I'd suggest "Oh! Pascal" by Doug Cooper (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393954455/qid=1035325921 /sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_7/103-5078007-7222227?v=glance&n=507846) The second edition is from 1985 and is a generic Pascal text. It was the course text for one of my classes way back when and is an excellent resource. It may be more of a text then a reference, but if I remember correctly (I probably still have my copy boxed somewhere inaccessible), it will suffice as both. I saw several used copies on Amazon (the link above) for under $1.50. Erik S. Klein www.vintage-computer.com -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dwight K. Elvey Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:08 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: good book on Pascal Hi I'm looking for a good reference book on Pascal. I'm looking for something in the 1982 to 1985 time range. The Pascal, I have, is said to be MS-Pascal. I didn't know that they did a Pascal but it may have been someone elses that they OEM'd. I don't think it is Turbo Pascal so don't suggest your favorite TP book. Of course, it isn't on a x86 machine so there may be differences. I am mostly interested in the kind of things one would normally find in the object library that one would use with this compiler. They mention that it is a shared library with MS-FORTRAN. Information on FORTRAN libraries might also be useful. Thanks Dwight

Dwight, MS did make Pascal and it did share some utilities and files with Fortran so that's probably what you have. Sorry I can't recommend a book since most of my work was with HP and Turbo Pascal. FWIW I went to library sale today and found a IBM BASIC compiler package. Joe At 03:08 PM 10/22/02 -0700, you wrote: