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From: gmcaulif@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Garrett Mcauliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal 5.0 and Turbo Technix
Summary: Yes, Turbo Technix is gone.
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Date: 15 Oct 88 19:14:53 GMT
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In article <940@ritcv.UUCP> dgr0093@ritcv.UUCP (Michelangelo H. Jones) writes:
>The Borland manuals were better (thinner, but still thick paperbacks, 5 volumes
>taking about 6 or 7 inches of shelf space.)

Except, their new manual for Turbo Assembler--the example programs they
list are filled with little bugs.  It would make learning assembler for
the novice a REAL nuisance.  I wish Borland got on the ball with this!!!

>But what I want to know is, what's this about Turbo Technix being cancelled?
>I subscribe, and I didn't see any mention in the latest issue (the latest
>issue I have is the one describing the directory search engine in TP5 and
>announcing the new languages). That would be a truly sad thing if true, for
....

Yes, it's true.  I've heard Borland's been cutting back on its staff, and
the staff of Turbo Technix was one of their cuts...  Very unfortunate, for
I haven't seen such a quality magazine out in years (and never one for the
IBM programming languages).  I called Borland, and they confirmed that they
no longer publish the magazine.  I think everyone should write them and
try to get them to put it back together....

Garrett