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From: dconway@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Dan Conway)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal history
Message-ID: <27710002@hpldsla.sid.hp.com>
Date: 7 Feb 91 22:14:19 GMT
References: <1991Feb6.001222.15320@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
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bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) writes:
>>3.0
>>	the first version I know.  One executable, TURBO.COM, 39k,
>>	included library--editor--compiler.  Pretty awesome, eh?
>>	Silly 64k constraint on data and code. No seperate
>>	compilation.  Terrible overlaying.
> 
>  Well, that's not the first edition.  I know Turbo had a 2.?, and
>  possibly even a 1.?, though that's not for sure.

Version 1.0 did exist, but was for CP/M only.
Version 2.0 came out for both CP/M and MS-DOS.  It added support for dispose
(1.0 had mark and release only).  It also added limited graphics support in
the MS-DOS version only.  I read an article in Dr. Dobb's a few years ago that
mentioned that the original compiler was written by a consulting firm in
Denmark.

> Bob Beauchaine
> bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM

Dan Conway
dconway@hpldsln.sid.hp.com