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From: mwizard@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Craig Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal and Quarterdeck or TurboPower Professional
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Date: 23 Feb 91 00:51:09 GMT
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yackob@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Kerry Yackoboski) writes:


>	I use Turbo Pascal 5.5 on a 386, with 4M of EMS and XMS.  I'd
>love to be able to write arrays and pointers, etc., in the extra memory,
>but I'm leery about writing my own routines to manage the memory past
>1 Meg.  Can anyone recommend any third party packages that will enable me
>to access this higher memory with minimal hassle?
>	I've heard about QuarterDeck, but I've never really seen it
>explained.  Any experience with this?  Is this what I want?

	Upgrade to Turbo Pascal 6.0 W/Turbo Vision.  It contains all the
EMS library routines you seek for reaching out into the world.

	Craig