Path: news.media.mit.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!olivea!charnel!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nwnexus!bellevue-ip31.halcyon.com!user From: geb@halcyon.com (Gary E. Bloom) Newsgroups: comp.lang.logo Subject: Re: Amiga Logo implementations Followup-To: comp.lang.logo Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 23:01:24 -0800 Organization: SoftWorlds for Children Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1994Feb10.020349.5519@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au> <1994Feb12.031105.8270@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au> <1994Feb13.004102.25735@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bellevue-ip31.halcyon.com In article <1994Feb13.004102.25735@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>, neuwirth@ccs.neu.edu (Erich Neuwirth) wrote: > David Benn (dbenn@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au) wrote: > : In article , geb@halcyon.com (Gary E. Bloom) writes: > > : >One of the great Logos was commissioned by Commodore and written for the > : >Amiga--Amiga TLC Logo. According to rumor (actually TLC author, John > : >Allen), Commodore buried it because it was not compatible with the other > : >Logos of the time. The very first issue of Amiga World (or perhaps the > : >second) interviewed Allen. Also, the first book on Amiga programming, by > : >Que, carried a description of Amiga TLC Logo. > > > > some months ago i was able to talk commodore austria into donating a copy > of amiga logo (they still had one, including the docs) to my department > back in vienna. so you might ask C= if they still have some copies left. > Shortly after Commodore decided to halt the release of TLC Logo, they stated that they were going to commision a more conventional version. Does the version you received appear to work similar to the LCSI Apple II/IBM/ Atari versions? TLC Logo was was quite different--A Lisp without parentheses. Functions (operations) only, object-oriented, first class data. Which version do you think yoiu have? -- Gary E. Bloom SoftWorlds for Children geb@halcyon.com P.O. Box 219 Voice/Fax 206.672.2107 Edmonds, WA 98020 USA