Instruction manual
THIRD
PARTY
SOFTWARE
Issue 3 - Vol 2 USER
GROUP
NEWS
VENDOR
UPDATE
BSO
Products
for
8560
Bost.on Syst.ems Office (Fran O'Brien 617-894-7800) now offers Pascal Z80 and 6809 on VAX./VMS and
PDP-ll/
RSX. BSO already offers Pascal
support
for the 68000, 8086/186.
For
compatibility with Tektronix' 8540
Integration System, BSO offers download and Extended
TEKIIEX
support. BSO also offers their assembler/
linker/simulator products on the
8560.
Green
Hills'
68000
FORTRAN,
C,
&
PL/M
Green Hills Software (213-796-6543) offers
FORTRAN,
C and
PL/M
for
the
68000 on a VAX/UNIX. They cost
$6000; compilers for VMS are available by special request.
Output
is
either UNIX
or
Motorola format.
J~lI
S
\V
Offerings
JMI
Software (Ed
Rathje
215-657-5660) has expanded their software offering to include 16032
support
(both C
compiler and C Exec), a Basic to C translator, and distribution of C compilers from Real Time Systems. JMI also
offers
C Exec, a UNIX-like, real-time monitor, for
the
major
micros. JMI distributes in
the
US
the
C 6809 com-
piler from Real Time
Systems for $1550.
It
runs on
DEC
minis
and
the
8560.
The
8560 version generates assem-
bly compatible with
Tek's
6809 assembler. Real Time Systems offers this compiler in Europe. See
PRODUCT
UPDATE
for more information.
Real
Time
Systems
Products
Real Time Systems (Alan Cleary 0632-733131, telex: 53429
PACE
G,
UK)
both
distribute software products and
market their own
adaptations
of some of these products.
They
distribute for US vendors Whitesmith,
JMI,
and
(currently?) Lantech. These include
C and Pascal compilers for 8080, z80, 6502, 8086, 68000,
a.nd
6809 and the C
Exec for many micros.
The
compilers run on
DEC
minicomputers
and
the 8560.
RTS
has
adapted
the Whi-
tesmith products to
(1)
support
other processors such as 6809
and
9900 and
(2)
interface
to
the
Tek
linker. 8560
versions for 8080, z80, and 6809 produce Tek Assembly language.
RTS
is
seeking 8560
test
sites
Cor
the 8080, z80,
and 9900 versions.
RTS
also offers cross-assemblers
Cor
most micros on DEC minis
and
UNIX systems.
NEW
PRODUCTS
Comm60
from
Halos
Holos Corp. (Tom Ness 404-373-0110) offers a communication package for the 8560. Comm
60
is
a $1000 general
purpose, configurable, communications package which connects the
8560 user to a remote host such as V AXjVMS
or IBM.
It
offers functions similar
to
Tektronix' 8540 COM option and 8560 UNICOM option including tran-
sparent comm downloading files.
It
is
configurable to a variety of hosts via a series of prompts for parameters and
control characters. A demo version of the product
is
available from the vendor.
16032
Support
from
J~H
JMI Softwa.re (Ed
Rathje
215-657-5600) now offers their C Executive, a ROM-able real-time monitor, for the
NS16032. C Executive
is
also available for LSI-H, MC68000, 8080/85, 8086/88,
and
Z80. They also offer a C
16032 compiler on VAX (VMS
and
UNIX) for $1500.
The
16032 assembler/linker package
is
available separately
for
$500.
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TEKTRONIX
December 1983