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From: ralphc@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Ralph Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Need FORTRAN compiler for a PC.
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Date: 14 May 91 22:08:15 GMT
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In article <75798@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
+In article <22@pyuxf.UUCP>, mdc@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com (D C Marden) writes...
+> 
+>Anybody know if there is an fortran compiler that is somehow in 
+>the public domian and if so how to get a copy of it?
+
+I settled on two alternatives - Lahey's Personal
+Fortran77 ($100 range - excellent), or buying a
+license transfer (legally transferred) from an
+OLD MS version from someone (my old company [text deleted]

Microsoft Fortran Version 5's street price is less than $300.  I have ordered
from a mail order place called Telemart, in Phoenix, that did well by me, that
advertises MicroSoft Fortran for $275 + $8 shipping (1+800+622-6659) (May 14
1991 PC Magazine, page 91)  Of course,I have no connection with them,
except as a once satisfied customer.

One other angle, I once bought an old (Tandy) version of M/S fortran and M/S
let me upgrade it for $150 with the front page of the reference manual.  Call
Microsoft Sales 1+800+227-6444 first.

Ralph Carpenter