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In article <216@dasys1.UUCP> rsweeney@dasys1.UUCP (Robert Sweeney) writes:
>In article <1389@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
>> [...]
>>"JRT Pascal" is the classic example of "vaporware".  It is VERY UNLIKELY
>>that "Mystic Pascal" is as good as it sounds.
>
>JRT Pascal wasn't vaporware by the classic definition - it did in fact
>exist.  However, it was advertised as being a more or less "full"
>implementation of the language, when in fact it was nothing of the sort.
>People bought it on such promises, and then discovered its severe
>shortcomings - and got more than a little bit angry.
>

   I agree that JRT wasn't vaporware, but I felt I wasn't ever mislead 
concerning the "fullness" of the product.  I bought the pascal from JRT for
$29.95 after reading quite of bit of information that was available about the
package at the time.  BYTE was giving JRT a lot of ink before and during it's
release.  Also JRT never stated that it was a full Pascal.  For $29.95 which
include an eight inch CP/M disc, mucho software and a resonable manual, I was
quite please.