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Turbo Pascal For The Mac 1988

Turbo Pascal for the Mac: A Quick Path to Programming Power is a 1988 book by Paul Goodman and Alan Zeldin, published as a Brady Book by Simon & Schuster, New York, and distributed by Prentice Hall Trade. ISBN 0-13-933011-9; Library of Congress QA76.8.M3G664; first printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xvi, 399 pages (card number 87-27384).[2]

It teaches Pascal with Borland's Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh, for beginners and for Pascal programmers new to the Macintosh. The preface says QuickDraw graphics run through every chapter, and the book ends with a complete application, the TurboDraw program.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]

  • Preface, p. ix; Introduction, p. xi
  • 1. Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh, p. 1
  • 2. Turbo Pascal Fundamentals, p. 17
  • 3. Pascal Structures, p. 49
  • 4. Functions and More on Data Types, p. 79
  • 5. Procedures, p. 109
  • 6. Arrays and Strings, p. 129
  • 7. More on Structures, p. 155
  • 8. A Formal Look at Graphics, p. 181
  • 9. Files, p. 211
  • 10. Variant Records, Pointers, and Handles, p. 251
  • 11. Events and Event Handling, p. 273
  • 12. A Complete Macintosh Application: The TurboDraw Program, p. 313
  • Appendices A-I (reserved words, menu summary, compiler error messages, IOResult codes, documenting a program, differences between Turbo Pascal and Macintosh Pascal, syntax diagrams, units, Macintosh character set), pp. 349-391
  • Bibliography, p. 392; Index, p. 394

What this book does not contain

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It is a programming book. It has no service procedures, schematics or electrical data for the Macintosh; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 411 PDF pages, covers included.

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Download: Turbo_Pascal_For_The_Mac_1988.pdf (18.2 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Paul Goodman and Alan Zeldin, Turbo Pascal for the Mac (Brady / Simon & Schuster, 1988), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 2-3).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Turbo Pascal for the MAC: a quick path to programming power, record OL2397537M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Goodman and Zeldin, Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Preface and Introduction, pp. ix-xi (PDF pp. 10-12).
  4. ↑ Goodman and Zeldin, Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Contents, pp. iii-vii (PDF pp. 4-8).
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