Date   : Wed, 12 Mar 1986 07:52:14 EST
From   : Robert Bloom AMSTE-TEI 3775 <rbloom@apg-1.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Pascal for CP/M?

I have to second Tom Reid's answer about Pascals - Turbo is the best
available and is cheap besides.  If you run a IBM-clone it is very
cheap - of the order of $29 from mail order houses.

On the other hand, if it's CP/M-80 that you're looking for not CP/M-88
or -86; it a bit more expensive.  I went through a long painfull  process
to buy a CP/M-80 version at a reasonable price - best I could do was
$59 from Programmers Shop.  (Good place to deal with - most places don't
know what CP/M is - one dodo even asked if it was IBM-compatible!)

Alternately, dealling directly with Borland is not too bad either - if
I were to do it all again I would probably deal direct and hange the hassle.
BTW, it really is as good as all the reviews say.  I'm not a pro programmer,
had to buy it for a college course I'm taking as I couldn't get to
the supplied computer...

(I hesitate to say this, but there *is* a P.D. Pascal compiler in the
simtel20 archives SIG/M vol something-or-the-other.  It is JRT Pascal and
I've been told it's not worth the 'cost' of downloading.  I haven't tried
it, and know of no one that likes or uses it.)