Recently Al Kossow purchased from me an evaluation copy of Turbo Pascal
which was previously evaluated by science fiction author Jerry Pournelle
for his columnin Byte Magazine. With Al's permission, I have reproduced
the text of the letter that came with that copy.
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Borland International
4807 Scots Valley Drive
Scots Valley, California 95066
(408) 438-5400
Telex: 172373
Mr. Jerry Pournelle, November 14, 1983
Science Fact and Fiction
(address censored)
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your interest in our company and especially in our new
product, Turbo Pascal.
I have enclosed the following versions of Turbo Pascal:
1. CP/M 80 on 8-inch SSSD disk for Z80 based systems.
2. CP/M 85 on 8-inch SSSD disk and 5-1/4 inch IBM PC.
3. MS DOS 1.1 version for the IBM PC on a 5-1/4 inch disk.
We have already verified that this version runs on the following
computers: IBM PC, Eagle PC line, Columbia PC, Compaq PC.
4. Test version for the IBM PC using the 8087 math co-processor.
Note that this is only a test version.
We will be very pleased to answer all the questions you might have during
your evaluation
I would like to meet you in person and maybe COMDEX Las Vegas would be a
good oportunity. But my plans for COMDEX Las Vegas are not finalized yet.
Therefore the easiest thing would be for you to let me know where you will
be staying so that we can eventually arrange a meeting.
Sincerely yours,
(signature)
Philippe Kahn
President
P.S. You will find in this shipment the package that our customers
receive for $49.95. We feel it is a good buy!
ENCLOSURE
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David Griffith
dgriffi at
cs.csubak.edu
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