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From: davego@polari.UUCP (dave oliphant)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Amiga Oberon
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Date: 3 Apr 91 23:54:40 GMT
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In article <1991Apr2.160215.28152@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez) writes:
>Has anybody used the Oberon Compiler fro the Amiga? The one distributed
>by A+L? Could you post some review on it and update the information 
>about prices, availability etc... Thanks
>
>				Victor Sanchez
>				N.U. Prosthetics Reas. Lab.

AMIGA OBERON IN ENGLISH
 
Dear,
 
Thank you for your inquiry concerning Amiga Oberon in English, the new
Modula-2 like language from Prof. Niklaus Wirth.  As we may expect, you are
familiar with the PD version of Amiga Obveron which is distributed on a
Fish disk, e.g.  If you don't have it yet, you may get such a disk from
your next PD copy center or directly from us sending us the equivalent of
SFr 10.-(approximately US$10.-)
 
If you are interested in buying the product Amiga Oberon ( with no
limitations, full set of modules including source code, a folder with more
than 300 pages of documentation, 3 disks full with examples and software),
we need to give you some explanations:
 
So far there is just a documentation in German available, no English
translation is planned.  This has a very simple reason:  In 1987, when we
published M2Amiga, our Modula-2 development system for the Amiga, we
produced it in German and in English.  The first German version we sold in
an extremely short time; the inquiry rate was so high that we got sometimes
bundles of mail per day.  The English version, mainly in the USA, didn't
sell in enough large quantities to cover the expenses.  The main reason
here was, that Aerican warehouse companies didn't take the product in
their price lists because we didn't allow them to go below a certain price
limit - all of us have to live, and we cannot afford to let the prices
 
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happened to several competitors who allowed the warehouses in the US to
discount their products).
 
As long as we may not be convinced, that there is a satisfying demand for
Amiga Oberon we are not willing to invest in an English translation and
production.  Although we don't mind to sell the German version to anyone
who likes it- it costs SFr. 270.-/US$250.-.  The manual is easy to read and
contains lots of examples; with some help of a dictionary ever a non-German
reader can well understand how to use AMiga Oberon.
 
We expect your understanding and are looking forward to your response on
Oberon.
 
With kind regards,

This is the letter I received from A-L AG when I requested information.
I guess just send them $250 and your all set.


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