Protected Mode Turbo Pascal

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From: Eric A. Raymond
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 02:14

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Any info on the new ("homebrew") DOS extender for Turbo Pascal
mentioned in the press?

Specific questions:
  - Can one source level debug such programs?
  - Is BGI supported?  If so, is it a direct impelmentation or is there
    simply an interface to some real mode code?
  - What sort of flexibility does it have in terms of interrupt
    handling (real/protected mode).
  - Is there a way to share memory between real/protected mode?
  - Are math exceptions and DOS error handling preserved?

Actually, I have no desire to get the Pascal product, but am trying to
infer what might happen with Borland C++ in the near future (which I
would buy).

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