Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!nysernic!itsgw!leah!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dave From: dave@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (David A Rasmussen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: summary: basic for unix Message-ID: <2420@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 01:21:26 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.2420 Posted: Sat Jul 4 01:21:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 17:25:36 EDT Sender: news@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: dave@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (David A Rasmussen) Organization: Computing Services Division, UW Milwaukee Lines: 116 Keywords: basic for unix, basic to c converters Xref: mnetor comp.lang.misc:489 comp.unix.questions:3072 The following are messages I got from people replying to my request for basic for unix: Looking for recommendations for what kind of basic (yes, basic) to run on a 4.3bsd unix system (sperry 7040 (tahoe) to be exact). I have a version of UBC basic that has severe garbage collection problems among other things. Had Phil's Basic running under 4.2 for a while. Any other ideas? =I suggest you contact = = Philon Inc. = 641 Avenue of the Americas = New York, NY 10011 = (212) 807-0303 = =These people sell BASIC compilers and debuggers for a number of =UNIX machines. = = Dave =-- =Dave Marquardt =dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM = = = =From uwvax!seismo!sun!fluke!battan@csd1.milw.wisc.edu Tue Jun 23 14:57:50 1987 = =You wrote an article on USENET that said you would post a summary =on basic->C converters and/or BASIC compilers running under UNIX. =If you never get around to doing so, I would be very interested in =what you learn about the former. Our company needs such a converter =badly. I have heard about the BASIC compiler marketed by BASMARK and =the basic->C translator marketed by DataVision (UK) Limited. If =you want tele#s for them, write me. = =Thanks in advance, = ******* =Jim Battan; John Fluke Mfg. Co; MS 223B; PO Box C9090; Everett WA 98206 =ARPA: battan@tc.fluke.COM +1 206 356 6469 =UUCP: {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,sun}!fluke!battan = = =From uwvax!seismo!mcnc.org!ecsvax!emrozek@csd1.milw.wisc.edu Wed Jun 24 09:32:45 1987 =From: Ed Mrozek =Subject: Re: Basic and Basic->C converter wanted = =I can't help you with the BASIC. =However, I have had very good luck with a program called BASTOC. =You guessed it: a BASIC --> C translator. = =The manufacturer is: = =JMI Software Consultants, Inc. =1422 Easton Road =Roslyn, PA 19001 =(215) 657-5660 = =(This info comes from their manual dated February 29, 1984) = =SOOOOOOO, I don't know if they are still there. = =Good luck. = =P.S. Check older news articles. This question has come up several times =in the very recent past. = = = =From uwvax!seismo!utai!gpu.utcs.toronto.edu!radio.toronto.edu!cks@csd1.milw.wisc.edu Fri Jun 26 23:28:26 1987 =From: Chris Siebenmann =Subject: Re: Basic and Basic->C converter wanted =Organization: Newsreaders Anonymous =Cc: uwvax!radio.toronto.edu!cks = = I don't know how much use to you this will be, but there's at least one =Basic to C translator out there, called Bastoc. My memory fails me about who =makes it, but you can probably find ads in the IBM PC magazines. When I used =it about 2 years ago it was a pretty mechanical thing that needed a special =library to run the generated code without hacking. = They [used to] offer to port Bastoc and its support library to any environment =and make it work with any Basic (maybe) (assuming that both ends met their =standards for quality) for $$$. = = I hope you find this usefull... = =-- = "How EMBARASSING." = KWOOOOOM! =Chris Siebenmann {allegra,mnetor,decvax,pyramid}!utgpu!radio!cks =cks@radio.toronto.edu or ...!utgpu!{yetti!lethe, darwin}!ontmoh!cks = = =From uwvax!rutgers!uw-beaver!uw-june!rust!rmorgan@csd1.milw.wisc.edu Thu Jul 2 16:24:38 1987 =To: uwvax!uwmcsd1!dave =Subject: RE: Basic and Basic->C converter wanted =From: Rockie Morgan - Unknown Product Manager - DECwest Engineering