Prospero Pascal: Difference between revisions

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An ISO Pascal compatible development environment for 16 bit OS/2 v1.x, DOS and the Sinclair QL that included a compiler, linker, librarian, source level debugger and an IDE. The package sold from 1987 to 1998 by Prospero Software Ltd., and was supported until 2003. The PC variant of the toolkit was sold in two different editions. In addition to the ISO standard the Prospero compiler supports some extensions and has a portable graphics library.

Note that the package was based on an earlier DOS version called Pro-Pascal that was also available for CP/M and a few other systems and the toolkit was replaced by Prospero's 32 bit Extended Pascal in the latter half of the 90s although both products were sold side by side for a few years. Pro-Pascal was notable for being the only validated ISO-Pascal available for PCs.

Version

1982: ProPascal
1985: ProPascal V 2.1 (for CP/M and DOS)
1988: 5.2

Version iio 5.2 for OS/2 v1 and MS-DOS

Version iid 5.2 for MS-DOS

Optional libraries

The Prospero DOS Extender Kit v2.1 - Library that allowed the compiler to work with popular DOS extenders or DPMI. (Also works with Prospero FORTRAN 77 v2.1)

Author

George Anthony "Tony" Hetherington
Prospero Software

Links

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-An ISO [[Pascal]] compatible development environment for 16 bit OS/2 v1.x, DOS and the [[Sinclair QL]] that included a compiler, linker, librarian, source level debugger and an IDE. The package sold from 1987 to 1998 by Prospero Software Ltd., and was supported until 2003. The PC variant of the toolkit was sold in two different versions, "Prospero Pascal Version iio" offered both DOS and OS/2 compatibility while "Prospero Pascal Version iid" only worked with [[DOS]]. In addition to the ISO standard the Prospero compiler supports some extensions and has a portable graphics library.
+An ISO [[Pascal]] compatible development environment for 16 bit OS/2 v1.x, DOS and the Sinclair QL that included a compiler, linker, librarian, source level debugger and an IDE. The package sold from 1987 to 1998 by Prospero Software Ltd., and was supported until 2003. The PC variant of the toolkit was sold in two different editions. In addition to the ISO standard the Prospero compiler supports some extensions and has a portable graphics library.
-Note that the package was based on an earlier DOS version called '''Pro-Pascal''' that was also available for [[CP/M]] and a few other systems and the toolkit was replaced by Prospero's 32 bit [[Extended Pascal]] in the latter half of the 90's although both products were sold side by side for a few years. Pro-Pascal was notable for being the only validated ISO-Pascal available for PC's
+Note that the package was based on an earlier DOS version called '''Pro-Pascal''' that was also available for [[CP/M]] and a few other systems and the toolkit was replaced by Prospero's 32 bit [[Extended Pascal]] in the latter half of the 90s although both products were sold side by side for a few years. Pro-Pascal was notable for being the only validated ISO-Pascal available for PCs.
 ==Version==
 * 1982: ProPascal
 * 1985: ProPascal V 2.1 (for CP/M and DOS)
-* Last known version: 5.2
+* 1988: 5.2
+:Version iio 5.2 for OS/2 v1 and MS-DOS
+:Version iid 5.2 for MS-DOS
 ====Optional libraries====
-* '''The Prospero DOS Extender Kit v2.1''' - Library that allowed the compiler to work with popular DOS extenders or [[DPMI]]. (Also Works with [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]] v2.1)
+* '''The Prospero DOS Extender Kit v2.1''' - Library that allowed the compiler to work with popular DOS extenders or [[DPMI]]. (Also works with [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]] v2.1)
 ==Author==
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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207045305/http://www.prosperosoftware.com/p5iix.html Archive of the original Prospero Software Pascal page]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209142757/http://www.prosperosoftware.com/romable.html How to create ROMable code using Prospero Pascal 5.2 or FORTRAN 77 2.1]
 [[Category:DOS Tools]]
-[[Category:Pascal]]
+[[Category:Pascal]][[Category:CP/M Tools]]
-[[Category:Sinclair QL Tools]]
-[[Category:CP/M Tools]]