Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpfclp!wak From: wak@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (Bill Kwinn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Aztec C65-c (Prodos version) Message-ID: <7370001@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> Date: 29 Jun 88 00:34:19 GMT References: <8806132349.AA06188@decwrl.dec.com> Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 33 > > I am considering the purchase of the Aztec C65-c (Prodos) from > Manx Software. I would like information about the features and utilities > that come with the product.Does it have a (reasonably) good version of > vi? Does it support MAKE? I have a version bought years (?) ago, but I think it is still the current version. (I doubt they will turn it again.) The product is excellent. However, have mercy on your 10 year old 8 bit 6502. You do not get multitasking, so there is no make. You get a simple shell, with script capability, so you can automate a full build of your program. The product lives in a 64k world, without bank switching support, so use a ram disk, or do your own bank switching. They do provide an editor, which is a (small but useful) subset of vi. They also provide source, so that if there is a favorite feature or two that you must have, you can try to add it. You get both pseudo code and native code versions, and access to the assembly code generated by c, with the c as comments if you wish. I have used it with a 1 megabyte IIe, and accelerator. You can put the entire compile path, editor, and your source in a ram disk so that your whole edit, compile, test, edit .. cycle can be done without hitting the disc, (you will want to save your source, just in case). This cycle takes minutes, not seconds. I am not aware of newer versions, or versions that take advantage of a GS. You'll love it compared to basic, but it does not convert into a hotter machine. Bill Kwinn hplabs!hpfcla!wak