Hi...

I'm in charge of maintaining a legacy Fido mailer called D'Bridge.

I'd love to add BinkP functionality, but the problem is that DB was written in Turbo Pascal 5.0.

Now I know that someone wrote a Winsock library for Microsoft QuickBasic, so I'm wondering if anyone has done the same thing for Pascal.

If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo Pascal 5.0?

*Nick*

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Re: Turbo Pascal 5.0
By: Nick Andre to All on Thu Nov 10 2005 12:15 pm

If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo Pascal 5.0?

I know there are winsock interface's available for Virtual Pascal and Free pascal. What are the chances DB would port easily to one of those? (Just google for either and you'll find links to winsock's. both are free)

Shawn
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Nick,

*** Quoting Nick Andre from a message to All ***

If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo
Pascal 5.0?

Maybe you should try using Turbo Pascal 7.0 - might have more luck. I've seen TCP/IP stuff for Virutal Pascal and Delphi, but not much for TP. I know it's out there...try looking at Programmer's Paradise (www.programmersparadise.com) - they have some good stuff there.

Later,
Sean

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If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo Pascal

5.0?

I know there are winsock interface's available for Virtual Pascal and
Free
pascal. What are the chances DB would port easily to one of those? (Just google for either and you'll find links to winsock's. both are free)

I just finished tonight migrating DB over from Borland Pascal 5.0 to 5.5, without any hitches, but when I tried to move up to 7.0, I run into two problems. The first is that theres too many symbols (the original author made heavy use of global variables, and changing them would require massive retooling), and the other problem is the inline assembly language code. Tp7 stops on statements such as:

var
FreeSegofs : Segofs absolute FreePtr;
^^^^^^^^

I'm not really an expert Pascal programmer, but it looks to me like TP7 doesn't
like the way assembly language code is handled from the 5.5 compile.

So that is what appears to be the two fundimental problems I'm having... DB was
written with the TurboPower units to handle ISAM code and sharing and a few other things, and theres heavy use of assembly language for Zmodem CRC checking
and some other functions.
I figured if I could get DB to compile under TP7, then moving to Virtual/Free pascal should have little to no issues.

*Nick*

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Maybe you should try using Turbo Pascal 7.0 - might have more luck. I've seen TCP/IP stuff for Virutal Pascal and Delphi, but not much for TP. I
know it's out there...try looking at Programmer's Paradise (www.programmersparadise.com) - they have some good stuff there.

Later,
Sean

Wrote Shawn Highfield a message about that. ;) Thats what I'm having a problem with right now, is the original author's liberal use of global variables (theres a TON of them), and the inline assembly code thats scattered throughout
the source.

I sent you an email with my latest compile attached, so at least you can see all the corrections and bugs I finally solved. :)

*Nick*

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Hello, Nick.

Thursday November 10 2005 21:52, you wrote to me:

I sent you an email with my latest compile attached, so at least you
can see all the corrections and bugs I finally solved. :)

I don't know if you got my email, but DB won't run on my system. My email explains why.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Nick,

Now I know that someone wrote a Winsock library for Microsoft
QuickBasic, so I'm wondering if anyone has done the same thing
for Pascal.

If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo
Pascal 5.0?

Maybe something like EleBBS could give you ideas on this kinda
stuff... If you'd like the source code I can email it too you... It's
written in pascal and has internet connectivity so it maybe of help
and can compile for os/2 w32 linux... Maybe not what your after but it
may give you ideas...

Give me an email address and I'll send it off if you want it...

Lata, badnewsbbs@westnet.com.au
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telnet ftp news http://badnews.bbs.us

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Re: Re: Turbo Pascal 5.0
By: Nick Andre to Shawn Highfield on Thu Nov 10 2005 09:50 pm

retooling), and the other problem is the inline assembly language code. Tp7 stops on statements such as:
FreeSegofs : Segofs absolute FreePtr;
^^^^^^^^

Do you have Free Pascal installed by any chance? There is a switch on it that is supposed to "emulate" older borland pascal compilers. I /think/ it's fpc -So file.pas but please check the documentation. One of my old doors ported fine once I found that switch.

other things, and theres heavy use of assembly language for Zmodem CRC check and some other functions.
I figured if I could get DB to compile under TP7, then moving to Virtual/Fre pascal should have little to no issues.

Yeah, your probably right... Sorry I dont have anything else to suggest.

Shawn
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Hello, Nick.
Thursday November 10 2005 21:52, you wrote to me:

I sent you an email with my latest compile attached, so at least you
can see all the corrections and bugs I finally solved. :)

I don't know if you got my email, but DB won't run on my system. My
email explains why.

Got it, I'm working on a solution. :)

*Nick*

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Quoting Nick Andre to All <=-

@MSGID: 1:229/426 00000052
Hi...

I'm in charge of maintaining a legacy Fido mailer called D'Bridge.

I'd love to add BinkP functionality, but the problem is that DB was written in Turbo Pascal 5.0.
Now I know that someone wrote a Winsock library for Microsoft
QuickBasic, so I'm wondering if anyone has done the same thing for
Pascal.
If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo Pascal

I've not heard of such other than the ASYNC folks they
may have (if they continued it) done something like
that. But my version is 8-9 years old.

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Quoting Nick Andre to Shawn Highfield <=-

@MSGID: 1:229/426 00000054

If not, is it possible to write a Winsock interface for Turbo Pascal

5.0?

I know there are winsock interface's available for Virtual Pascal and
Free
pascal. What are the chances DB would port easily to one of those? (Just google for either and you'll find links to winsock's. both are free)

I just finished tonight migrating DB over from Borland Pascal 5.0 to
5.5, without any hitches, but when I tried to move up to 7.0, I run
into two problems. The first is that theres too many symbols (the
original author made heavy use of global variables, and changing them would require massive retooling), and the other problem is the inline assembly language code. Tp7 stops on statements such as:
var
FreeSegofs : Segofs absolute FreePtr;
^^^^^^^^

I'm not really an expert Pascal programmer, but it looks to me like
TP7 doesn't like the way assembly language code is handled from the
5.5 compile.
So that is what appears to be the two fundimental problems I'm
having... DB was written with the TurboPower units to handle ISAM code
and sharing and a few other things, and theres heavy use of assembly language for Zmodem CRC checking and some other functions. I figured
if I could get DB to compile under TP7, then moving to Virtual/Free
pascal should have little to no issues.

You go from bp7 to tp5.5? Wow. That's a DOWNgrade not a upgrade.
Surprised you'd have to do this? Why?


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if I could get DB to compile under TP7, then moving to Virtual/Free pascal should have little to no issues.

You go from bp7 to tp5.5? Wow. That's a DOWNgrade not a
upgrade.
Surprised you'd have to do this? Why?

D'Bridge was never written in TP7, it was originally written in BP 5.0. I never
used TP7 nor can I use it at all. I'm having a serious problem with the inline/assembly code that is preventing me from migrating to TP 7.0.

I recently went from 5.0 to 5.5, although thats not enough of a difference to solve the problem.

*Nick*

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`07*** Quoting Nick Andre from a message to Scott Adams ***`07

if I could get DB to compile under TP7, then moving to Virtual/Free pascal should have little to no issues.

You go from bp7 to tp5.5? Wow. That's a DOWNgrade not a
upgrade.
Surprised you'd have to do this? Why?

D'Bridge was never written in TP7, it was originally written in BP 5.0
I never used TP7 nor can I use it at all. I'm having a serious problem
with the inline/assembly code that is preventing me from migrating to

I recently went from 5.0 to 5.5, although thats not enough of a differ
to solve the problem.

*Nick*

I used tp3..4..5...5.5..6..7 I believe those versions over the year but jumped to bp7. Didn't know they had a bp5.

As to inline I don't do any of that stuff anymore. Haven't in years. Best thing to do is study assembly in depth. Learn the registers. Learn the various aspects and the various interrupts. Then it should fall in place. I took a college assembly course so learned it then. But today I've not used it maybe 5-6 years if that. Bp7 never used it. Tp yeah. I'd have to dig up those old archives to refresh. Right now getting more into delphi which of course doesn't need asm.

Good luck.

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