GTI@PSUVM.BITNET (Leon Geesey) (01/14/88)
I was wondering if Borland had released the developers pack? I ordered
it, but haven't heard anything about it... I haven't even heard anything
in this newsgroup about anyone receiving it
Leon
hirayama@suvax1.UUCP (01/17/88)
in article <29831GTI@PSUVM>, GTI@PSUVM.BITNET (Leon Geesey) says: > > I was wondering if Borland had released the developers pack? I ordered > it, but haven't heard anything about it... I haven't even heard anything > in this newsgroup about anyone receiving it > A friend of mine ordered both TP 4.0 and the Developer's Library from Borland. The last time I spoke with him, he still had not received either from Borland. He's called them a few times and they told him that (a) He should be receiving TP 4.0 soon and (b) the Developer's Toolkit/Library would be sent to him later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Pat Hirayama - Seattle University E-Mail: ...!dataio!suvax1!hirayama USNail: 28625-47th Place South, Auburn, WA 98001-1140 Blessed is the end user who does not expect much, for they will not be disappointed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bird@kksys.UUCP (0000-Mike Bird) (01/17/88)
In article <29831GTI@PSUVM> GTI@PSUVM.BITNET (Leon Geesey) writes: >I was wondering if Borland had released the developers pack? I ordered >it, but haven't heard anything about it... I called Borland last week since I was wondering where my DataBase toolbox was. They said it was due for release in mid-February. This line is placed here strictly to get the message out inews... -- ================================================================================ Mike Bird (These opinions are mine, dammit!) Mail paths: bird@kksys.UUCP -or- Void where prohibited by law. ...rutgers!meccts!kksys!bird
wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) (01/19/88)
I received my copy of Turbo Pascal 4.0 about 2 weeks ago. When talking to Borland they indicated that orders far exceeded their expectations. I have also received Turbo C 1.5 but am still awaiting Quatro. Bill Wilson
dnelson@ddsw1.UUCP (Douglas Nelson) (01/23/88)
Wow, another Borland xDfanatic! Here at work I have recently purchased Borland's spreadsheet "Quattro." Excellent product, with that Borland "feel" that all the other products have. On of the many good things about it is that it has two modes. One is the Borland Quattro mode, where there are enhanced commands, then there is the 1-2-3 mode, and you can imagine what popular spreadsheet that mimics. The advantage to this is that after training 50% of our office personal with Lotus, we need not un-learn them the commands that they had just been taught, since the menus appear and work identically to what they were taught when running Quattro in the 1-2-3 mode. I am hot to pick up Turbo C 1.5, I have 1.0, which was great, nice programming environment, but I have found several bugs in it, and it is also somewhat limited in it's graphic/screen control ability. Still a winner at my desk though. Turbo Pascal is undoubtedly the standard on the MS-Dos machines for Pascal. Apparently the original copies of Turbo Pascal 4.0 were recalled, due to some type of bug that turned out to be somewhat major. I sincerely like Borland products, due to them being comfortable for the first time user as well as the more seasoned. I have had only a little contact with their customer service, and what little I had was excellent. Glad to see some other enthusiasm towards them. -Doug Douglas Nelson oddjob!gargoyle!ddsw1!dnelson@hao.ucar.edu Sender:
mhg@mitre-bedford.arpa (Mark H. Granoff) (01/25/88)
Douglas Nelson writes: >Apparently the original copies of Turbo Pascal 4.0 were recalled, due to >some type of bug that turned out to be somewhat major. Has anyone heard this before? As a TP4.0 owner, I'd like to know if my copy is a *pre* or *post* bug-fix release. The creation dates of the effected files would be helpful. I think the dates on mine are 12/16/87; I haven't had any trouble ...yet. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mark H. Granoff Member of the Technical Staff | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | USMAIL: The MITRE Corporation | ARPAnet: mhg @ mitre-bedford.ARPA | | Burlington Rd. | UUCP : linus!mbunix!mhg | | M/S B015 |-----------------------------------| | Bedford, MA 01730 | A T & T: (617) 271 - 7030 | +--------------------------- Disclaimer ------------------------------+ |The views expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect | | those of my employer. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (01/29/88)
Well, the I've seen messages on CIS from several people who had recieved their copies of the Editor Toolbox a week or so ago. And we received our copies of both the Database Toolbox and the Graphix Toolbox early this week. We're still waiting for Turbo Tutor (*that* we don't mind waiting for!) and the Numerical Methods Toolbox. -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard CIS: [70465,203] "I used to be a hacker. Now I'm a 'microcomputer specialist'. You know... I'd rather be a hacker."
stephenk@ntcsd1.UUCP (Stephen Keilholz) (02/01/88)
In article <540@kksys.UUCP> bird@kksys.UUCP (0000-Mike Bird) writes: > >I called Borland last week since I was wondering where my DataBase >toolbox was. They said it was due for release in mid-February. > I placed my order for TP4.0, the Database Toolbox, and the Graphix Toolbox sometime late October. I received the Compiler the second week in January and just received the Toolboxes last week (Jan 27th). The major changes to the Database toolbox are twofold; First, the sort routines have been unitized with the old forward declared routines now passed as function pointers to the sort routine in the unit. Second, the database routines now use long integers to link/identify deleted records rather than integers. This expands the number of records it will handle but requires that the data files be converted (minor problem at best) to run under the new toolbox. I originally purchased the Graphix Toolbox to support my Hercules graphics (which Borland did not provide with TP3.x). Now that I have this, I no longer need the routines in the Toolbox. Anyone know if Borland will take it back with the reason that they made my use for it obsolete? Stephen Keilholz (Standard disclaimer about being a satisfied user and all that stuff) P.S. I don't mail to myself so I don't know how. Where am I, anyway?