hamilton@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (11/02/88)
asgard@cpro says: > In article <190@imspw6.UUCP>, bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) writes: > ; J.R. Stoner: COG Gateway, Hayward, CA writes: > ; >In 1982 CompuPro introduced a multiple-user system based on the dual > ; >processor (85/88) which ran Concurrent CPM release 3.1 as its native OS > ; >starting about 1985. This was essentially "compatible" to the DOS 1.1 > ; >level, meaning some INT21 functions worked as they would on your XT. > ; > ; and goes on to fault Borland for not supporting this device with Turbo > ; Pascal versions beyond 3.0. I've got to confess here, Turbo Pascal 4.1 > ; doesn't run on my old slide-rule either; I can't begin to tell you how > ; much sleep I've lost over this. > ; Ted Holden > > However, if you had read my original posting, you would have seen that TURBO > did run correctly in a prior version of their compiler and their change to > 3.1 essentially broke what used to be a working and useful tool for what > appeared to be no reasons. > huh? did 3.1 jump out of the box and reformat your 3.0 disk? did someone hold a gun to your head to force you to throw 3.0 away? if 3.0 was a working and useful tool before 3.1, what made it unworking or useless afterward? wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!osiris!hamilton ARPA: hamilton@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%osiris@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703