Date: 2 May 88 11:53:00 EDT
From: "EDWARD CRAGG" <ecragg@gmuvax.gmu.edu>
Subject: ALS/N CAB Delivery Request Instructions (inexpensive VAX/VMS Ada)
 
             ALS/N CAB Delivery Request Instructions
 
 
1.   As of 1 July 1988, the Ada Language System / Navy (ALS/N)
     Common Ada Baseline (CAB) delivery package will be available upon
     request per the instructions on this sheet.  The available ALS/N
     products are contained in a _basic package_ and an _optional package_.
     A complete description of the AdaVAX Tools Subsystem, PSE Tools
     Subsystem, and VAX/VMS System Program Library are contained 
     in the ALS/N Installation Notes and Release Notes.
 
     The _basic package_ is a standalone delivery that costs $75.00 and
     consists of the following products (either on magnetic tape or as 
     one-sided camera-ready masters):
         a)  AdaVAX Tools Subsystem *
         b)  PSE Tools Subsystem *
         c)  VAX/VMS System Program Library *
         d)  ALS/N Installation and Maintenance Guide with
                   Installation Notes.
         e)  ALS/N Reference Handbook with Release Notes
         f)  General Purpose Text Editor System Operator's Manual
         g)  General Purpose Text Formatter System Operator's 
             Manual
 
         * 2400' 1/2" tape at 1600 bpi in VAX/VMS backup format.
 
 
     The _optional package_, available separate from the basic package,
     costs $50.00 and consists of the following products (only as one-
     sided camera-ready masters):
         a) Ada/M Program Support Environment Handbook
         b) Ada/M Run-Time Environment Handbook
         c) Ada/L Program Support Environment Handbook
         d) Ada/L Run-Time Environment Handbook
 
 
 
2.   Each leader of request MUST contain the following: (telephone
     requests will NOT be accepted):
         a) Check made out to "Raytheon Service Company"
         b) Package requested (_basic_ and/or _optional_)
         c) Name and telephone number of point of contact.
         d) Address where package(s) should be shipped
                (P.O. Boxes not allowed)
 
3.   The letter of request should be sent to:
                Mr Charles J. Wallace
                c/o Raytheon Service Company
                Century Building, Suite 1200
                2341 Jefferson Davis Highway
                Arlington, Virginia 22202
 
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Date: 2 May 88 11:52:00 EDT
From: "EDWARD CRAGG" <ecragg@gmuvax.gmu.edu>
Subject: Inexpensive validated Ada system for VAX/VMS
 
   The Navy has announced the public release of the Ada Language System / Navy
for the VAX/VMS environment.   It includes a validated compiler for the VAX. I
have been using a beta test version of this system for my senior level Software
Engineering in Ada course this past semester.  While not as mature a product as
DEC Ada, it is a useable system, and the price is significantly less than DEC
requires.  For university use, the _basic package_ is all that is needed.
    There are a few quirks in the system which I would be willing to discuss
with any professor desiring to use it.  They relate to storage requirements and
intermixing of GETs and PUTs. 
   
   The actual text of the Navy announcement follows as a separate message.
 
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