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Trying to port Mario & Luigi (1994) by Wiering Software from Turbo #Pascal to #FreePascal trunk (i8086), ofc on #DOS: wieringsoftware.nl/mario

Posted on forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/i but got nowhere

I can build it on FPC, but can’t run. Removing call to ReadConfig shows gfx issues and input gets messed. I can’t find a way to debug the realmode properly

May I ask heroes from my feed for some helping hand? @foone @wyatt @root42 @nina_kali_nina

Jeff Duntemann is a longtime technical writer and author, and he recently announced a free ebook about programming.

Jeff's "FreePascal From Square One" is a distillation of several of his other #Pascal books, and an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to learn about #programming

FYI, FreeDOS includes FreePascal!

Here's an interview with Jeff:
technicallywewrite.com/2025/06

Get Jeff's book here:
contrapositivediary.com/?p=539

technicallywewrite.comTechnically We Write

UCSD Pascal: In Depth 3/n

Part 3 - File Formats (text)

What kind of system has a "file format" for text? If you've only worked on modern systems, the idea that a "text file" would be anything other than a bunch of unorganized bytes is probably pretty foreign....

markbessey.blog/2025/05/08/ucs
#pascal #retrocomputing #psystem

markbessey.blog · UCSD Pascal: In Depth 3/nPart 3 – File Formats (text) Previously: Intro, Running Apple Pascal on a modern Mac, The Editor, The Filesystem. What kind of system has a “file format” for text? If you’ve…

It’s not in fashion, but if you’re at all curious about Pascal, Jeff Duntemann has just updated his tutorial book, FreePascal from Square One, and released it for free. See contrapositivediary.com/?p=5399 for details; the book is available from contrapositivediary.com/wp-con and you can visit freepascal.org/ for info on FreePascal, and lazarus-ide.org/ for the Lazarus IDE — both are probably available in your favourite distribution (apt install lazarus in Debian and derivatives).

www.contrapositivediary.comNew Edition of FreePascal From Square One – Jeff Duntemann's Contrapositive Diary

In 1979 BYTE magazine published The BYTE Book of Pascal, an anthology of articles about the language, comparisons with other languages, and lots of source code of programs ranging from Pascal compilers to utilities and games.

A fascinating account of an era when Pascal was still relatively new and promising and programmers were discovering what it could do.

archive.org/details/the-byte-b

Internet ArchiveThe Byte Book Of Pascal : Blaise W. Liffick : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveA collection of 1970s articles in BYTE magazine about or using Pascal for microcomputers.From the back: This book not only provides a general introduction to...