Menu
▾
▴
Tree [a59931] master / History
Brent Muller
brent
Read Me
Apt is an acronym for Automatically Programmed Tools. It is a special-purpose language created to run automatically controlled machine tools such as milling machines and lathes. Apt360 is a port of IBM's Apt program from the 60's that ran on the s/360. References from that era, such as "CARDS" and "TAPE" abound in the code. Apt is considered by many to be obsolete, but it still is good for many tasks a machinist does daily that are not handled easily by modern graphical systems. These include family of parts programs, math-oriented geometry, and 4 and 5 axis contouring. As far as I know, the original source code in Fortran that is included in this package was made public domain by IBM many years ago. As such, that portion of the present package is available for any purpose whatsoever. The c code however, is made available with the GNU GPL. Known Issues: *The TRANTO command currently does not work. *The SYN command is not implemented. However, the perl script unsyn.pl is included to help somewhat. This will probably be eventually incorporated into the 'apt' script. *Large Macros cannot yet be stored to tape as in the original.