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From: lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Orca/Pascal Updates
Message-ID: <5452@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 16 Dec 90 02:17:56 GMT
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In <6350@crash.cts.com> jwana@pro-harvest.cts.com (John Wana) writes:

>I was wondering if anybody knows if byteworks is working on a new version of
>orca/pascal in the near future.

>Also if they are working on a shell that works with system 5.03....ever since
>i've switched the system software, prizm crashes a lot more than usual (i
>haven't gotten a program running yet) and the text shell crashes in the
>editor.

>Also, has anybody ever actually gotten through to the phone number?


Yes, I got through a few weeks ago when I got stuck with something in
Pascal. I actually talked to Mike Westerfield, which surprised me. After
he gave me some hints about how to do what I was trying to do, I was bold
enough to ask about upgrades. He said that since he was finished with
Orca/C for the time being he was very close to releasing upgrades to his
other products. His order of priorities is: (1) Orca/M, (2) Prizm, and
(3) Pascal. He is painfully aware of the problems with Prizm but wanted
to get some things done on the assembler first. Just two days ago, I
received the upgrade offer for Orca/M, so I presume it won't be much
longer before he'll be finished with Prizm. My own guess is that Pascal
probably won't be ready until the spring, but who knows?

Ray
lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu