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Ada Information Clearinghouse, 1-800-AdaIC-11, 703/685-1477

              Ada Information Clearinghouse Products & Services

The latest information about Ada is available to you FREE of charge from the 
Ada Joint Program Office's (AJPO) Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC).  The 
AdaIC makes available information on a variety of topics -- ranging from the 
use of Ada within DoD and industry to tools and compilers for Ada developers, 
and from DoD policies regarding Ada to reusable Ada software.

The AJPO sponsors the AdaIC.  The AJPO is responsible for informing the 
community about Ada, facilitating the language's implementation in the 
Services, and maintaining the integrity of the language.

                                 TELEPHONE HOT LINE
                           800/AdaIC-11 or 703/685-1477

For answers to your Ada questions, call the AdaIC, Monday through Friday, any 
time from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

                                      NEWSLETTER

The AdaIC quarterly newsletter contains current news from the AJPO about the 
Ada program, Ada conference reports, and articles on projects using Ada.  If 
you would like to receive the newsletter, call the AdaIC and request a FREE 
subscription.

                                 INFORMATION FLYERS

You can obtain more than 100 different information flyers/reports from the 
AdaIC.  Flyer topics include:

Ada Validated Compilers
Ada News and Current Events
Ada Usage
AJPO's Ada Technology Insertion Program
Ada 9X Project
On-line sources of Ada Information
Ada Bibliographies
Ada Compiler Validation and Evaluation
Resources for Ada Education and Training
Ada Software, Tools, and Interfaces
Ada Regulations, Policies, and Mandates
Ada Historical Information
Standards and Available Ada Bindings Products

These flyers are available electronically on two AJPO-sponsored computer 
systems: the AJPO host computer on the Internet, and the AdaIC Bulletin Board.  
Additionally, paper copies of the flyers are provided upon request.

The Validated Compilers List is one of the most frequently requested flyers.  
This list, which is updated monthly, contains information on all compilers 
that have currently active validation certificates.

                                ON-LINE INFORMATION

Most AdaIC flyers and other publications are available on-line on the AJPO 
host computer and on the AdaIC Bulletin Board.  These electronic sources also 
have other files, such as those whose length or complexity preclude easy 
distribution in paper-copy form.  In addition, the AJPO provides information 
related to the Ada 9X project on a dedicated bulletin board and on the AJPO 
host.

                          The AJPO host on the Internet

For those with Internet access, the AJPO makes a variety of Ada information 
available on the AJPO host computer on the Internet.  Its name is 
AJPO.SEI.CMU.EDU.

The AJPO host can be accessed via the File Transfer Program (FTP), which 
allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network host site.  FTP 
should work for any host on the Internet.

A sample FTP connection follows.

[your-prompt] ftp ajpo.sei.cmu.edu        execute ftp from your remote site.
name: anonymous                           login using "anonymous"
password: guest                           enter password of "guest"
ftp> cd public                            change to the "public" sub-directory
ftp> dir                                  view a list of accessible 
                                          sub-directories
ftp> cd [sub-directory]                   change to the sub-directory of your 
                                          choice
ftp> dir                                  view a list of available files
ftp> get file1.hlp [newname.hlp]          get "file1.hlp" from ftp and copy it 
                                          to "newname.hlp" on your machine.
ftp> mget file1...fileN                   get multiple files from ftp and load 
                                          them onto your machine with the same 
                                          names.
ftp> bye                                  logout when finished.

For more help information on the AJPO host, type "get README" and "get 
README.FTP" after an ftp connection is made.

For those without Internet access, the AdaIC Bulletin Board is available on a 
24-hour dial-up basis.

                                AdaIC Bulletin Board
                            Commercial:  703/614-0215;
                                 Autovon:  224-0215

The AdaIC Bulletin Board contains most of the information provided on the AJPO 
host computer -- plus on-line databases.

The bulletin board can be accessed by dialing one of the numbers listed above.  
Users should set their telecommunications package with the following 
parameters: Baud rate = 300 through 9600 baud; Data Bits = 8; Parity = none; 
Stop Bits = 1.  The first time you log on, you will be prompted to register 
for an account.

The [D]oors feature of this bulletin board provides users with the capability 
to search six AdaIC databases:

The Validated Ada Compilers (VCL) [D]oor provides full text-searching of the 
Validated Compiler list by host, and by target where different from host.

The Ada Programming Tools (TOOLS) [D]oor contains information about more than 
200 Ada vendors, their 300-plus Ada products, and the hardware on which they 
run.

The Current Ada Articles (NEWS) [D]oor provides full text searching of our 
abstracts of Ada-related articles that have been published in trade and 
technical journals.

The Ada Bibliography (BIBS) [D]oor provides users with a comprehensive 
bibliography of Ada-related publications.

The Bibliography/Abstracts (ABS-BIB) [D]oor provides users with a bibliography 
of Ada-related documents as well as an abstract for each bibliographic 
citation.

The Ada Education (CREASE) [D]oor provides access to the AdaIC's "Catalog of 
Resources for Education in Ada and Software Engineering," Version 6.0, 1992.

                              Ada 9X Bulletin Board:
                           800-Ada-9X25 or 301/459-8939

The Ada 9X Project's electronic bulletin board is a comprehensive, one-stop 
source of information concerning the Ada 9X project.  All of the revision 
requests that were submitted to the project are available for viewing and/or 
downloading from the bulletin board.  In addition, most of the project reports 
and all of the Ada 9X project announcements are available on the bulletin 
board.

The Ada 9X Bulletin Board can be accessed by dialing one of the numbers listed 
above.  Users should set their telecommunications package with the following 
parameters: Baud = 300 through 2400; Data Bits = 8; Parity = none; Stop Bits = 
1.

                                      DATABASES

In addition to the database available for searching on the AdaIC bulletin 
board, the AdaIC also maintains a database of Ada projects.  The Ada Usage 
database was developed to track how Government, education, and industry are 
using Ada in software development efforts.  Currently, there are more than 650 
efforts described in the database.

Ada Usage information can be obtained only with the voluntary cooperation of 
the project.  If you are currently involved in an Ada development project or 
if you have completed a project using Ada, we would like to add your 
information to our database.

                                 WRITTEN INQUIRIES

If you wish to send us a written inquiry, or if you would like to share any 
Ada-related information with us, send mail to:

      Ada Information Clearinghouse
      P.O. Box 46593
      Washington, DC  20050-6593

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Copyright 1992.  IIT Research Institute.  All rights assigned to the U.S. 
Government (Ada Joint Program Office).  Permission to reprint this flyer, in 
whole or in part, is granted, provided the AdaIC is acknowledged as the 
source.  If this flyer is reprinted as a part of a published document, please 
send the AdaIC a courtesy copy of the publication.

                     Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC)
                                   P.O. Box 46593
                            Washington, DC  20050-6593
                 703/685-1477, 800/AdaIC-11, FAX 703/685-7019
               adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu; CompuServe 70312,3303

The AdaIC is sponsored by the Ada Joint Program Office and operated by IIT 
Research Institute.



