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<romfoe_duane-3108951550410001@mac-ply-88-54.htc.honeywell.com>,
romfoe_duane@htc.honeywell.com (Duane Romfoe) wrote:

> Borland's Turbo Modula 2 was sold in the US by a number of companies. 
> Among them was (is?) MicroMint (I believe that is the name anyway. I do
> have some of their literature stashed somewhere.)  MicroMint markets
> (marketed?), among other things, the SB-180 single board
> computer/controller operating under ZCPR (an improved public domain CP/M
> compatible operating system) and sold TM2 as a development tool for it,
> including a graphics module add-on. 
> 
> TM2 is not quite of the mythical proportions stated.  If anything, from
> what I have seen, TM2 was more well known than FTL and more companies
> seemed to have listed it in their catalogs.  I even copy of a
> Microcornucopia magazine with a review / comparison of TM2 vs FTL M2. 
> Each had different strengths.  From what I recall:  TM2 was slightly less
> standard than FTL, but had some nice extensions.  FTL had some nice
> libraries.  I don't recall the benchmarks.  It was worth having both as
> they were both from $50-100.

I should have made it more explicit that both of the products I am
refering to above are the CP/M versions.