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- Documentation for Turbo Pascal programs -- 3/17/85
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- I hereby release the programs in this library to the Public Domain.
-
- Wm Meacham, Reliance Software Services, 1004 Elm Street, Austin, Tx 78703.
-
- Here are several programs written in Turbo Pascal (CP/M version) on a
- Kaypro computer. Some I wrote because I needed something done, some I
- wrote to explore the compiler, and some I wrote just for the hack value.
-
- DEL.COM / DEL.PAS
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- When you are in the TURBO environment you can view the disk directory but
- you can't delete files. This program allows you to delete a file; from the
- TURBO menu, type "X," then "DEL." The program prompts you for a filename
- to delete. You must give it an unambiguous filename -- no wild cards.
-
- PRIME.PAS / PRIME.COM
-
- The "Eratosthenes sieve" benchmark from Byte magazine to test compiler
- efficiency in producing cpu-intensive code. Dramatically fast!
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- PRTFILE.PAS / PRTFILE.COM
-
- I needed to print a text file double spaced and couldn't use Perfect Writer
- because the whole thing was formatted (single spaced) for Verbatim mode, so
- I wrote this program. It does just about everything the well-known public
- domain program L.COM does with the addition that you can specify line
- spacing. A disadvantage of high-level languages is shown in the executable
- file size -- 9K vs 2K for L.COM. I had to work out how to expand tabs
- correctly and how to deal with embedded formfeed characters.
-
- RENAME.PAS / RENAME.COM
-
- You can't rename a file from within the TURBO environment, so I wrote this
- program to do it. From the TURBO menu, type "X," then "Rename," then
- follow the prompts.
-
- SORTTEXT.PAS / SORTTEXT.COM
-
- I needed to sort a list of names, so I wrote this to do it; it sorts any
- text file. The sort is done entirely in core, so there is a limit to the
- file size, set by the constant maxlines. Try increasing maxlines and
- recompiling -- I don't know how big you can get before you run out of core.
- Note -- it sorts on the ASCII collating sequence, so "BLUEBERRY" comes
- before "apple."
-
- STARS.PAS / STARS.COM
-
- This is a truly fun game -- a combination of thought-provoking "brain
- teaser" and shoot-em-up arcade game. It displays a 3-by-3 grid and you
- change stars (asterisks) to black holes (apostrophes) by shooting them,
- which is done with the numeric keypad. The object is to get all stars
- surrounding one black hole. I modified it from a version I found on a
- Pascal/Z user group disk.
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- XYZZY.COM
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- I don't have the source for this; I found it on a public domain disk
- somewhere. For the Adventure fans out there.
- nu, type "X," then "Rename," then
- follow the prompts.
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- SORTTEXT.PAS /