IBM PC Pascal Compiler

IBM Personal Computer Pascal Compiler was a product in Programmer Tools and Languages series based on Microsoft Pascal compiler.

Version 2 offered crucial enhancements:

• 8087 maths co-processor support
• 32-bit arithmetic
• DOS 2 paths and filenames
• long heap (programs up to 640kB)
• library manager (LIB) and new linker (LINK 2.20)

Versions

• 1981: V 1.00 (6024010), withdrawn (Jun 1984)
• 1984: V 2.00 (6024128), withdrawn from marketing 1987-07-10
• 1987: V 2.02 - includes 3.5" and 5.25" media and fixes to version 2.00

Documentation

• IBM Pascal Compiler Version 1 - 6172272 (Aug 1981)
• IBM Pascal Compiler Version 2
  • Pascal Compiler Fundamentals
  • Pascal Compiler Language Reference

Publications

• Kevin W. Bowyer; Sherryl J. Tomboulian: Pascal for the IBM PC - Brady 1983, ISBN 0-89303-280-8
• David E. Cortesi; George W. Cherry: Personal Pascal: Compiled Pascal for the IBM Personal Computer - Reston 1984, ISBN 0-8359-5523-0
• Jim Conlan: IBM PC Pascal - Wiley 1984, ISBN 0-471-87936-3

Links

• 284-158 (1984-04-03) IBM Personal Computer Programming Enhancements
• 287-104 (1987-04-02) New Compilers and Assembler for IBM Personal Computers and IBM Operating System/2
• Pascal Out Of Memory (OS/2 Museum)