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Date: 5 Apr 2025 20:09:35 GMT
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 11:20:32 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 05/04/2025 07:00, c186282 wrote:
>> Oh, I remember ... those "big name" compilers were
>>    gawdawfully EXPENSIVE. Most people, even small biz,
>>    just couldn't AFFORD them .
> dam sight cheaper than the computer they ran on then.
> Out of reach of hobbyists, yes, but not small companies, and there was
> no copy protection :-)

Depends on the small company. I wrote a MCS-48 cross assembler when my 
manager balked at the cost of the official PDP-11 version. It wasn't a 
sophisticated macro assembler but it got the job done on my CP/M box.