billw@seattleu.edu (Bill Weinberger) (03/26/91)
The following is from the BPROGA Forum on Compuserve:
BORLAND ANNOUNCES TURBO PASCAL FOR WINDOWS
Brings Windows Within Every Programmer's Reach
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - March 18, 1991 - Borland
International (NASDAQ:BORL) announced today Turbo Pascal for
Windows, a new programming environment that allows millions of
computer programmers to easily develop programs for the Microsoft
Windows operating system.
Turbo Pascal for Windows streamlines Windows development
through the use of ObjectWindows, an object-oriented Application
Program Interface (API) that dramatically reduces the amount of
code required for Windows applications.
"With the introduction of Turbo Pascal for Windows, Borland
is once again extending its leadership role in providing Windows
products using Object-Oriented Programming," said Philippe Kahn,
Borland's chairman, president and CEO. "With three Windows
products, Turbo Pascal for Windows, Borland C++ and ObjectVision,
Borland provides a Windows application development solution for
everyone -- from professional programmers to end-users."
Turbo Pascal for Windows is exclusively designed for Windows
development and does not require the Microsoft Software
Development Kit (SDK). The product is available for IBM personal
computers and 100 percent compatibles under Windows 3.0 or later.
It runs in protected mode on an 80286 or higher processor, and
requires a hard disk, 2 MB memory, EGA, Hercules, or VGA graphics
and mouse (or other pointing device).
"Turbo Pascal for Windows features the world's first
mainstream Windows Integrated Development Environment," said Gene
Wang, vice president of Borland's Languages Business Unit. "By
integrating the speed and ease of Turbo Pascal with a new
graphical user interface, we will enable millions of DOS
programmers to break into Windows."
Pricing and Special Offer
Turbo Pascal for Windows has a suggested retail price of
$249.95 in the U.S. and Canada and will be available later this
month. The product will be offered in the U.S. and Canada for a
limited time at the special price of $99.95 for registered owners
of any Borland language. The product will be available in
German, French, Danish, Swedish and Japanese versions later this
year.
Major Features of Turbo Pascal for Windows
* ObjectWindows reduces the amount of Windows code required by
providing predefined objects for windows, menus, dialogs,
controls, data management and more.
* Windows Integrated Development Environment enables the
programmer to create, edit, compile and run programs all
from within the Windows environment.
* The Whitewater Resource Toolkit enables the user to create
and manage customized dialog boxes, menus, icons, bitmaps
and other Windows resources visually, without programming.
* Turbo Debugger for Windows provides the programmer with
Windows message trapping, reverse execution, object
hierarchy browser and inspectors.
* Help Compiler allows programmers to create their own on-line
help systems.
* Turbo Help provides the programmer with an on-line hypertext
help system documenting all aspects of programming including
every Windows API function.
Third Party Support
Turbo Pascal for Windows will be supported by third-party
library and tool vendors as well as trade, professional and
college text publishers. Numerous books are under development
about programming using Turbo Pascal for Windows. Among these
are Turbo Pascal for Windows 3.0 Programming by Tom Swan; a
Borland/Bantam book Turbo Pascal for Windows Bible, from Howard
W. Sams & Co.; and Using Turbo Pascal for Windows from Que
Corporation.
Borland International, Inc. (Scotts Valley, Calif.) is a
leading developer of object-oriented business software and
programming languages. Borland offers some of the world's most
widely user PC software, including Borland C++, Turbo C++, Turbo
Pascal, Paradox, ObjectVision, Quattro Pro and Sidekick.
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+++ A Waffle Iron, Model 1.64 +++rja@altair.cho.ge.com (Ran Atkinson) (03/26/91)
This sort of posting should ONLY be posted to comp.newprod because there are restrictions on the use of the Internet and other networks for "commercial purposes" and commercial product announcements are clearly commercial. While Borland is clearly not at fault in this case, I think that it is worth posting once as a reminder to well intentioned others that we need to avoid such postings outside of comp.newprod The actual effect of such postings is to place at risk the future access of many readers of USENET to USENET newsgroups and it just isn't worth it. Please try to avoid the purely commercial postings outside comp.newprod. A general posting that just says "Such and such product has been announced, go read the posting in comp.newprod for details" is probably safe, but posting the commercial note to any other group can hurt other net.users. It has been the case already that some sites have been forced to disconnect because of such commercial postings and other sites are at high risk because of regional network policy or company policy on "commercial use". Some of the NSF regionals are included in the "commercial use" restricted group. Please try to be considerate of others. Ran Atkinson randall@Virginia.EDU