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From: fine@sctc.com (Todd Fine)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Public Domain Oberon
Message-ID: <1991May16.005509.503@sctc.com>
Date: 16 May 91 00:55:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: sctc.1991May16.005509.503
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templ@inf.ethz.ch (Josef Templ) writes:
>Public Domain Oberon

>Oberon - the successor of Modula-2 - is both a programming language and an
>operating system designed by N.Wirth and J.Gutknecht at ETH Zurich. It is 
>available as public domain software from ETH. Currently there are 
>implementations for Apple Macintosh II, Digital Equipment DECstation, and 
>Sun SPARCStation. Implementations for IBM PC (OS2) and IBM RS6000 are under 
>development. The following lists some characteristics of the Oberon system and 
>describes how to get it.

Are there restrictions on the types of Macintosh this will run on?  I
have a II-si and have had the following problems:

1.  When I start it up, it is difficult to read the text on the
screen.  Some of the letters are unreadable.  Possibly I need to
install some other font.

2.  Somehow I managed to either run or compile a program (I forget
which).  I got a message telling me I could not do what I wanted to do
without a floating point processor.

Of course, I suppose I could try to read the documentation that came
with the system, but that would be too easy :-)

I'd appreciate any responses be made through e-mail.  I will not be
reading news for a little bit and would hate to miss a response due to
it being marked expired.

Todd Fine
fine@sctc.com