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From: A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com (John - DeBert)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Microsoft Pascal : Why does it still exis
Message-ID: <14420@cup.portal.com>
Date: 8 Feb 89 08:48:49 GMT
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In article <3804@cbnews.ATT.COM>, shurr@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry Shurr)
writes:

>In article <14238@cup.portal.com> A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com (John - DeBert) writes:
>>In article <2529@nunki.usc.edu> sawant@nunki.usc.edu writes:
>[Why Microsoft Pascal?]
>>Hopfully each version of MS Pascal will work on all MS-DOS machines? Turbo
>>Pascal cannot but works only on IBM PC's & 100% compatibles. TP resolutely
>>refuses to cooperate on my HP-150 running MS-DOS. I'm glad that there is
>>*something* that will run on any MS-DOS machine. 
>
>>There are a lot of MS-DOS machines that are not IBM compatible. (Yes there
>>really are!) They've got to have something to do.
>
>The command line versions should work fine on your machine as long as you
>avoid calling in any PC-specific units (not even Turbo3).  Both versions
>4 and 5 have worked fine on my TI Pro.  Version 3.01A would not work until
>I patched it, though many IBM PC-specific features would not work even then
>(more work needed, but I had what I was after).  Still, it would be nice
>to be able to use the integrated environment and the debugger - I guess
>I'll have to get an IBM PC, anyway (donations welcome).
>
>regards, Larry
>-- 
>Signed: Larry A. Shurr (att!cbnews!cbema!las or osu-cis!apr!las)
>Clever signature, Wonderful wit, Outdo the others, Be a big hit! - Burma Shave
>(With apologies to the real thing.  The above represents my views only.)

I say again: TP will not run on my MS-DOS machine. Borland will not support
it on my machine either. The current version (TP5.whatever) has a box that
tells you that you must have an IBM PC or >100% compatible< running PCDOS
or OS/2. 
I don't want to fiddle with it, kludge it or anything-else-with-it to get it
to run. MS Pascal runs out of the box. 
I can think of other MS-DOS machines that cannot run any Borland product  
at all.

JJD