ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett Person) (06/06/89)
I need some info. I have the Editor Toolbox for Turbo Pascal 4.0, as well as Turbo 4.0. I tried to compile the various editors on 640K zenith machine. None would run. Most of the time, they locked the machine so solid that the three fingered salute didn't work. Then I compiled them on a true blue IBM PC. Worked fine. My question: What's different about the two machines that TP couldn't compile on the Zenith, but could on the IBM? The Turbo configurations are identical. The config.sys files are identical. The autoexec.bat files are identical except for the program to set the date/time from a date/time card. Any ideas? -- Brett G. Person North Dakota State University uunet!ndsuvax!ncperson | ncperson@ndsuvax.bitnet | ncperson@plains.nodak.edu
leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (06/08/89)
In article <2716@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett Person) writes:
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<I need some info. I have the Editor Toolbox for Turbo Pascal 4.0, as well
<as Turbo 4.0. I tried to compile the various editors on 640K zenith machine.
<None would run. Most of the time, they locked the machine so solid that the
<three fingered salute didn't work. Then I compiled them on a true blue IBM
<PC. Worked fine.
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<My question: What's different about the two machines that TP couldn't
<compile on the Zenith, but could on the IBM? The Turbo configurations are
<identical. The config.sys files are identical. The autoexec.bat files are
<identical except for the program to set the date/time from a date/time card.
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<Any ideas?
Many of the older Zenith machines are compatible at the _DOS_ level, but
not at the _BIOS_ level. Bios compatibility is *required* by TP4 and
TP5.
If you can rewrite the code to avoid using the CRT unit, you may be able
to compile it. As a last resort, you can buy the source to the TP5
libraries (for $150) and rewrite them to work with your machine.
--
Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
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"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools.
Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Shortdavidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) (06/10/89)
I received a copy of a Turbo Pascal Unit called DOSCrt from Borland. (It had been posted to CompuServe, where I did not have access, so they mailed me a hardcopy listing.) It has most of what the Crt unit has (primarily using ANSI and DOS routines) except for Windows, Sound and Delay PROCEDUREs and FUNCTIONs. I use it exclusively for my programming so that my programs will run on systems that are DOS but not BIOS compatible.