Thread Subject: [OT] Installing Open Watcom F77 and Usage

As far as I can tell F77 1.8 is not available. I've Googled quite a bit
for it. My source for 1.9 is
<http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download>. It gives me:
open-watcom-f77-win32-1.9.exe.

When I installed, there are only two choices: Custom, which presumably
will ask a lot of questions, and some one shot do-it without any
intervention selection. I took the latter.

..., XP, and no Win7? I use Win7. Trouble??

Something is amiss with my install. I downloaded 1.9. I did not use any
customization.

  I can bring up the IDE easily. Using it is a different matter. The
only Getting Started in F77 manual I can find is shown as v1.8. If 1.9
is needed, I can't find it. If I use the 1.8 manual, then the contents
don't match up with what I find in the F77 IDE. For example, the manual
talks about a Kitchen project on page 15. Not found anywhere in the
install folder.

"W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:j4819n$rrk$1@dont-email.me...
> As far as I can tell F77 1.8 is not available. I've Googled quite a bit
> for it. My source for 1.9 is
> <http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download>. It gives me:
> open-watcom-f77-win32-1.9.exe.

*snip*

I think asking for help on this in the comp.lang.fortran newsgroup (as
dannagle at verizon suggested in response to your question on this mailing
list) is a good idea. It seems to me to be more on-topic there than here on
CSSM.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/python/940769

Or you could follow the advice Rob Pemberton gave you in comp.lang.misc:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc/browse_thread/thread/6a36bd04298f1b0d/144dd5785bd8fc09#144dd5785bd8fc09

--
Steve Lord
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On 9/7/2011 10:17 AM, Steven_Lord wrote:
> "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:j4819n$rrk$1@dont-email.me...
>> As far as I can tell F77 1.8 is not available. I've Googled quite a
>> bit for it. My source for 1.9 is
>> <http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download>. It gives me:
>> open-watcom-f77-win32-1.9.exe.
>
> *snip*
>
> I think asking for help on this in the comp.lang.fortran newsgroup (as
> dannagle at verizon suggested in response to your question on this
> mailing list) is a good idea. It seems to me to be more on-topic there
> than here on CSSM.

...

Even better would be

openwatcom.users.fortran

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On 9/7/2011 10:02 AM, dpb wrote:
> On 9/7/2011 10:17 AM, Steven_Lord wrote:
>> "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:j4819n$rrk$1@dont-email.me...
>>> As far as I can tell F77 1.8 is not available. I've Googled quite a
>>> bit for it. My source for 1.9 is
>>> <http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download>. It gives me:
>>> open-watcom-f77-win32-1.9.exe.
>>
>> *snip*
>>
>> I think asking for help on this in the comp.lang.fortran newsgroup (as
>> dannagle at verizon suggested in response to your question on this
>> mailing list) is a good idea. It seems to me to be more on-topic there
>> than here on CSSM.
>
> ...
>
> Even better would be
>
> openwatcom.users.fortran
>
> --
Don't have access to it.

On 9/7/2011 8:17 AM, Steven_Lord wrote:
>
>
> "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:j4819n$rrk$1@dont-email.me...
>> As far as I can tell F77 1.8 is not available. I've Googled quite a
>> bit for it. My source for 1.9 is
>> <http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download>. It gives me:
>> open-watcom-f77-win32-1.9.exe.
>
> *snip*
>
> I think asking for help on this in the comp.lang.fortran newsgroup (as
> dannagle at verizon suggested in response to your question on this
> mailing list) is a good idea. It seems to me to be more on-topic there
> than here on CSSM.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/python/940769
>
> Or you could follow the advice Rob Pemberton gave you in comp.lang.misc:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc/browse_thread/thread/6a36bd04298f1b0d/144dd5785bd8fc09#144dd5785bd8fc09
>
>
Possibly I posted twice here. I never saw my first post, so repeated and
don't recognize these people. I'll give it a look.

I have an odd problem with new NG sites. TBird removes them at the next
update on my system, or re-boot. TBird seems to get updates every few
days, and I've been modify some programs or adding new ones of late.
I've been on this NG for a long time. comp.lang.misc and the one fortran
are affected by this behavior. It's like I'm almost back to square one
each time I go to new sites.

On 9/7/2011 1:52 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
...

>> openwatcom.users.fortran
>>
>> --
> Don't have access to it.

Nonsense. Your headers show you're using eternal-september.org's
newsfeed; it's there.

--

On 9/7/2011 1:56 PM, dpb wrote:
> On 9/7/2011 1:52 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
> ...
>
>>> openwatcom.users.fortran
>>>
>>> --
>> Don't have access to it.
>
> Nonsense. Your headers show you're using eternal-september.org's
> newsfeed; it's there.
>
> --
>
Oh, thanks. The NG with BABES,SMOKING GLAMOR, PSYCHIC READER, BOWLS, ...
Not a single thing about fortran.

Nevertheless, I'm making progress.