This package contains a freeware pascal compiler for 386+. 
The language and the runtime library are less or more compatible to TP 7.0
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Requirements
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386 processor
DOS:
 - DOS 3.3	
 - 640 kB RAM
 - hard disk with 8 MB free space
	
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The current version is only an evalution version.
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Quick start
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Download dos09905.zip and unzip it into a temporary directory. 

Start the install program INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.

Don't forget to set the path as mentioned by the install program.

To test the compiler, change to the demo directory of the compiler
and type        
        ppc386 hello
	hello

The packages of the distribution
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dos09905.zip contains (the files are also seperate available to reduce file size):
    basedos.zip     contains a DOS compiler, run time library and
                    additional files
    gnuasld.zip     contains additional GNU utilities which are neccessary:
      AS 2.8.1
      LD 2.8.1
    gdb.zip         contains the GNU Debugger 4.16
    docs.zip        contains the docs in HTML format
    demo.zip        contains some demo files
    install.exe     installation program
    readme.txt      this readme file
    unzip.exe       unzip program is used by installer 

gnuutils.zip      contains additional GNU utilities which are neccessary to compile
                  the run time library:
      Make 3.76.1
      RM 3.16
      CP 3.16

doc100ps.zip     contains the docs as post script
pp09900s.zip     contains the compiler sources
rl09900s.zip     contains the run time library sources
doc100s.zip      contains the TeX sources of the doc

What's new
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Mainly, bugs are fixed and some improvements are
made in that release, besides that the following stuff is
added:
 * compiler
   - mem[] and absolute works now as expected (go32v2 target only)
   - basic MMX support by the compiler (see docs for more infos)
 * runtime library
   - better support of floating point types
   - coprocessor emulator support

Documentation
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The documentations are available as HTML pages.
The documentation "home page" is DOC\FPKTOC.HTM (FPK Table Of Contents).

The documentation as post script is available at the ftp server.

Remarks:
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The procedure directive [C] is removed, use external;cdecl; instead.

Suggestions, Help ...
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EMail: ba2395@fen.baynet.de
WWW: http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus/fpk-pas/
Additional informations about mailing lists etc. can befound on the
web site.

License
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The programs and sources come under the GPL, for more informations read
the file COPYING. Additional informations about the runtime library license
are found in COPYING.FPC. Some utilities and programs come under the license
described in COPYING.DJ