This file contains the latest updates on the Ada Language System. (Ada IC point of contact: Becky Reile) ALS STATUS INFORMATION ====================== * * * ARMY ANNOUNCES Ada LANGUAGE SYSTEM (ALS) RELEASE to INDUSTRY and ACADEMIA 1. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) announces a program to license the Army's Ada Language System (ALS) to Industry and Academia. In transitioning the ALS to the private sector where it will compete commercially, the Army seeks to: a. Provide all interested parties in the United States with an equal opportunity to capitalize on the Army's near $30M investment. b. Provide an opportunity for hardware/software vendors to develop extensions and improvements in support of their own products. c. Stimulate activity which will help create an increase in the present and future Ada workforce. 2. CECOM believes that each of these motives will ultimately produce benefits for the Army. In pursuing this ALS release program, the Army remains strongly committed to the use of Ada for its mission-critical computer resources and views the transition of the ALS to the private sector as establishing: a. A proper Ada role for Government (now that strong industrial response is evident and stimulation appears to be no longer required). b. Complete compatibility with Army policy to maximize its use of off-the-shelf commercial products and minimize its use of Government unique items. 3. The ALS is currently hosted on a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX-11/780 and other compatible family members ranging from a micro-VAX to a VAX 8600. It translates Ada programs for use in the host environment and for the Intel 8086 microprocessor and is validated under the DOD test suite ACVC 1.6. It includes over 500,000 lines of code and consists of over seventy distinct tools used in support of programmer activities. 4. Rights to the source code, object code and documentation -- user, operator and design -- will be licensed to all interested parties within the United States at essentially a reproduction cost. All materials will be offered with the right to use, copy and form derivative works and to distribute and sublicense value-added enhancements. 5. No warranties, either expressed or implied, will be offered by the Government in the ALS. Furthermore, the licenses granted by the Army do not include a license to export either the ALS or works derived from the ALS. The recipient of the ALS is responsible for ascertaining and complying with all applicable export control laws and regulations. 6. Additional services (such as installation, maintenance and other technical support) for ALS users are not included in the prices listed in paragraph 7 and will not be supplied by the U.S. Army. Parties interested in such services may obtain information on terms from the ALS contractor. 7. The following packages of materials are available at the reproduction cost indicated: Order Number Description Reproduction Cost ALS3ET ALS V3.0 Object Code (5 tapes) $375 ALS3ST ALS V3.0 Source Code (1 tape) $ 75 ALS3DU User Documentation $250 ALS3DS Design Specifications $500 8. Inquiries from the Private Sector for copies of the ALS software and/or documentation should be directed to the ALS contractor: SofTech, Inc. 460 Totten Pond Road Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 ATTENTION: Beverly Vidler Telephone: (617) 890-6900, Extension 132 After the request has been made, SofTech will forward (in behalf of the U.S. Army) a license agreement which must be signed and returned with payment in advance for the materials which will then be supplied. Orders will be accepted by SofTech through 30 September 1986. Thereafter, orders may be placed through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), using ordering numbers and pricing schedules which will be provided at a future date. 9. In order to eliminate the delays which may be associated with placement of Government purchase orders, CECOM will accept letters with accompanying funding transfer documents (MIPRs, PWDs, etc.) through 30 Aug 86. Funds should be provided on a Direct Cite basis and will be applied to CECOM Contract DAAB07-83-C-K580. Government organizations are reminded to seek appropriate approvals as may be required for the purchase of copies of Government-owned computer software. CECOM will provide acquisition support, not approval authority. Letters with funding transfer documents should be directed to: U.S. Army CECOM ATTN: AMSEL-COM-IA-ALS Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5204 Telephone: Commercial (201) 544-2279 Autovon: 995-2279 ALS Ada COMPILER TO BE RETARGETED --------------------------------- The Army Communications Electronics Command (Ft. Monmouth, NJ) awarded SofTech a 22-month contract to retarget the Ada Language System to the bare VAX (one without an operating system) and to the Intel 80286 microprocessor. In addition, the company will provide further extensions to the existing Intel 8086 target developed for Sonicraft in support of the U.S. Air Force. All of these bare machines provide support for embedded applications. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded SofTech a 24-month contract to retarget the Ada Language System to the Navy's AN/UYK-44, a standard computer used in mission-critical systems within the Navy. ARMY'S ALS Ada COMPILER VALIDATES ---------------------------------- (January 25, 1985) The US Army CECOM/SofTech, Inc. ALS (Ada Language System) AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler was awarded validation. The Federal Software Test Center supervised the running of ACVC test suite version 1.4, determining that the ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler had successfully completed all AJPO requirements on December 31, 1984. The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler's host and target machine is the VAX 11/780. Its host and target operating system is the VAX/VMS 3.6. The ALS is the first integrated software development environment written in Ada. The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler is just one of the several environmental tools used to form the whole scope of the ALS. The entire ALS has passed Final Qualification Tests and is in the final stages of formal acceptance. For further information on the ALS can be obtained by writing to: US Army CECOM DRESL-TCS-Ada-3 Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703 The ALS AdaVAX Version 1.1 compiler is commercially available through SofTech, Inc. For further information contact Bill Mitchell, Army Marketing Director or Beverly Vidler, Ada Products Manager, both of SofTech, Inc. at (800) 225-8854. ************************************************************************ ALS Rehosting Update (October 27, 1983) The Army received 67 requests for the interim ALS, it was determined that 50 requestors qualified to receive the ALS for rehosting and retargeting purposes. The Interim ALS will be released in November, 1983 along with documentation and full source code and object code. The A Specs and B Specs are fully up-to-date. The C Specs will be updated around the time of delivery. ************************************************************************ ALS Update The U.S. Army (CECOM) has announced that the Interim ALS will be made available to U.S. Industry and foreign governments within NATO and SEATO for the sole purpose of rehosting and retargeting the ALS.. In order to qualify for receipt of the ALS package, requestors must be mainframe manufacturers or own or lease 32-bit machines which are presently installed and able to demonstrate the presence of a currently operational integrated and maintenance environment suitable to accommodate new software development. The U.S Government shall not be held liable for the accuracy or completeness of the interim product which is expected to mature during its development. It should be understood that the documents that will be made available are interim drafts which may not reflect the released system or may be incomplete. ***************************************************************************** ALS - Ada Language System In June 1980, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey initiated an effort to design, develop, document and verify an Ada Programming Support Environment (APSE), based on Stoneman, called the Ada Language System (ALS). SofTech was competitively chosen as the Army's contractor for this ALS. The ALS will initially be hosted on the VAX 11/780 VMS system and targeted to the host, bare VAX, PDP 11/70 UNIX, ROLM 1666, Tactical Computer System (TCS), ROLM 1602B, and Military Computer Family (MCF) Environments. Follow-on efforts will rehost the ALS as well as provide additional tools and targets. The initial unbootstrapped version, targeted to the VAX host, will be delivered to the Army, for testing, in the Fall of 1982. The ALS targeted for the MCF will be delivered to the Army in the Spring of 1984. The MCF target is the last generator, currently under contract, to be delivered to the Army. When feasible, the Army will competitively award contracts for additional targets. The initial tool set is sufficient to support software development. In particular, these functions cover invoking tools from a command language, entering and editing text; compiling, executing and testing Ada programs; and managing software development and maintenance. The set of tools included in the Ada Language System is: COMMAND LANGUAGE INTERPRETER DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CONTROL TOOLS ADA COMPILER (MACHINE INDEPENDENT PART, CODE GENERATORS, RUNTIME SUPPORT LIBRARIES) ASSEMBLERS LINKERS (LINKING TOOL, EXPORTERS, IMPORTERS) LOADERS ARCHIVING TOOLS FILE ADMINISTRATOR DISPLAY TOOLS STUB GENERATOR INTERACTIVE SYMBOLIC DEBUGGER TIMING ANALYZER FREQUENCY ANALYZER Digital Equipment Corporation's text editor and text formatter will initially be used as part of the APSE tool set.