[Info-vax] DEC ADA

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Fri, 2022-07-29 at 13:09 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-07-28, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> > On 7/28/2022 4:08 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> > > Does VSI have DEC Ada for the AXP platform? I couldn't find it on
> > > the LPS media set on the FTP server. I have fond memories of
> > > wrirting ADA programs, and I've got quite a few TLB files that I
> > > will transfer onto my AXP as soon as I figure out TCP/iP
> > > configuration.
> > 
> > I am not sure about DEC Ada.
> > 
> 
> DEC Ada was available for Alpha.
> 
> The contract with AdaCore was to provide Ada 95 on Alpha instead of
> DEC extending DEC Ada to support Ada 95.

Makes sense, I have some ADA code that I wrote on the VAX and, yes
quite right it was Ada 83 not Ada 95. Interestingly enough, looks like
I have the HP Ada savesets. I might have a play around with that but it
might not work due to the HP licencing being dead on arrival. 
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