rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) (07/06/87)
>LSP does not work on the Mac II as far as I know, no doubt a fix is in the >works. Yes and no. Like Turbo, Lightspeed Pascal compiles (and how!) programs, but you can't run them. The problem here is the same one that kills MacWrite -- specifically, the two-byte difference in exception stack frame size between the 68K and the 68020. THINK has produced an intermediate version called 1.01, which was a fix designed to work with third-party 68020 upgrades like Novy's and the Levco Prodigy series. It works fine on those, and works fine on the Mac II. The problem is, there are some incompatibilities between Lightspeed Pascal and System 4.1 and the new ROMs (SE and Mac II). This isn't because THINK broke any rules; it's because the implementation of ClearMenuBar() changed, and som important handled data gets trashed, etc, etc. The result is that highlighted text (menu titles/items, buttons) are completely blacked out. There are also a number of interesting graphical effects, but nothing fatal. If you just got a Mac II and you're having problems with LSP, call THINK and they'll help you out. The next release (due Real Soon Now) wil fix all of these problems; the company's working *real hard* on this. Oh yeah -- I'm beta-testing this stuff, but I have no other affiliation with THINK Technologies, other than as a happy user of their products. --Rich R-Squared Development Systems 134 Horseshoe Drive Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (804) 229-2152 [After 6pm eastern time only] Arpanet: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu Uucp: {your fave gateway}!seismo!andrew.cmu.edu!rs4u Disclaimer? I don't even KNOW 'er! "Do you wanna be a cop or a lost cause?" -- Sean Connery, in "The Untouchables"
bordier@imag.UUCP (09/11/87)
We have the following problem when using LightSpeed Pascal on the Mac II :
the menu item "Go" give bomb-like errors with various programs though the
same programs are working correctly when tracing or executing as built
applications.
How can we fix that? Is there exist a new version (Mac II oriented) of LSP?
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Jerome BORDIER
bordier@lsd.imag.fr or bordier@imag.UUCP or {mcvax|inria}!imag!bordierrs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) (09/15/87)
Lightspeed Pascal version 1.0 (the initial release) has serious problems running on a Mac II. There is, fortunately, a recent release that is available directly from THINK; it's also been posted to the various newsgroups and information services. I think the upgrade cost is $10 if you get it directly from THINK, to cover handling charges....\ --Rich ****NOTE: The opinions (if any) stated herein are my own opinions and are in no way representative of my employer's policies. Richard M. Siegel Customer Support Representative THINK Technologies, Inc.
drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (09/15/87)
Think has released an Installer patch for LSP and the moderator has posted a message that it would soon be available here. It is currently available on Genie and CompuServe (and probably other commercial nets as well). Dennis Cohen Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center dBASE Mac Development Team