What's new at modulaware.com?

03-Nov-2001 new ModulAtor issue Nr. 84, Shcherbatyuk: A language extension for programming abstractions without objects

20-Oct-2001 new update_3 for XDS/NC V2.45 for Windows

11-May-2001 new page ModulaTor issue 83: Dotzel: Variable parameter list using open arrays and ISO Modula-2's array constructors.

11-May-2001 added links to the [UN]SIGNED_64 64 bit whole number conversion support definition modules of [S]WholeL* in Modula-2 and Oberon-2 OpenVMS Alpha Compiler Implementations Notes article, which itself is now also linked in The ModulaTor article list.

02-May-2001 added added XDS product update_2 details.

02-May-2001 added Oberon links added, some new links for english, many new for german, french, and japanese language.

12-Apr-2001 new page ModulaTor issue 82: McIntosh: Who is using the Oberon System?

12-Apr-2001 new page ModulaTor issue 81: Dotzel: Oberon-2 from 32 bit to 64 bit -- without any programming language change (02-May-2001 added links to OOC and VO)

10-Apr-2001: website now mirrored at dotzel.org/modulaware

08-Feb-2001: new page About our webhoster. The intention of this page is not to compromise the webhoster, but to show what is happening behind the scene - where time, human energy, and resources are wasted.

19-Jan-2001: fixed links in Alpha OpenVMS compiler page (the domain digital.com was phased out by compaq.com; the example application link to unige.ch was updated). Fixed link to Uni Linz in the Modula-2 links page.

08-Nov-2000: Colocation to a new webhoster completed. The only change you might notice is that all visitor counters are off and instead of changing the associated HTML-code (the old code used ASP which no longer works on the new web server), all counters will probably be eliminated, but this is not considered urgent. Sorry for any convenience the dead counters might cause.

20-Jun-2000: Alpha Oberon page extended (development history, etc).

02-Jun-2000: Announcement of Update 1 for XDS/NC V2.45 and its TSCP. Added more info in 04-Jun-2000.

31-May-2000: JMLC 2000 call for participation and links to final programme added.

22-May-2000: Back from a business tripp, where I was hurt by a strike of AirFrance, now the French public postal service La Poste is on strike! Again! When I ask in the post office about the strike, the officers pretend not to know anything about that strike. Seems that La Poste does not like to spread the news about the strike, which is obviously happening in certain sectors in France. Some letters are delayed for weeks now. They talk about globalisation and at the same time they are still living in the violent mid-ages, where identification was an unknown word.
No coincidence, but as I started to complain, end of May-2000, La Poste announces yet another strike [at least in our departement]. At the same time, public services in Germany announce country-wide strikes. These are the same citizens who complain about the week Euro. As checks and invoiced are delayed, destruction of wealth is going on. Of course, nobody is responsible. You not even get a refund for the postage paid. Rose Wilder Lane wrote 70 years ago: "You can't equal European reality!". By then it became even worse. Now it's getting ugly.

16-May-2000: New third party product offering: Integration of XDS/NC under WNT with MS Developer Studio (VC++ 6.0) takes full advantage of VC's grand luxe Windows debugger.
Added link to this new page from the XDS product page

10-May-2000: (1) New release of XDS V2.45 arrived for XDS/NC native code x86 and XDS/C C-translator for WNT/95/98.
(2) Price increase for Euro denoted XDS products to compensate for stronger US$ in XDS price list.
(3) Price decrease for s&h.

10-May-2000: new link to nebia.com in Domain Pilot page.

24-Mar-2000: new page and links from main page to Domain Pilot to find available domain names.

16-Feb-2000: XDS products are now owned and maintained by Excelsior, LLC. As of Feb-2000, this is the new XDS product website. See press release.

08-Nov-1999: Small design change in home-page. Update of latest version numbers in OpenVMS Modula-2 and Oberon-2 compiler page, plus correction of the ETHZ-Oberon home-page link (the second time this year). New anti-Modula-2 link and comment in Modula-2 link-page. Added a link and more detailed description about OpenVMS boot on AXP PCI-boards in 64 bit compiler page.

12-Aug-1999: added a link to the so-called Web-Democratizer Crit.org in the ModulaWare home. CritLink allows anyone to annonate web-pages, both fine-grained or coarse.
If you want to post a constructive critique for any page at modulaware.com or if you want to read what other visitors wrote about, click on CritLink, navigate to the page of interest and read the public comments at the bottom of this page.
To annotate a page, use the "comment" button at the top right of each page. Your comment will be visible to any visitor of this page.
After you posted your comment, you'll receive a confirmation email by Crit.org and instructions how to modify or delete your posting later.

04-Aug-1999: XDS Price List updated for latest version of XDS/NC V2.40 with IDE and TSCPack for WNT/W95/98;
added link to SHARC Oberon-2 DSP cross compiler in Oberon links

04-Jul-1999: New ModulaTor issue, nr. 80: Gutknecht/Reali: Joint Modular Language Conference JMLC 2000 Call for Papers

29-Oct-1999: improved design for modulaware.com home-page

22-Jun-1999: OM2 compiler for DOS retired. This product is replaced by XDS.

11-Jun-1999: New ModulaTor issue, nr. 79: Gerber: A Digital Contrarian (Prof. Niklaus Wirth) Retires

01-Jun-1999: XDS Price List updated for latest version of XDS/C for PC/Linux V2.32

30-Apr-1999: New ModulaTor issue, nr. 78: Ryser: A minimal self-reproducing program written in Oberon

24-Apr-1999: Added new page with general book recommendations (science, economy, political philosophy, personal finance)

27-Mar-1999: The ModulaTor, issue nr. 77 now available: 64 bit Virtual Regions with Modula-2 on OpenVMS Alpha

25-Mar-1999: Added a new navigator in home-page for the new OpenVMS Webring. Other OpenVMS related sites are invited to join this webring.

20-Mar-1999: Revised the chapters 22, 23, and 24 (product availability, software developed with MaX and A2O) in Modula-2 and Oberon-2 OpenVMS Alpha Implementation Notes

20-Mar-1999: Added latest news in http://www.modulaware.com/mw64bit.htm about Compaq's (former Digital) 64 bit OpenVMS Alpha operating system, which is now free for personal use. Follow the links there to find the files necessary to run OpenVMS Alpha on (Digital) Multia desktop workstation, which are available for as low as $99 from online auction sites.

18-Mar-1999: New main page in German.

18-Mar-1999: New OpenVMS hobby license link in home-page. 64 bit OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 operating system license now free for personal use.

18-Mar-1999: Created new the Modula-2 Webring. Other Modula-2 related sites are invited to join this webring.

17-Mar-1999: Created new pages: What is a 64 bit compiler? and started an Oberon systems and compiler implementations list(OSCI). OSCI is open for submissions of other Oberon compiler and system developers.

16-Feb-1999: Updated the following pages/articles:
64 bit OpenVMS Modula-2 and Oberon-2 Compiler
Data Sheet: OpenVMS Alpha and VAX Modula-2 Compiler (PostScript version, file: mvrdatps.gz deleted),
64 bit Modula-2 for OpenVMS Alpha -- Implementation Notes, and
Migration of 32 bit Modula-2 programs to 64 bit on OpenVMS Alpha

09-Feb-1999: Removed all references to linkexchange.

07-Feb-1999: Appended the chapter "Education and Amusement" with direct links to the books recommended in the ModulaTor Forum of issue nr. 76

07-Feb-1999: The price list XDS is now in Euro and US dollar. Kalenichta Deutsch Mark!

28-Jan-1999: The ModulaTor, issue nr. 76 is now available Migration of 32 bit Modula-2 programs to 64 bit on OpenVMS Alpha. Here is a quote from the introduction:

> Remember, a 64 bit Modula-2 compiler offers you
> SIZE(INTEGER) = SIZE(CARDINAL) = SIZE(ADDRESS) = 8.
>
> You might not want to migrate your applications to 64 bit,
> because you don't need the very large 64 bit address space.
> There might however be some reasons to consider a 64 bit migration...

26-Jan-1999: The five different algorithms "how to count bits" are now 64 bit upward compatible. Oberon-2 and Modula-2 source code included; compiles with 32 bit and 64 bit compilers.

10-Jan-1999: Effekta price list and technical specifications separated into separate pages to speed-up page loading.

16-Dec-1998: Added direct links for books mentioned in articles and books recommended in the forum section of those ModulaTor issues, which are marked with a "*" in front of the issue number in http://www.modulaware.com/mdltr_.htm

16-Dec-1998: Added additional book and a short author's biography in the recommended reading section of The ModulaTor Nr. 66.

29-Nov-1998: Published the ModulaTor, issue nr. 75 (2nd ed.), entitled 64 bit Modula-2 for OpenVMS Alpha -- Implementation Notes by Günter Dotzel

26-Nov-1998: Effekta® UPS price list updated. (Changement des prix pour les onduleurs d'Effekta®)

24-Nov-1998: Contact ModulaWare using an email form instead of "mailto" e.g.: in contact page

24-Nov-1998: Included interface module of modules Put and Ref in meta-programming programming example Test_Put.Mod

21-Nov-1998: Changed link to Compaq's Digital OpenVMS Alpha commitment from biz.yahoo-news to corresponding page in Digital's web-site.

21-Nov-1998: Added direct links for books mentioned in articles and books recommended in the forum section of those ModulaTor issues, which are marked with a "*" in front of the issue number in http://www.modulaware.com/mdltr_.htm

18-Nov-1998: Corrected the formula for OpenVMS date/time calculation in the article entitled The Year 10000 Problem.

17-Nov-1998: Added prices in US$ in XDS price list. Previously, prices were in DM only.

14-Nov-1998: Added direct links for books mentioned in articles and books recommended in the forum section of those ModulaTor issues, which are marked with a "*" in front of the issue number in http://www.modulaware.com/mdltr_.htm

14-Nov-1998: Added book recommendation to http://www.modulaware.com/mdlt74.htm

12-Nov-1998: Added a short description to the most important Oberon and Modula-2 books in the bibliography together with direct links to corresponding entries at the Amazon.com on-line bookstore:

11-Nov-1998: Added Y2K-compliance and some other minor details to the feature list of the OpenVMS Modula-2 and Oberon-2 compiler.

20-Oct-1998: Added the correct document title in all html-files of the ModulaTor issues.

19-Oct-1998: Press releases for AOS, A2O, MaX now in html format; added hyper-links to corresponding data sheets, implementation notes and articles.
Oberon-2 features (in German) now in html-format.
Oberon-2 LALR-syntax now in a separate page.
Added What's new (this page).

16-Oct-1998: Added link to the ETH-Zürich Oberon Bibliography in Modula-2/Oberon-2 bibliography.

13-Oct-1998: Updated latest version for both XDS/C and XDS/NC in ModulaWare's XDS price list.

30-Sep-1998: Added modulaware.com site-index.
Improved layout in ModulaWare home page.

10-Sep-1998: Corrected 64 bit address extension of A2O.