--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00017 Date: 11/09/96 From: BRAD CLARKE Time: 10:40am \/To: TOMMY USHER (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi Costs <** On 01-Nov-96, Tommy Usher said to Alex Vasitch: **> TU>Developer adds a few TU>libraries, including a math one that I cannot understand them leaving TU>out of Desktop What is in this math library? Is it for scientific calcualtions or business calculations? I just bought the "New" Delphi 2.0, which is just a repackaged Desktop version. Thanks...Brad -- Need a tool for managing your downloads? Version 1.2d of File Navigator For Windows now available for download. HTTP://www.cyberus.ca/~bclarke/filenavw.html for more info. Also available on the FidoNet UtilNet FDN ~~~ * VbReader 3.0 #527 * Bagpipes (n): five eighths of an octopus wearing a kilt. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00018 Date: 11/10/96 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 08:38am \/To: MATHEAS MANSSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi 2.0 & NT Matheas Manssen mentioned this to Trev Roydhouse: MM> Sorry for being off topic, but in revision 2.7 of the 6x86, this bug is MM> fixed. There is a program to test the revision of the chip. Being sorry doesn't cut it. You obviously knew you were off-topic. So if the urge strikes you again, DON'T DO IT. ...Gary Weinfurther, DELPHI Moderator --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: The Flying Circus BBS, Farmington Hills, MI, USA. (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00019 Date: 11/10/96 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 08:40am \/To: GERARD GERRITSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi 2.0 & NT Gerard Gerritsen mentioned this to Trev Roydhouse: GG> No, revision 2.7 and higher will work on full speed. The problem seems o GG> be related to bad motherbord design ( older revision of the 6x86 are ore GG> sensitive to reflections from the motherboard ) Last warning. No more off-topic messages. ...Gary Weinfurther --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: The Flying Circus BBS, Farmington Hills, MI, USA. (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00020 Date: 11/11/96 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 08:22am \/To: BRAD CLARKE (Read 4 times) Subj: Problem with ordinals Brad Clarke mentioned this to Gary Weinfurther: BC> Strings are the one thing that gives me the most "trouble". With VB, ou BC> have one string type, whereas Delphi has 3 (Char, String, & PChar). Actually, only "string" is a string type. A string is one or more characters, whereas "Char" is always single character. So if you want to extract or inspect each character from a string, one at a time, you would use a Char. 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(1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00022 Date: 11/10/96 From: TOMMY USHER Time: 02:23pm \/To: BRAD CLARKE (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi Costs BC>What is in this math library? Is it for scientific calcualtions or business BC>calculations? Actually, it covers both. In a few weeks, I hope to be able to get the Developer version, so I will have access to that unit, among others. BC>I just bought the "New" Delphi 2.0, which is just a repackaged Desktop BC>version. Yes, it probably doesn't contain it....which is a shame. --- * QMPro 1.52 * * - Tribble. = Tribble on acid. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: GC-BBS! (1:226/810.0) --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 10 --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00023 Date: 11/12/96 From: TOMMY USHER Time: 09:12am \/To: BRYAN SMITH (Read 4 times) Subj: Win 95 - DOS CODE BS> LR> Facinating. :) I have heard that Win 95 does use BS> LR> 16 bit code - but, nope, not DOS 16 bit code. Haven't heard that yet BS> LR> from any reliable source. Got any sources ? BS>See "Unauthorized Windows 95" by Andrew Schulman (IDG). He explains how all BS>the standard DOS stuff is still there in W95, with just a little Darwinian BS>evolution, and a lot of file name changes (i.e. COMMAND.COM is still here, BS>but the name is changed to KRNL386.EXE or some such). mSoft said that Win95 BS>"does not depend on DOS", and this has been widely mis-quoted as meaning BS>there is no 16-bit code. Schulman explains that this does not actually mean BS>that DOS is not there, it simply means that Win 95 does not depend on your BS>already having bought DOS (as you had to with Win 3.1) because DOS is BS>included in the package with Win 95. For what it is worth, there is a conference called OS_DEBATES, or something like that, that is devoted to this sort of question. In fact, someone recently posted a message from Microsoft claiming that Schulman's boo is not entirely accurate, as it was based on a beta version of Win95. It is all a rather involved topic. --- * QMPro 1.52 * "You're still thinking like a human." -Q --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: GC-BBS! (1:226/810.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00024 Date: 11/12/96 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 07:58am \/To: BRYAN SMITH (Read 4 times) Subj: Win 95 - DOS CODE This is your final warning. Cease this thread now. The next person to continue this thread will have their access to this echo cut. ...Gary Weinfurther, DELPHI Moderator --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: The Flying Circus BBS. (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00025 Date: 11/12/96 From: DEREK BENNER Time: 10:08am \/To: BRAD CLARKE (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi Costs BC> What is in this math library? Is it for scientific calcualtions or BC> businesscalculations? BC> I just bought the "New" Delphi 2.0, which is just a repackaged BC> Desktopversion. Brad, Check for the presence of MATH.PAS. This unit has trig, aritmetic, financial and statistical functions. Lot's of them. If you're doing lots of processing, you'll need it. Derek --- FreeMail 1.07b * Origin: The Visual Programmer's Workshop - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DFJ00026 Date: 11/10/96 From: RENE HUTTING Time: 09:33pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: ISDN Hello all. I want to make communication programs also for ISSN. There is a special program for asynchrone communications on the market, for using for example zmodem protocol. Does anybody know if I can also write communition program with this tool or if there is another tool is on the market for this problem. Rene Hutting MBS Son Holland ... Computerweduwe is nog niet zo tragisch.... --- FMail 1.0g * Origin: POINT van Mail Board Son +31-4990-60771 MBSNODE: (2:284/412.46)