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Re: TP/BP7 CRT bug - no source code available - a possible fix

#425
From: Pedt Scragg
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00
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In comp.lang.pascal.borland, Osmo Ronkanen spluttered:
>In article <2RfxPAA3kDS2Yw$s@pedt.demon.co.uk>,
>Pedt Scragg  <newsmaster@pedt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>There have been a number of requests for solving the RTE 200 bug in the
>>CRT unit when source is not available.
>>
>>ISTM that Osmo Ronkanen's code for the fdelay unit could also be used as
>>a program 

>I have to test it.  I just made the same thing myself:
>
>{$M 1100,0,0}
>
>uses dos;  { better not use CRT :-) }
>
<program snipped>

Nice one Osmo. 

Maybe not as easy to understand for non-experts as using paramstr but
far neater and smaller in code & data usage that what I came up with.
Also saves having to specify the .exe extension to files.

-- 
Pedt Scragg

Never challenge a porcupine to an ass-kicking contest
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From: Pedt Scragg <newsmaster@pedt.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: TP/BP7 CRT bug - no source code available - a possible fix
Date: 1998/11/10
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