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From: CDCKAB%EMUVM1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu ( Karl Brendel)
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Subject: (R)Re: Turbo Pascal 6.0
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Date: 24 Oct 90 17:51:05 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.131009.27687@maytag.waterloo.edu>
  Duncan Murdoch <dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu> writes:

>In article <1990Oct23.013846.22798@agate.berkeley.edu>
> magid@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid) writes:
>>
>>       I understand that TP 6.0 is well into its beta testing stage by
>>now. Does anyone know for sure whether one can write windows 3 programs
>>with it? What is new?   When will it be released?  Will Borland force
>>TP5.5 owners to fork out a fortune for the upgrade?  Any info will be
>>appreciated.
>
>There have been lots of rumours in PC Week and Infoworld, all but one
>of which haven't been confirmed by Borland.  Here's the list from
>memory:
>
stuff deleted
>
>I've probably missed one or two rumours, but there's not long to wait
>anyways.

Material that appears to be direct excerpts from the beta read.me files
was recently posted on a BBS network. The one item of interest which I
have not seen mentioned elsewhere was the provision of a protected mode
version of the compiler, "TPCX", which "enables you to build very large
real mode programs from the command-line.

However (TAKE NOTE): "TPCX is included in the professional version
only." One can hope that there will be some special consideration to
those who have recently upgraded the non-Pascal portions of the
"professional package" (TD, TA, TPROF), but I wouldn't count on it. ;(.

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