Instruction manual
USER GROUP NEWS
Issue 3 - Vol 2
THIRD
PARTY
SOFTWARE
VRTX
z80
trom
Hunter
&-
Ready
Hunter & Ready (415-326-2Q50) now offer
VRTX
for the z80.
VRTX
is
already available for 68000, 8086, and
z8000.
VRTX
is
small, high-performance, reliable, real-time, multi-tasking operating-system kernel.
It
is
currently provided in a loadable form
that
is
compatible with Tektronix development tools with minor adapta-
tion. Program Tek assembly routines to match the parameter calling conventions
of 8560 Pascal with each
VRTX
function (about
15).
Hunter & Ready also now offers TRACER, a debugging tool for VTRX-based sys-
tems, for the 68000 and 8086.
See
VENDOR
UPDATE
&-
VENDOR
CONTACTS.
MTOS
68K
trom
IPI
Industrial Programming Institute (Bernie Mushinski
516-Q38-6600)
now
offers their MTOS 68000 in
Tek
Assembly
source for full compatibility with Tektronix' development tools
for
the 68000. MTOS
is
a multi-tasking real-time
operating system with support
for memory management and multi-processors. There are also options for a
file
system and floppy disk driver.
See
VENDOR
CONTACT.
pSOS
68000
trom
Sottware
Components
Group
Software Components Group (Alfred Chao 408-Q23-2741) offers a high quality real-time multiprogramming, multi-
tasking, operating system kernel for the 68000. pSOS
is
provided in loadable, object form
that
can be used with
8500 products. There is a companion
file
system FILES-68K. The company
is
working on additional oper2.ting
system runctions ror the 68000.
See
VENDOR
CONTACT.
UNIX
APPLICATIONS
Viewcomp
trom
UNICORP
This spreadsheet
is
available for the 8560 from' UNICORP SW (Ed Lieb 212-307-6800). Different terminals are
handled
in
a way compatible with termcap. The cost
is
$500; specify 8560 media when ordering.
Contact
the
vendor
for product info, manual, or demonstration possibilities. The product
is
used within Tektronix on 8560's
and VAX's.
SCCS
from
Santa
Cruz
Operation
and
UNIQ
Computer
Source Code Control System
is
available for $560 from
Santa
Cruz Operation (Doreen Hamamura 408-425-7222).
sces
is
also available ror 8560 rrom UNIQ Computer (Sam Bishop,
28
S.
Water, Batavia,
IL
60510). Speciry
8560
media when ordering.
The
Bridge
on
8560
trom
Virtual
Microsystems
Virtual Microsystems
(415-841-Q5Q4
Ross Charney) offers The Bridge, a
CP/M
simulator for UNIX systems. There
are
5-10 installations on 8560s. The Bridge allows such popular
CPM
programs as Wordstar, dBase ll, Visicalc,
Multiplan, Supercalc, Milestone (project management), and Datebook (personal calendar) to run on the
8560.
8550
SOFTWARE
ProForth
trom
Microsystems
Inc.
Microsystems Inc (Bob Hertel 213-577-1471) offers this
Forth
product for the 8550 and 8002.
December
lQ83
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