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

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> Bob Walkden
> Sent: Friday, 3 March 2017 10:09 AM
> To: ETH Oberon and related systems
> Subject: Re: [Oberon] The Modula-2 System for Z80 CP/M (Peter
> Hochstrasser)
> 
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> If I remember correctly, Borland bought Topspeed Modula-2, formerly
> JPI Modula-2, and it eventually became absorbed in Clarion Developer
> (?) and lost its separate identity. I don't remember it ever being
> called Turbo M2, but it was a long time ago, and I may have it wrong.
>

Not exactly. The CP/M Turbo M2 compiler was bought in by Borland. The
support contact listed in the ReadMe file is:

HEIMSOETH SOFTWARE GmbH & CoKG

The MS-DOS compiler was developed in-house by Niels Jensen. It was renamed
TopSpeed Modula-2 after he left Borland to form Jensen and Partners
International (JPI):

http://www.cbronline.com/news/niels_jensen_explains_how_topspeed_leaves_borl
ands_turbo_compilers_standing

If this URL gets split by the mailing list, try the shorter version:

https://tinyurl.com/jydu4vl
 
and, yes - it did eventually get absorbed in Clarion.

Regards,
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/modula2