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   JRS:  In article <41b8a08d.2913166@news.individual.net>, dated Thu, 9   
   Dec 2004 19:01:09, seen in news:comp.lang.pascal.borland, Wolfgang   
   Ehrhardt  posted :   
   >   
   >Remember we are talking about real mode DOS programs, Turbo will use   
   >BIOS calls. So if they are broken in a DOS box, the program that uses   
   >them is not very useful.   
      
   But remember that, while a Turbo Pascal program can output via BIOS   
   calls, it can also output directly.   
      
   I have one program that, by virtue of its purpose, does almost NO   
   operating system calls (including those via library routines) except   
   where it cannot be avoided or an OS/library call is being tested.   
      
   In particular, it accesses the screen directly in DOS, using the memory   
   array at $B800 IIRC; and that works unchanged in Windows 98 (though   
   there, while the OS is not called, it must intervene).   
      
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