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In article <YWME9fy00V828NVkZe@andrew.cmu.edu> rl1b+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Robert A. Locke") writes:
>Julo,
>
>    Turbo Pascal v2.01 did work on the all Rainbows.  Turbo v4 can be
>used in the command line form (i.e. do not use the interactive editor).
>Of course, I've never used v4 because I don't have the money yet :-(
>but that's what I've been told.
>
>--Rob

   Turbo Pascal V1.0-V4.0B all work on the Rainbow.  According to common
   myth, Turbo Pascal under CP/M was designed on the DEC Rainbow!  I
   have at least 4 different TPs for my machine floating around.

   Turbo V4.0 works just fine.  There had been earlier posted comments
   that the "silent" switch was needed to keep messages from appearing.
   Nope.  Works fine just by saying "tpc foo.pas".  I have a strict
   IBM PC version that runs with no problems.  All the utilities and
   compilers work with the exception of the integrated environment
   (turbo.exe), the TPUMOVER utility, and of course the TINST program.

   Of greatest concern is the TPUMOVER utility.  I haven't gotten it
   to run under CodeBlue (no success with Turbo.Exe, either).  But,
   TurboPower (I believe) has released a generic MS-DOS utility called
   TPINFO with (at the moment) just lists out the items in the .TPU
   units.

   Personally, I do not like the integrated environment (real programmers
   use the command line ;-)  Besides, at another of my jobs, we all
   use Brief or Turbo V3.0 for its quick editor and then compile
   everything using 'tpc'. 

   Bottom line:  You have about $70?  Get Turbo Pascal V4.0 and copy
   it onto Rainbow-readable floppies on the IBM PC (just FORMAT A:/1
   on the PC - you'll get 180K floppies that the Rainbow can read
   with no problem.  You'll need about 6 of these, though!).  Rumor
   also has it that you can order TP4.0 from Borland directly on
   RX50 diskettes if you ask nicely enough.


   On another note, now that there is a real Pascal compiler on the
   market that works on the Rainbow, I hope to be releasing utilities
   and programs I've held off in the past since I didn't want to convert
   them to C or something silly like that.  SOOO.  If anyone is 
   interested in any TOTALLY RAINBOW-SPECIFIC programs, let me know!
   Give me some encouragement!  I haven't made tons of money from
   writing ShareWare programs, but at least I'd like to know if people
   are still interested in the effort.

   Also, post messages or send me an e-mail.... TOPIC OF DISCUSSION:
   What ShareWare-level programs would like to see for the Rainbow
   this year?  You have a machine.  It's a great tool.  You plan on
   keeping it.  What do you need?!  There are dozens if not hundreds
   of Rainbow-programmers out there who would be more than willing
   to help out (myself included).  DON'T LET THIS MACHINE DIE!
   Ok, off the soapbox for awhile...

   Enjoy,
   Alan


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