UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code Was:(Why is it that ...)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Wed Nov 29 14:35:22 2000

On Nov 29, 10:04, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> >I think I still have the disks somewhere.... I just don't have
> >an Apple-II to use to verify their readability.

> So UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code ran on the Apple //?

Well, it ran on a 48K Apple ][+ or Europlus with the Language Card (which,
for those who might not know, is a 16KB RAM card that fits Slot 0, and
pages in in place of the ROMs). It's anything but fast :-) However, Apple
used it for much of their dealer and service centre diagnostics, so it was
used for, and capable of, Real Work.

I still have mine somewhere.

UCSD p-System was also available for PDP-11's, BBC Micros, Sage II, and
quite a few other machines. I've got versions for all of those. Doesn't
UCSD still have a web page about it?

> I'm guessing this
> means it'll run on a //e or //gs?

Probably.

> If so is there anywhere the software can
> be downloaded from?

Dunno, but the disk structure is different from ProDOS and Apple DOS 3.3,
so I'm not sure how you'd deal with that.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 14:35:22 GMT

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