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Borland Turbo Pascal 1986

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Turbo Pascal for the Mac: User's Guide and Reference Manual is Borland International's 1986 manual for its Turbo Pascal compiler for the Macintosh, published by Borland in Scotts Valley, California. The scan is of the first edition, second printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xvi, 462 pages.[2]

The title page of this copy carries a Borland Scholar Program stamp: the text was prepared for the programme, sold at a special price for use in an approved course curriculum, and not for resale outside the academic community.[1] The scan opens with Borland's No-Nonsense License Statement, which asks the buyer to treat the software "just like a book", and the product registration card.[3] Borland's advertisement on the last page gives the minimum system as 256K and one 400K drive.[4]

The manual is in three sections: a User's Guide (Part I) that takes a beginner from setting up through writing Macintosh applications and desk accessories, a Reference Section (Part II) on the language, and appendices, followed by a glossary and index.[5]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the manual's table of contents.[6]

  • Introduction, p. 1
  • Part I, User's Guide: chapters 1-15, from Setting Up (p. 5) and Getting Started (p. 11) through Units (pp. 57 and 69), Writing Your Own Macintosh Applications (p. 79), Writing a Desk Accessory (p. 107), UnitMover (p. 133), RMaker (p. 137), Font/DA Mover (p. 155), Debugging (p. 161) and the menu reference (p. 177)
  • Part II, Reference Section: chapters 16-27, from Tokens and Constants (p. 197) through Standard Procedures and Functions (p. 287), the SANE library (p. 299) and Inside Turbo Pascal (p. 325)
  • Part III, Appendices: A, Comparing Turbo Pascal with Other Pascals, p. 341; B, Error Messages and Codes, p. 351; C, Compiler Directives, p. 361; D, Macintosh Interface Units, p. 367; E, Macintosh Character Set, p. 435; F, Turtlegraphics, p. 441
  • Glossary, p. 447; Index, p. 453

What this manual does not contain

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It is a software manual. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The distribution disks are not part of the scan, which is 476 PDF pages including the registration card and several pages of Borland advertisements at the end.

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Download: Borland_Turbo_Pascal_1986.pdf (30 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Borland International, Turbo Pascal for the Mac: User's Guide and Reference Manual (1986), title page (PDF p. 5) and licence statement (PDF p. 2, "First Edition" and printing line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Hosted as File:Borland_Turbo_Pascal_1986.pdf.
  2. ↑ Open Library, Turbo Pascal for the Mac, record OL2428975M, from Library of Congress catalogue data (LCCN 87117090). Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. ↑ Turbo Pascal for the Mac, No-Nonsense License Statement and registration card (PDF pp. 2-4).
  4. ↑ Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Borland advertisement (PDF p. 476).
  5. ↑ Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Introduction, pp. 1-2 (PDF pp. 22-23).
  6. ↑ Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Table of Contents (PDF pp. 6-21).
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