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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 20 11:18:37 2020
    Is there a way to use extended memory with APLSE for dos?
    Is it still possible to license it for personal use?

    Thank you, J.

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Dec 20 18:28:12 2020
    On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 11:18:37 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a way to use extended memory with APLSE for dos?
    Is it still possible to license it for personal use?

    Not clear what you're asking about. APLSE is freeware. You can get
    it at
    <http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/waterloo_archive/apl/apl-plus/index.html>

    Note that it is 16-bit code and will not open or run under 64-bit
    Windows.

    APL*PLUS is now APL2000 and there is no free version. I have
    personally discussed this at some length with the CEO of the company
    and he was very clear that if you want it for personal use you have to
    pay full boat list price.

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  • From Doug White@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Dec 21 00:47:19 2020
    Some people have been succesful in using DOSBox to run APLSE on newer
    Windows systems. I got it mostly working quite a while ago (2017), and
    was trying to sort out getting it to print APL. I believe that DOSBox
    supports extended/expanded memory, but I don't recall if APLSE can take advantage of it. I know that APL*PLUS PC Ver. 11 could access larger workspaces in DOSBox, but I'd have to wade through my notes to find the details.

    DODBox (as far as I know) has continued to advance, and some of the
    issues I was fighting 3 years ago are probably sorted out by now.

    Doug White

    "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in news:23ca9cfe-f95c-4f03- [email protected]:

    Is there a way to use extended memory with APLSE for dos?
    Is it still possible to license it for personal use?

    Thank you, J.


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  • From Don Wiss@21:1/5 to Doug White on Wed Dec 23 21:55:40 2020
    On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:47:19 GMT, Doug White <[email protected]> wrote:

    Some people have been succesful in using DOSBox to run APLSE on newer
    Windows systems. I got it mostly working quite a while ago (2017), and
    was trying to sort out getting it to print APL. I believe that DOSBox >supports extended/expanded memory, but I don't recall if APLSE can take >advantage of it. I know that APL*PLUS PC Ver. 11 could access larger >workspaces in DOSBox, but I'd have to wade through my notes to find the >details.

    I don't know about APLSE, but I have been using DOSBox for a decade now to
    run APLPLUS.

    For printing one has to print to a file. Then copy the file to LPT1, etc. I have two batch files:

    Set LPT1.bat [I haven't printed in ages. Not sure where this now is]
    net use lpt1: \\Dell-2GHz\BrotherPrinter /persistent:yes
    pause

    Print.bat [on Desktop]
    copy c:\DOS-Pgms\temp.prn LPT1
    del c:\DOS-Pgms\temp.prn

    I mapped some keys. In the C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\DOSBox folder
    there is a map file. Being so long ago I'm not sure just what was mapped,
    and how I ended up with the map file I have.

    Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

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  • From Brian McGuinness@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 8 20:01:33 2021
    Depending on your needs, you might consider NARS2000 (http://www.nars2000.org/), a freeware experimental APL interpreter for Windows that has some of the same features as APL*PLUS, e.g. #FMT, #VR, and the #N... native file functions.

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  • From Beau Webber@21:1/5 to Brian McGuinness on Sat Jan 9 07:33:40 2021
    On Saturday, 9 January 2021 at 04:01:34 UTC, Brian McGuinness wrote:
    Depending on your needs, you might consider NARS2000 (http://www.nars2000.org/), a freeware experimental APL interpreter for Windows that has some of the same features as APL*PLUS, e.g. #FMT, #VR, and the #N... native file functions.
    Not sure if this is relevant to what you are trying to do, but it seemed the right time to just remind people that MicroApl's AplX interpreter is now available for free download, from Dyalog : http://www.dyalog.com/aplx.htm
    I use it daily for writing new programs (currently a fresh application for a PID temperature controller), but particularly for my NMR Spectrometer and Cryoporometers and their GUIs - see : https://nmrspectrometer.lab-tools.com/

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  • From DanNospamSay@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jan 11 18:08:32 2021
    On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 11:18:38 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote:
    Is there a way to use extended memory with APLSE for dos?
    Is it still possible to license it for personal use?

    You might try using dosbox-x
    https://dosbox-x.com

    What is DOSBox-X?
    DOSBox-X is an open-source DOS emulator for running DOS games and applications. DOS-based Windows such as Windows 3.x and Windows 9x are officially supported. Compared to DOSBox, DOSBox-X is much more flexible and provides more features. Look at the DOSBox-X Wiki for more information about DOSBox-X and usage guides.

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