From: usenetposting@meadows.pair.com   
      
   On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:58:26 -0700 (PDT), dik    
   wrote:   
      
   It's kind of you to help him out - but I still maintain that if   
   someone is using that code as part of teaching the OP how to write   
   Pascal, then he needs a new teacher. Unless the aim of the exercise is   
   to get the OP to tidy the program up, of course...   
      
   Brian.   
      
      
   >   the main problem appears to be that the file STDMove2.p   
   >   found on the internet is not end-of-line compatible with   
   >   turbo pascal - which requires the carriage-return   
   >   line-feed pair used in DOS.   
   >   
   >   one way to fix this is to load STDMove2.p into WORDPAD and   
   >   save it as a DOS text file. in fact, i wrote a small   
   >   filter in turbo pascal that corrected line endings and   
   >   converted tabs to 3 spaces instead of the usual 8. i named   
   >   the result STDMOVE2.PAS   
   >   
   >   although the program has a long USES line, in fact it   
   >   depends on none of these units to compile. i deleted the   
   >   USES line.   
   >   
   >   the program writes results to the screen and echoes them   
   >   to a log file. i added an 'assign' statement to name that   
   >   log STDMOVE2.OUT   
   >   
   >   if you type and run in a dosbox:   
   >   
   >      TPC STDMOVE2.PAS   
   >   
   >   the resulting executable can be run by typing   
   >   
   >      STDMOVE2.EXE   
   >   
   >   if you want to modify the source then perhaps try the IDE:   
   >   
   >      TURBO STDMOVE2.PAS   
   >   
   >   or just modify STDMOVE2.PAN in something like NOTEPAD   
   >   being careful that whatever editor is used ends lines in a   
   >   DOS-like manner.   
   >   
   >   turbo pascal 5.5 is a wonderful program to take on   
   >   problems like the one experimented with here. in the GUI   
   >   intense world that exploded after TP5's day - one forgets   
   >   how pleasant and effective it is to tackle something   
   >   profound with just a tiny first-class command line   
   >   compiler that writes so smoothly to the console and disk.   
   >   
   >   good luck - richard   
   >   
   >   you can download some results of what i did here:   
   >   
   >      http://quagga5.fastmail.fm/STDMOVE.ZIP   
   >   
   >   which contains:   
   >   
   >      STDMOVE2.PAS - slightly modified and still messy source   
   >      STDMOVE2.EXE - compiled executable   
   >      TPC.EXE      - Turbo Pascal Compiler 5.5   
   >      TURBO.EXE    - the IDE   
   >      TURBO.TPL    - the run-time library   
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