[Coco] OS-9 Fortran

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:36:09 -0600, Leon Howell <puritan_2076 at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

>> There is reputed to have been a Fortran compiler for OS-9/6809? Has
>> anyone ever seen or used it? Or is my imagination playing tricks on
>> me again?
>
> That would be interesting. I've never seen Fortran-09 advertized, but  
> I've
> seen almost everything else, so keep looking. I suggest searching early  
> 80's
> issues of The Rainbow, Forum 68, and M.O.T.D. Some of these are on Malted
> Media or TRS-80.com.
>
> I've seen some Fortran listings in TRS-80 model 4 manuals, and they  
> looked a
> lot like Basic-09. Basic-09 is also like Pascal, but if you have a  
> Fortran
> program, and can't find Fortran-09, try Basic-09. It should be pretty  
> close.
>
> If you do find Fortran-09, please let us all know!
>
Microware did advertise a Fortran for OS-9/6809, but it was very expensive  
($500 US seems to ring a bell), as well as Cobol. I would have to dig  
through old magazines to find the ad for it.


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L. Curtis Boyle