Re: [BLACKBOX] Blackbox mail list archive

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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:09:49 -0500

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I know about Astrobe, my "PC as controller" phrase
was intended to mean "Let's use a personal computer to control
some third party hardware thingie via a supplied DLL".
I've done this kind of thing in VB6 and Labview before and found
problems with both. Labview was great if your controller fit on a
screen, but scrolling drove me nearly insane (this was back in the i-486
days). And VB drove me crazy because it insisted on reformatting my
source code. Plus, I always liked Pascal and Modula-2.

For true controller widgets, I'll use whatever they got. Astrobe if possible.

The comments about "free" Blackbox surprise me. As I read the Oberon
Microsystems site, Blackbox is free until you produce something with it and
charge the customer. Did I read it correctly?

Thanks for the responses. I've been snooping the net for months now
about Component Pascal, and this mail list is my only "formal" connection to
all of you.

Downloading mail archives as I type this. Thanks.


On 2/14/12, Bernhard Treutwein <Bernhard{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> > Should I actually land a contract, I'll burn up the first paycheck by
>> > purchasing BlackBox.
>>
>> BlackBox is free.
>
> but you can buy professional support for it ... (see support on:
> http://oberon.ch/blackbox.html)
>
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