Pecan UCSD Pascal: Difference between revisions

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A 16-bit Pascal development system that compromised an editor, p-code interpreter and native compiler for OS/2 and DOS.

History

Pecan Software Systems, Inc. had acquired the Softech Microsystems catalogue in 1985 from Network Consulting Inc. and with them a license to the UCSD Pascal compiler and p-code runtime for the IBM PC. In 1986 Pecan released them for a number of systems and added a number of guest languages for the p-code system, initially FORTRAN and Basic. Later C and Modula 2 were also made available (the M2 compiler based on the old Volition Systems compiler). But most notably they lowered the price to USD 79.95, which was more in line with Turbo Pascal than what traditional peddlers of UCSD Pascal systems which usually charged five to ten times that amount.

The system could run both as a self booting UCSD p-code operating system and as a Pascal development system hosted on DOS or OS/2. The system ended up with UK operation Cabot Software who increased the compatibility with Turbo/Borland Pascal and developed the Cabot UCSD Pascal for 32-bit OS/2.

Links

Volition Systems Modula-2 Manual - Handbook for the compiler that became the Modula-2 part of Pecan's UCSD Pascal
Joel Pitt: Volition Systems' Modula-2 programming language - InfoWorld Vol.5 No.38 (Sep 1983)

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-==Description==
+[[Image:Pecanucsd.jpg|thumb|Logo]]
-[[Image:Pecanucsd.jpg|right]]
+A 16-bit [[Pascal]] development system that compromised an editor, p-code interpreter and native compiler for OS/2 and DOS.
-A 16 bit [[Pascal]] development system that compromised an editor, p-code interpreter and native compiler for OS/2 and DOS. Pecan SSI. had acquired the Softech Microsystems catalogue in 1985 from Network Consulting Inc. and with them a license to the USCD Pascal compiler and p-code runtime for the IBM PC. In 1986 Pecan released them for a number of systems and added a number of guest languages for the p-code system, initially [[FORTRAN]] and [[Basic]], but later [[C]] and [[Modula 2]] were also made available (the M2 compiler based on  the old [[Volition Systems]] compiler). But most notably they lowered the price to USD 79.95, which was more in line with [[Turbo Pascal]] that what traditional peddlers of UCSD Pascal systems which usually charged five to ten times that amount.
-The system could run both as an self booting UCSD p-code operating system and as a Pascal development system hosted on DOS or OS/2. The system ended up with [[Cabot Software]] who increased the compatibility with Turbo/Borland Pascal and developed the [[Cabot UCSD Pascal]] for 32 bit OS/2.
+==History==
+Pecan Software Systems, Inc. had acquired the Softech Microsystems catalogue in 1985 from Network Consulting Inc. and with them a license to the [[UCSD Pascal]] compiler and p-code runtime for the IBM PC. In 1986 Pecan released them for a number of systems and added a number of guest languages for the p-code system, initially [[FORTRAN]] and [[Basic]]. Later [[C]] and [[Modula 2]] were also made available (the M2 compiler based on the old Volition Systems compiler). But most notably they lowered the price to USD 79.95, which was more in line with [[Turbo Pascal]] than what traditional peddlers of UCSD Pascal systems which usually charged five to ten times that amount.
-==License==
+The system could run both as a self booting UCSD p-code operating system and as a Pascal development system hosted on DOS or OS/2. The system ended up with UK operation ''Cabot Software'' who increased the compatibility with Turbo/Borland Pascal and developed the [[Cabot UCSD Pascal]] for 32-bit OS/2.
-Discontinued commercial software
-==Author==
-Pecan Software Systems Inc.
 ==Links==
-* [http://www2.informatik.uni-halle.de/lehre/pascal/sprache/systeme/uscdpas.html USCD Pascal for OS/2]
+* [https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_volitionSy20.3jIBMPC_14753891 Volition Systems Modula-2 Manual] - Handbook for the compiler that became the Modula-2 part of Pecan's UCSD Pascal
+* Joel Pitt: [//books.google.com/books?id=1y8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 Volition Systems' Modula-2 programming language] - InfoWorld Vol.5 No.38 (Sep 1983)
-[[Category:tools]] [[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:Pascal]][[Category:FORTRAN]][[Category:Basic]][[Category:C]][[Category:Modula-2]]
+[[Category:Pascal]]