Re: Apple //e pascal

[kaminski@panda.uleth.ca (David Kaminski)]

jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw) writes:

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>>I have a question, of course!  I am looking for a PASCAL compiler for the
>>Apple //e.  It needs to use the super high-res screen and I want it to
>>compile.
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>fit your description (sort of.)  Turbo-Pascal (CP/M) and Apple Pascal
>(UCSD Pascal) are text based, and Instant Pascal by Apple uses
>GUI, but not the "super high-res screen."  The IIe doesn't have a
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It is possible to write code for the //e that uses the high resolution
screen (i.e., the 560 x 192 x 2 screen, or its colour variant) using
Apple Pascal (the UCSD product). You will need the graphics toolkit that
Apple used to sell through APDA - I suspect A2 Central now serves as the
distributor for this product.

Alternatively, you could write your own assembly language primitives for
plotting dots on the 560 x 192 screen, and link them in as external
procedures (something that I've done in the past).

If you do opt for the graphics toolkit approach, you'll also get
libraries to support the mouse, and either mousetext or double
high-resolution graphics window interfaces similar to what you find on
the Mac.

Good luck.

David Kaminski <<kaminski@panda.uleth.ca>>