Re: TASC (The AppleSoft Compiler)

[dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)]

Tom Kelly (tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com) wrote:
: Unknown User writes:
: 
: >k.net!news.csd.net!tdiaz
: >From: tdiaz@hypermall.com (Tony Diaz)
: >Tom Zuchowski (cd003508@interramp.com) wrote:
: >: dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski) wrote:
: >: >Tell you what. I'll follow up on my long postposed promise to contact 
: >: >Microsoft regarding TASC. I've alreadt converted it from DOS 3.2 to DOS 
: >: >3.3. It would need to be patched for ProDOS. Given the compiler itself to 
: >: >work with (it was used to compile itself) finding the necessary places to 
: >: >patch and making them shouldn't be beyond a few programmers still around.
: >
: >: Please let us know how you do. If anybody in the universe knows the status 
: >: of their copyrights, MS will.
: >
: >: My money says that you get nowhere, but I sincerely hope I'm wrong. TASC 
: >: is a great product.

The letter went out to MSC the next day.

: >TASC was updated to a ProDOS 64 & 128K version, as well as the prior DOS
: >3.3 versions, Original 48K & 64K and a newer 128K version for DOS 3.3
: >
: >I upgraded my copy in 1988 to the latest one, MicroSoft still had some. It
: >cost $25.00, had to be done through the mail. But the cool thing about it
: >was, I no longer had the actual original disk, so sending them a copy of
: >a disk with TASC 48K DOS 3.3 worked just fine. They sent me the whole package.

They sure didn't go out of their way to tell anyone, did they?

The last mention of TASC in their own product notes database was the DOS 
3.3 upgrade.

Well, if this is so, then there'll be no reason to get it for us to 
upgrade it. I'll just tell them to forget it.


Just kidding.

However, if it's still hiding somewhere in some MSC basement, I'd like to 
get the last version.