[Oberon] The Modula-2 System for Z80 CP/M (Peter Hochstrasser)

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 3 Mar 2017, Chris Burrows wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
>> Oleg N. Cher
>> Sent: Friday, 3 March 2017 4:48 AM
>> To: ETH Oberon and related systems
>> Subject: [Oberon] The Modula-2 System for Z80 CP/M (Peter
>> Hochstrasser)
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am interested in to know more about a Modula-2 Implementation from
>> Hochstrasser Computing AG for CP/M systems using a Z80 processor. It
>> was apparently freely offered by Peter Hochstrasser in 2002 after the
>> company was liquidated in 1997, and initially made available on Hal
>> Bower's Web site, and later on other CP/M archive sites. This
>> compiler produces native Z80 code, not M-code; the compiler source is
>> apprently not included but library source is. Peter Hochstrasser is
>> (or was) working at the ETH Zurich.

I purchased that compiler many years ago and had mixed success with it. 
Peter had handed over marketing to some organization called (if memory 
serves) CATS.  The guy who ran it was unresponsive to bug reports and I 
eventually switched to Turbo Modula-2.  TM2 had its own issues, but was 
really a great environment to code in.  Around 1988 I wrote a rather 
complex realtime control system in TM2 for managing dozens of VCRs in an 
educational setting.

>>
>> http://www.cpm.z80.de/develop.htm
>>
>> Does anyone know more about this project? Is there any possibility to
>> contact with Peter Hochstrasser

> There's a Peter Hochstrasser currently working at AXON IVY, listed on
> LinkedIn, who looks like a good match. It says he majored in compiler
> construction at ETH (1979 - 1984):

> https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhochstrasser/

It would be terrific if someone could chase him down and get the complete 
sources for historic preservation.

Some years back I wrote to Borland in an attempt to get the sources for 
TM2, but they denied ever selling such a product - go figure.



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