Date   : Mon, 10 Jun 1985 20:58:43 PDT
From   : "Richard K. Jennings" <jennings@AEROSPACE.ARPA>
Subject: Z-89 and TURBO Pascal Problems (ver 3.00A)

 

This is a summary of the problem I seem to be having with the 

Turbo Pascal version 3.00A for 16 hard Sector CP/M.  The problem 

occurs on Zenith a Z-89 computer of 1978-9 vintage computers.  

Any help would be most appreciated. 

 

1) The terminal has been installed as per the instructions, to a 

'Zenith', which was one of the preset options, and microprocessor 

speed set to 2MHz, correct for H/Z89. 

 

2) The commands were subsequently also installed, the only 

problem arising was the inability to create two keystroke 

commands. As a result I settled with Wordstar secondaries. 

 

3) During experimentation with the editor, two problems arose. 

The first and most bothersome, was when using the 'insert line' 

function (IL on my keypad, as well as the Wordstar secondary), 

the editor would take the current line and place it at the top of 

the page, leaving a blank line in its place. This always seemed 

to happen on the first try. On succeeding trys the editor would 

alternately either correctly insert a line, or place a blank line 

at the top of the screen, shifting the text between the top of 

the screen and the cursor, down one line. As a new text line 

shifted onto the same line as the cursor, it would be blanked 

out, and this whole thing seems to happen on a purely random 

basis, sometimes the insert line worked, sometimes it didn't. 

Also, by refreshing the screen, all text is returned to the 

screen and any blank lines correctly inserted. 

     The second problem resulted in using the block commands. 

After marking a block then leaving it, the cursor could only be 

returned to the block while both were on the same page, (using 

~Q~B), also, movement could only be made to the begining of the 

block, not to the end as indicated by the documentation. 

 

This concludes the description of the problem.  Please foward any 

comments to:    Richard Jennings

                ARPA: jennings@aerospace

                AV: 799-6427   COMM: 408-744-6427