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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
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Subject: Re: Compilers for NECAPC CPM86
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Date: 5 Mar 91 21:03:35 GMT
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bperigo@milton.u.washington.edu (Bob Perigo) writes:

>Would like to breath some new life into a pair of old necAPCs.  That's those
>combination cpm86/msdos beasts with the 8" disks.  Have you seen a PD release
>of a c86 or fortran86 configured for it?
*----
I think C86 is a commercial compiler, so you won't find a "free" version.  However
DeSmet C is now shareware or free, and it's excellent.

Since the APC runs MS-DOS 2.11, virtually ANY generic compiler will work.  I
still use the latest version of Microsoft C to generate code for the NEC APC.

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