back to the old blue box version.  Intel 
refused to return our money.  We got burned.  I think we lost a couple
grand to Intel, and the only thing we gained was a screwed up hard disk.
I'm very leary of Intel's software any more.  Good luck
-- 
Jim Prior    jep@oink    osu-cis!n8emr!oink!jep    N8KSM