Happy New Year to all DSSAT users and friends ! Several weeks ago Brian Baer mentioned that Microsoft Fortran V5.1 is no longer available. This compiler has been our preferred compiler because of its support of code for 8088 machines that do not have a math-coprocessor. I have done some more searching during my spare time last week. CDW in their advertisement in PC World, issue January 1996, lists Microsoft Fortran v5.1 for a price of $ 148.42. When you call them they state that it is no longer available. Similarly in volume 30 of SciTech Software for Science Microsoft Fortran v5.1 is listed for a price of $ 99. I also called these people and did not take no for an answer. I was able to talk to their "Fortran" specialist, who told me that Microsoft has stopped production of Microsoft Fortran v5.1 as of 9/17/1995 ! The replacement compiler is Fortran Powerstation version 4.0. I guess that we indeed need to have a discussion to decide our "next generation" of Fortran compilers. We have used Lahey to link CROPGRO and CERES into the RZWQM model. So far I have been unable to figure out its Debugging utility yet. We also have used Powerstation version 1.0 to link ADAPT with CROPGRO and CERES. I especially like the debugging utility of Powerstation. Unfortunately you need Windows to operate it and my current notebook has inadequate space on the harddisk to install Windows. For those interested in our Crop Modeling Training Program. Please check out the homepage at http://www.bae.uga.edu/dept/research/cropsim. You can actually register on-line if you want to. Thanks to Jaderick Pabico for putting this together. Gerrit Hoogenboom ======================================================================= Gerrit Hoogenboom Associate Professor Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering The University of Georgia Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797, USA Phone: 770-228-7216 FAX: 770-228-7218 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] =======================================================================