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IBM PC Pascal Compiler

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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  • 1981: V 1.00 (6024010), withdrawn (Jun 1984)
  • 1984: V 2.00 (6024128), withdrawn from marketing 1987-07-10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
  • Neill Graham: Programming the IBM Personal Computer: Pascal - Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1983, ISBN 0-03-061982-3
  • 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)