PLM/80 compiler docs

[Dave Mabry]

Jeff Erwin said the following on 10/17/2008 1:17 PM:
> <snip>
> Love the old update letters.  I was working for Intel in Oregon back then on
> the 380 and 310 RMX development systems.  We never saw anything that went
> out to actual customers.  The compiler cost $250?  Wow.
>   

Seemed like a lot at the time!  I think the $295 price was for a one 
year extension of the warranty on PL/M-80 and it covered updates.  The 
compiler itself was $2000 if I remember.  Intel's tools were very 
expensive.  But they were intended for companies that were making 
products to sell.  You know how businesses charge other businesses lots 
of money.


> I appreciate the scanning of the docs.  If you email me the actual docs I
> will get them up on the various archive sites as well.  There could be other
> dinosaurs out there looking for it.
>   

I will start scanning the PL/M-80 syntax manual next week.  It is the 
largest of the manuals.  After that I'll work on the compiler operator's 
manuals.

> I am able to compile and run PLM80 apps on my Imsai 8080 now, I am rewriting
> all of my floppy drive control stuff from asm80 to plm80 as we speak.  I
> have forgotten how much easier PLM was from asm80!
>   

PL/M was my favorite language.  In those days I was designing and 
programming control and data acquisition systems for automotive R&D.

How do you have Intel compilers and assemblers running on the Imsai?  
You must have ISIS-II running on it.  How much work was that to do?

Dave