When can I use Ada?
Written on January 12th, 2026 by Tech Ads
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Question: When can I use Ada?
Answer: NOW eae
with JANUS.
Ada is available now for your micro-computer.
JANUS is a subset of Ada Which includes those features sorely missed by
programmersson mic ti i ii e list to help you decide for yourself.
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(requires 56K veriatya — $300.00
8086/8088, CP/M-86 or MS-DOS (requires 96K memory) — $400.00
CP/M, CP/M-86, MP/M-86 are trademarks of Digital Research, Inc. 86-DOS is a trademark of Seattle Computer Products
* ADA is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Defense SB-86 is a trademark of Lifeboat Associates
MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Apple Softcard is a trademark of Microsoft, Inc.
Hee ©Copyright 1982 RR Software
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‘When can I use Ada?’
RR Software’s Janus ADA was a budget implementation of the ADA programming language that targeted the low end microcomputer market. Priced between 300USD and 400USD (dependant on target OS), it’s price compared favourably to other ADA compilers that targeted larger, multiuser systems. Performance-wise, Janus ADA compared favourably to other microcomputer targeted ADA instances.
A copy of Janus ADA 1.5.2 can be downloaded from Vetusware.
Taken from: Dr. Dobb’s Journal - Issue 72 (October 1982)
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