[comp.lang.pascal] TurboPascal V4.0 Works on the DEC Rainbow

iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik) (12/16/87)

   For any of you who still have a Rainbow and wonder if TP4 will
   run... It will!  No problems.  You don't even have to put the
   TPC compiler in /Q (quiet) mode.  I've been using the compiler
   for about 2 weeks and there's been no problem (except using a
   few functions like DELAY which exist in the CRT unit...using the
   CRT unit can hang the program you write because it's expecting
   a different terminal environment...Solution: rewrite some of
   the conflicting routines.)

   BTW, Borland says IT WON'T WORK on the Rainbow.  They lied.  They
   don't care, it appears.  If it doesn't say PC or PS/2 it doesn't
   exist to Borland.  Of course, they probably mean the integrated
   environment compiler won't work.  Maybe yes, maybe no.  I have
   to try to configure the TURBO compiler for monochrome and no
   colors through TINST.  I am sure it'll run under CodeBlue on the
   Rainbow then.  But, after using the environment on the PC....
   Stick with the command-line version.  "Real programmers don't
   use environments...." (NO FLAMES!  It's just a joke, maybe...)

   Enjoy,
   Alan

   Alan I. Vymetalik  @  {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!iav1917
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