At 12:44 AM 6/29/97 GMT, Daniel Kosack wrote:
>Gavin Scott ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>: For that matter, can we have the rest of MPE/V too please?  I'd still like
>: to do a Classic emulator for the PC that would be able to run full MPE/V.
>
>  MPE/V, BASIC/V, and SPL freeware would be really REALLY welcomed.  I
>believe DEC is doing the same thing with it's TOPS/10 and TOPS/20 systems
>and software; the "it's free, but we hold the rights and don't bother us
>about it" type of deal.

No one has mentioned the CM versions of FORTRAN 77 or COBOL-85.  Code written
in these languages can be compiled in either CM and NM mode without changes
providing no MPE/iX features are used or are bypassed on classic systems.
As such, business which have the same applications on both classic and
PA-RISC systems are able to maintain a single version of source code and run
the same application on both architectures.

HP has indicated that the CM versions of these compilers will be dropped as
of 9/98 because there exists a NM version.  This may present problems to
some even though the hardware keeps on running or is supported under
time/materials or by a 3rd party.....

/jf