Oberon/ETH Oberon/2.3.7/References.Text

References



Institute for Computer Systems
Oberon User Group (OUG)
FTP Site
News Group
World Wide Web
Oberon CD-ROM
Oberon News
Literature & Publications


Institute for Computer Systems

The Institute for Computer Systems, home of Oberon, can be contacted at:

Institut für Computersysteme
ETH-Zentrum
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland
email: oberon@inf.ethz.ch
tel: +41 (1) 632 73 11
fax: +41 (1) 632 13 07


Oberon User Group (OUG)

The Oberon User Group (OUG) organizes the popular Oberon Day every year. They also maintain an anonymous FTP server called huxley.ethz.ch.

The Oberon User Group
Bergstrasse 5
CH-8044 Zürich
Switzerland
email: oberon-user@inf.ethz.ch


FTP Site

The current Oberon versions for several different hardware platforms can be obtained via internet file transfer ftp from the anonymous FTP server ftp.inf.ethz.ch [dead link][1]. It archives the Oberon systems in the directory /pub/Oberon [dead link]. In directory /pub/Oberon/System3 [dead link] the Oberon System 3 implementations can be found. Oberon System 3 is freely available for Windows 3.1/NT, Mac II, PowerMac, PC Native and PC Linux.

FTP Hostname: ftp.inf.ethz.ch
Directory: /pub/Oberon/System3/


News Group

On Internet, the news group comp.lang.oberon discusses Oberon. If you don't have news group access, but do have e-mail access, a list server can send you the newsgroup contents. Send the list server an e-mail:

To: listproc@inf.ethz.ch
subscribe oberon-news@inf.ethz.ch <your e-mail address here>

Or to get more information:

To: listproc@inf.ethz.ch
help

An interesting document explains how to use the internet when you only have e-mail access:

To: LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
GET INTERNET BY-EMAIL NETTRAIN F=MAIL


World Wide Web

The Oberon home page is[was] located on the Web at:

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch


Oberon CD-ROM

The Oberon system collection is available on CD-ROM from:

The Oberon System - September 21st, 1994
by Anthra Norell, Inc.
ISBN 0-964-29530-X
UPC 79591000006


Oberon - das neue Pascal fuer DOS, Windows, Mac und Unix,
Version 1.0
by Addison Wesley
ISBN 3-89319-791-5 VVA-Nr. 563-00791-9


Oberon! - System 3 Release 2.0
ComponentWare
Für DOS, Windows, Mac und Unix - 2. aktualisierte Auflage
Josef Templ
by Addison-Wesley - 1995
ISBN 3-89319-886-5


Literature & Publications[2]


N. Wirth and M. Reiser:
Programming in Oberon. - Steps beyond Pascal and Modula_2.
Addison Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-56543-9.
Tutorial for the Oberon programming language and concise language reference.


H. Mössenböck:
Objektorientierte Programmierung in Oberon-2
Springer-Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-540-55690-7
German version of Object-Oriented Programming in Oberon-2


M. Reiser: The Oberon System. User Guide and Programmer's Manual.
Addison Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-54422-9.
User manual for the programming environment and reference for the standard module library.


N. Wirth and J. Gutknecht:
Project Oberon - The Design of an Operating System and Compiler.
Addison Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-54428-8.
Program listings with explanations for the whole Oberon system, including the compiler for NS32000.


Jörg Gutknecht:
Oberon System 3: Vision of a Future Software Technology
Software - Concepts and Tools, Volume 15, No 1, 1994.


Johannes L. Marais:
Inside Oberon System 3
Dr.Dobb's Journal, October 1994.


Johannes L. Marais:
The GADGETS User Interface Management System
Structured Programming, Volume 12, 1991.


Jörg Gutknecht:
Oberon - Perspectives of Evolution
Proceeedings of the Joint Modular Languages Conference, Ulm 1994. Published in Advances in Modular Languages, Peter Schulthess, Technology transfer series, Benzstrasse 12, Postfach 4204, D-89032 Ulm/Donau.


Johannes L. Marais:
Towards End-User Objects: The Gadgets User Interface System
Proceeedings of the Joint Modular Languages Conference, Ulm 1994. Published in Advances in Modular Languages, Peter Schulthess, Technology transfer series, Benzstrasse 12, Postfach 4204, D-89032 Ulm/Donau.


André Fischer and Hannes Marais:
The Oberon Companion: A Guide to Using and Programming Oberon System 3
vdf Verlag, Zürich


  1. Archives remain available in Sourceforge.
  2. The Bibliography page has additional details. Some publications are on line. Some books are available as old stock or used.