From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!tucc!jerryr
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Re: sultan.155: DEC Pro-350 Applications Development
Article-I.D.: tucc.3355
Posted: Thu Feb 17 08:25:26 1983
Received: Thu Feb 24 04:58:53 1983


I called Whitesmith's, Ltd. the other day to check on their potential
support of the 8086 family and found out the following:

They will shortly (April...) have a stand alone 'C' development system
available for the Pro-350.  At about the same time, a version of Idris
(their Unix look-alike) will also be available for the Pros.  I do not
know whether they will retain the menu format.

They will be supporting the 8086 family with a compiler, making my choice
between the IBM PC and the DEC Pros just that much more difficult.
(Release of the compiler is March...April)  Any comments are welcome.

                                        G. Robinson