tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post46131130727045347..comments2024-03-10T08:33:47.120-07:00Comments on It's a blong, blong, blong road...: Nostalgia. Is it just a thing of the past?blonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865043713752235355noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-31534909438874737362014-04-21T15:38:59.627-07:002014-04-21T15:38:59.627-07:00that is true. A lot of people maybe not understand...that is true. A lot of people maybe not understand that, however I have worked with CPM computer with COBOL or TP 1.5 and we made exacly the same thing we have today. Actually, the software at that time had more options, from business standpoint. Today we have all these graphic stuff but takes forever to catch up with the same funcionalites we had at that era...Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575255599537554561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-38618715694798745422014-04-21T15:36:49.953-07:002014-04-21T15:36:49.953-07:00Nostalgia... :) I met pascal in CP/M with Turbo P...Nostalgia... :) I met pascal in CP/M with Turbo Pascal 1.5 !!!<br /><br />It had a simple menu of options (like Wordstar) with 1, 2, 3... etc... So simple. The code were tiny and really fast. <br /><br />We have ported that compiler to other CP/M machines. TP 1.5 used the alternate z80 registers for floating point. We changed that behavior in order to support networking. CP/M used interrupts and used z80 alternate registers as a way to swap and attend the interrupt...<br /><br />Object Vision was my base for development for many years... a lot of people never knew about that. It was amazingly powerfull.<br /><br />I am still have applications that run based on concepts I got from Object Vision... long time ago...<br /><br />Long road to XE5, lets where we go more...Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575255599537554561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-53681374832788845662013-09-27T01:10:39.726-07:002013-09-27T01:10:39.726-07:00Speaking of nostalgia, bitsavers just released a w...Speaking of nostalgia, bitsavers just released a whole bunch of Apple ][ era PDFs on their RSS feed: http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/vintage/bitsavers.xmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244706419710554421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-34988576784702681662013-09-27T00:28:57.599-07:002013-09-27T00:28:57.599-07:00Nowdays the entire Help is an easter egg.Nowdays the entire Help is an easter egg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-22372061404938404242013-09-26T13:44:42.107-07:002013-09-26T13:44:42.107-07:00For those who may be interested, the TP 5.5 Object...For those who may be interested, the TP 5.5 Object-Oriented Programming Guide is also to be found here:<br />http://edn.embarcadero.com/print/images/20803/TP_55_OOP_Guide.pdf<br /><br />I scanned the book, did the OCR, fixed all the OCR errors (I think), and put together the PDF which I offered back to David I some years ago.William Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461907300761131481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-12764740423674954972013-09-26T12:07:07.429-07:002013-09-26T12:07:07.429-07:00Back when someone at Borland knew how to write man...Back when someone at Borland knew how to write manuals, and anyone there cared at all. <br /><br />Apologies to the current documentation team, but please PLEASE read the manuals for TP4 and TP7 (and BPW 7.0 and Delphi 1) - that is how it is done. C Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853768304794693097.post-88187346006595540642013-09-26T04:47:00.439-07:002013-09-26T04:47:00.439-07:00LOL (: I have a whole list of http://wiert.me/cate...LOL (: I have a whole list of http://wiert.me/category/history/bitsavers-org/ entries on my blog. Could go on forever, but it is fun to see those old materials again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244706419710554421noreply@blogger.com