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Comp.lang.oberon Frequently Asked Questions: Miscellany

Copyright 1994 Michael Gallo
(c) 1994 Michael Gallo


This is one of three documents that attempt to answer some frequently asked
questions (FAQs) about Oberon.  This text concerns some general topics on the
subject of Oberon, while the other two are specifically about Oberon the
language and Oberon the operating system.


WHAT IS COMP.LANG.OBERON?

The Comp.lang.oberon newsgroup is a forum for discussing Oberon, both the
programming language and the operating system, and any related issues.
Although not strictly accurate, this newsgroup is part of the Comp.lang.*
hierarchy because it began as a spin-off of Comp.lang.modula2.

For those without regular Usenet access, ETH Zrich has generously made
Comp.lang.oberon available as a mailing list.  Articles can now be sent or
received via normal Internet e-mail through [e-mail].  To get
more information about the mailing list, send the message "help" to
[e-mail].  To subscribe to the mailing list, send the message
"subscribe [e-mail] <your name>" to [e-mail].

Some members of ETH Zrich's Institute for Computer Systems do read and
participate in this newsgroup, but Comp.lang.oberon is in no way officially
related to ETH Zrich.  Official correspondence about the Oberon project
should be addressed to:
    Institute for Computer Systems
    ETH Zentrum
    CH-8092 Zrich
    E-mail: [e-mail]
    E-Fax: [phone]

The Comp.lang.oberon newsgroup owes its existence to the efforts of the late
Christian Schaepper.


WHAT IS OBERON?

>From "The Oberon Guide"
    Oberon is simultaneously the name of a project and of its outcome. The
project was started by Niklaus Wirth and [Jrg Gutknecht] late in 1985 with
the goal of developing a modern and portable operating system for personal
workstations. Its results are an implementation of the system for the Ceres
computer and a programming language.
    The development of the language Oberon needs perhaps a short justification.
It became quite inevitable because the type-system of available languages
turned out to be too restrictive to express the desired data model in a
natural andsafe way.

Quick introductions to both aspects of the Oberon project can be found in
back issues of BYTE magazine.  The operating system is overviewed in "Oberon:
A Glimpse at the Future", volume 18 number 6 (May 1993).  The Oberon language
is examined in "Oberon", volume 16 number 3 (March 1991).  Both articles are
by BYTE's European correspondant, Dick
Pountain.

In October 1994, Dr. Dobb's Journal published an introduction to Oberon
System 3 and Gadgets written by Johannes L. Marais of ETH.


RESOURCES FOR OBERON USERS

In addition to ports of the Oberon system, ETH has several programming tools
for Oberon available from ftp.ethz.ch in directory /pub/Oberon/Tools.  The
Oberon newsletter is in directory /pub/Oberon/Newsletter.

ETH's Oberon archive at ftp.ethz.ch is mirrored at the following ftp sites:
    wuarchive.wustl.edu:/languages/Oberon
    gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/plan/Oberon

The Swiss Oberon Users Group (CHOUG) at ETH Zrich has set up an Oberon
public domain ftp server.
    ftp: [e-mail]:/pub/Oberon
    e-mail: [e-mail]

Lex and Yacc definitions for Oberon-2
    ftp: [e-mail]:pub/oberon/tools
    e-mail: [e-mail] (Stephen J Bevan)

Some games and programming examples
    ftp.sun.ac.za:/pub/oberon/stellenbosch/sources/CardsS.Arc

ETH Zrich's technical reports are freely available.  Some technical reports
that might be of interest to Oberon users are listed below.  To order
technical reports of the Institut fr Computersysteme, ETH Zrich, contact
Mr. Ruettener (e-mail: [e-mail]).  Many other technical reports,
dissertations, and other documents are electronically available in PostScript
and/or Oberon text formats from ftp.ethz.ch in /doc and /pub/Oberon/Docu.

102  M. Odersky:  Recursive Data Types and Report on the Mona Notation for
Algorithms

133  J. Templ:  SPARC-Oberon User's Guide

143  N. Wirth:  From Modula to Oberon (Revised Edition)

144  J. L. Marais:  The GADGETS User Interface Management System

151  C. Szyperski:  Write -- An Extensible Text Editor for the Oberon System

174  M. Brandis, R. Crelier, M. Franz, J. Templ:  The Oberon System Family

203  A. R. Disteli:  OBERON for PC on an MS-DOS Base

Someone please let me know if and when these titles go out of stock.