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Subject: Turbo Pascal
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 19:54:17 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 19:54:17 1984
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From:  Robert A. Dukelow <dukelow%cod@Nosc>

I sent two letters to Borland regarding a bug which I have already
discussed on the net. I received responses to both in relatively short
times.  It's nice to know that there really are people out there that
have some concern for their customers. Wonder how long it will last.

The first response attempted to explain why there really wasn't a bug,
the second was rather vague concerning the bug, but did provide
information about the planned new release which others may be
interested in. Following is a quote from the letter.

     We Plan on letting Turbo 2.0 go around May or June.
     The update will contain an editor that does what we
     say it will, overlays, 8087 support, isam structure,
     windows, sound, color, graphics, and an installation
     program for your applications. It will cost about
     $30.00.

I suppose that the size of the system will now increase to 35K or 36K
and the compile speed will drop to only 2K lines per minute. Oh well,
it was nice while it lasted.

The above was concerning the IBM-PC version of Turbo. I don't know what
(if any) applies to the CP/M version. They also confirmed that they
have dropped the additional license requirement for distributing
programs compiled by Turbo.

I also recently purchased the CP/M version. With it I got a "coupon"
for a free ($5.00 for shipping and handling) update. A friend says he
got a similar coupon for the IBM version he just purchased. I don't
know how this relates to the $30.00 indicated in the letter from
Borland.

Bob Dukelow